It’s strange to see Duke play on the first day of the ACC tournament, but it will be on Tuesday in Greensboro, NC, when the Blue Devils face a Boston College team that has seen every player in the roster at least once. Games this season.
Duke saw an improvement in his offense as forward Jalan Johnson ruled out of the season. In the six games since that decision, the Blue Devils had failed to exceed 70 points when they hosted the nation’s slowest team in Virginia, per game. Forward Matthew Hurt led Duke in those three games.
The Blue Devils have shown their warts on defense, allowing at least 77 points in six of their 10 matches since starting in February. They rank 316th in the nation in opponents’ 3-point shooting percentage. Boston College takes 46.6 percent of its shots from 3-point range, the nation’s 18th-largest percentage.
Duke won the first meeting in Chestnut Hill, Mass., 83–82 in January. Boston College ranked 313rd in points awarded on a per-possession basis and gave up at least 75 points in six of the last seven matches.
Teams combining 69 percent of their games against both defense and ACC competition with both defenses reached the overall defense figures in Tuesday’s first-round matchup.
drama: Boston College-Duke total, over 152.5.
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