Predicting the final score of the seventh Duke basketball game this season
Opponent: Charleston Southern Buccaneers
Date: Dec. 12
Time: 8:30 p.m. EST (ACCN)
Location: Durham, N.C. (Cameron Indoor Stadium)
Charleston Southern’s record last season: 14-18 (7-11 in Big South)
Head coach: Barclay Radebaugh (207-256 overall record in 15 seasons as a head coach, all at Charleston Southern)
Why Duke will win: The Buccaneers have not earned an NCAA Tournament bid this century. They haven’t won more than 20 games in a season in more than 30 years. And despite returning more than 75 percent of the scoring from the 2019-20 squad, Charleston Southern is widely considered one of the 100 worst of the 357 D-I teams this season. With only two players taller than 6-foot-6, the group won’t stand a chance to pick up a W in Durham.
Predicted final score: Duke 103, Charleston Southern 65
Duke’s predicted overall record to date: 5-2 (0-0 in ACC)