Orange Juice anybody?...
With the win over Syracuse, Duke has now improved their record to 22-3. This was a tough battle for Duke. The first half saw Michael Gbinije (former Duke player who transferred to Syracuse) get on fire with scoring 19 points including five 3-pointers. Duke went into the half down by 3 points. The 2nd half saw Duke come out shooting hot. Rakeem Christmas tried to make an impact for Syracuse. Christmas ended up with 11 points. Duke ended up winning by a score of 80-72 led by Jahil Okafor with 23 points, Quinn Cook with 17 points, and the athleticism of Justise Winslow with 12 points. I guess you could say... Christmas has passed by... but Happy Valentine's Day Syracuse! ;)
There's nothing else even close enough that will get you ready for March Madness like wearing the Duke uniform. Duke is every other team's Super Bowl! Check out the pic below from Duke Blue Planet. Yet another record for Duke and Coach K. The largest on-campus crowd in college basketball history. And who was the team coming to town that packed out the Carrier Dome? Yep..it's Duke. But wait... this record was also set last season when... Duke played at the Carrier Dome.
With the win over Syracuse, Duke has now improved their record to 22-3. This was a tough battle for Duke. The first half saw Michael Gbinije (former Duke player who transferred to Syracuse) get on fire with scoring 19 points including five 3-pointers. Duke went into the half down by 3 points. The 2nd half saw Duke come out shooting hot. Rakeem Christmas tried to make an impact for Syracuse. Christmas ended up with 11 points. Duke ended up winning by a score of 80-72 led by Jahil Okafor with 23 points, Quinn Cook with 17 points, and the athleticism of Justise Winslow with 12 points. I guess you could say... Christmas has passed by... but Happy Valentine's Day Syracuse! ;)
There's nothing else even close enough that will get you ready for March Madness like wearing the Duke uniform. Duke is every other team's Super Bowl! Check out the pic below from Duke Blue Planet. Yet another record for Duke and Coach K. The largest on-campus crowd in college basketball history. And who was the team coming to town that packed out the Carrier Dome? Yep..it's Duke. But wait... this record was also set last season when... Duke played at the Carrier Dome.
Here's another couple pics from Duke Blue Planet of an empty Carrier Dome and a sold out Carrier Dome that gives you a look at how big the Dome is. The Duke Effect helped sell out the Carrier Dome.
Blacksburg will bring it's best and largest crowd for the DUKE vs. VT game coming up on Feb. 25th. It is VT's biggest game of the year. Check out the pic below from @VT_MBBall Twitter page back from January 16th. It is the 1st sellout of the year for VT...and yeah you can thank The Duke Effect for that!
The stats don't lie... When Duke comes to town...the opposing team, the fanbase, and the town itself gets pumped up. With 5 top 10 games played so far... of which... Duke won 4 of the 5 games... and of which 4 of the 5 were on the road...and with being every team's SuperBowl... you better believe Duke will be battle tested come March! You can love Duke....you can hate Duke... just remember love and hate are both forms of energy that happen to be on opposite sides of the coin. And that 4 letter word... DUKE... bring out that energy in everybody.
Here's to looking forward to yet another epic rivalry game with UNC this coming Wednesday!
GO DUKE! GTHC!
Here's to looking forward to yet another epic rivalry game with UNC this coming Wednesday!
GO DUKE! GTHC!
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