Duke Hosts Notre Dame Saturday

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Last year's ACC Champions Notre Dame (11-5, 2-2) come to Durham to take on Duke (14-3, 3-1) Saturday at 2:00 pm on ESPN2. Duke looks to bounce back after a tough loss at Clemson while Notre Dame comes off a win against Georgia Tech 72-64 in South Bend. The other losses for the Irish were @ Indiana by seven, @ UVA by eleven, and a red hot Pitt by four.

Lace 'em up and Let's Go Duke!

 

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Head-to-Head

Duke leads the all-time series: Duke leads, 20-5. Notre Dame is 0-7 at Cameron. The first meeting was held on February 20, 1965 at Chicago Stadium, a 101-88 Duke victory. The most recent meeting was last year, March 13, 2015 in Greensboro, NC in the ACC Championship Semifinal, where Notre Dame came away with a 74-64 victory. Mike Brey is 3-2 at Notre Dame: 3-2.

In terms of several key offensive and defensive statistical parameters when looking at these two teams head-to-head, Duke and Notre Dame are evenly matched.

One very important note is that the Irish is the first team to date that leads Duke in Effective FG% & FG% (57.0, 49.0 vs. 55.2, 48.1). However, in terms of Scoring Margin, Duke ranks 7th to the Fighting Irish’s 58th).

In terms of Rebound Margin, Notre Dame ranks 69th nationally vs. 75th for the Blue Devils. Duke continues to stay strong in FT% (72.3 vs. 70.1) As for Turnover Margin, the Fighting Irish are ranked 166th vs. the Blue Devils at 26th). However, Notre Dame commits fewer turnovers (9.1 vs. 10.1 TOPG).This game from a statistical perspective could be called a toss-up.

 

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After Clemson loss, Duke looks to play smarter against Notre Dame

 

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Back to Back Losses, wtf. Come on Duke! Yes I know it's early but this is getting a little scary here. If this keeps up they aren't making it anywhere in the Big Dance.

 

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Back to Back Losses, wtf. Come on Duke! Yes I know it's early but this is getting a little scary here. If this keeps up they aren't making it anywhere in the Big Dance.

It's going to be tough this season. Every game will be crucial here on out. Remember that Duke started 2-2 in the ACC last season.

 

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It's going to be tough this season. Every game will be crucial here on out. Remember that Duke started 2-2 in the ACC last season.

I forgot about that... Let's hope the trend continues

 

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I forgot about that... Let's hope the trend continues

You can see how Duke misses Jefferson.

Duke players ranked by FG% at rim:

1. Jefferson 71%
2. Plumlee 68%
3. Ingram 64%
4. Kennard 63%
5. Allen 60%
6. Jeter 50%
7. Thornton 44%
8. Jones 34%

Benchmarks (past 5 seasons):

Center - Mar. Plumlee 2014-15 - 87%
Big forward - Jefferson 2015-16 - 71%
Small forward - Winslow 2014-15 - 67%
Big guard - Allen 2014-15 - 75%
Small guard - Cook 2011-12 - 72%

Worst (past 5 seasons):

Center - Jeter 2015-16 - 50%
Big forward - Hairston 2011-12 - 56%
Small forward - Sulaimon 2013-14 - 47%
Big guard - M. Jones 2015-16 - 34%
Small guard - T. Thornton 2013-14 - 38%

 

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Grab the ball, defend the paint and rebound.. AND TEAM DEFENSE!