Duke and Indiana set to battle tonight

Posted On: November 28, 2006 By: Cliff Comments: (zero)

The Duke Blue Devils and the Indina Hoosiers are ready to battle tonight in the Big 10 / ACC Challenge.  Tip off will be at 9 p.m. eastern from Cameron Indoor Stadium.  Last year, Duke beat Indiana on their home court 75-67.  Coack K loves playing in this challenge as his Duke Blue Devils are 7-0 all time in the challenge.

The game will feature a terrific matchup at power forward between Duke’s Josh McRoberts and Indiana’s D.J. White. The rugged 6-foot-11 McRoberts is an Indiana native who was booed repeatedly in last season’s meeting in Bloomington. He’s second on the team with 11.3 points per game.

It will be interesting tonight to see what Coack K does with Greg Paulus.  Will he leave him on the bench to start the game and go with Jon Scheyer and Gerald Henderson?  Paulus has been struggling this year and that could be due to his foot injury he suffered before the season.  Greg simply isn’t playing Duke Basketball.  He is stopping his man on defense and creating tournovers that lead to fast break points for the Devils.  If Duke wants to have success this season, Paulus is going to really have to step his game up.

Our Prediction:  Duke 72, Indiana 68

Category: Duke Basketball

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