Duke gets #2 seed in the West Region

Posted On: March 16, 2008 By: Cliff Comments: (zero)

It is time to put the ACC Tournament behind us, and start looking forward to the NCAA Tournament that starts on Thursday.  Duke received a #2 seed and was placed in the West region with the likes of West Virgina, Arizona, Xavier, Purdue, and the #1 seed UCLA.

The Duke / Belmont game is going to be a shootout. Belmont, just like Duke, likes to jack up the three pointers.  Belmont averages 29 three point attemps a game while the Duke averages 24 three point shots.  This will be a high scoring game, and Duke should just look to the paint and get some points down low to dominate Belmont and move onto the second round.

Now this is where things get scary for the Duke Blue Devils.  They will either play West Virginia or Arizona in the second round.  Duke matches up better with Arizona in my opinion. A Duke / West Virgina matchup scares me right now.  Joe Alexander for West Virginia is playing lights out and I think he would give Duke a lot of problems.

I look for the Blue Devils to move onto the Sweet 16, but they will barely get by a fiesty West Virginia team in the secound round in my opinion.   I could very easily see the Blue Devils losing to the Mountaineers as well.  I’m picking Duke to win on Saturday by three points however.

What do you all think about the West bracket for Duke?  Do you think they have what it takes to get to the Great Eight and faceoff against the #1 seed in the UCLA Bruins?  Wouldn’t it be something to watch Kyle Singler and Kevin Love face each other once again?

Category: Duke Basketball

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