Perfectly predicting the scores of every Duke basketball game this season
By Matt Giles
Predicting the final score of the fourth Duke basketball game this season
Opponent: Bellarmine Knights
Date: Dec. 4
Time: 7 p.m. EST (RSN)
Location: Durham, N.C. (Cameron Indoor Stadium)
Bellarmine’s record last season: 20-8 (13-7 in Great Lakes Valley Conference)
Head coach: Scott Davenport (364-109 overall record in 15 seasons as a head coach, all at Bellarmine)
Why Duke will win: Yes, Bellarmine was a Division II power. Unfortunately for the Knights, though, in what will be their first game as a D-I program — the pandemic has already delayed their start — they’ll travel to Durham to face some angry Blue Devils coming off their first loss of the season (if the previous predictions here hold true, of course). Bellarmine will make a game of it early, but Duke will rediscover its winning ways, for now.
Predicted final score: Duke 81, Bellarmine 63
Duke’s predicted overall record to date: 3-1 (0-0 in ACC)