Duke (19-3) Takes On Miami (FL) (13-7)

Filed under Game Preview on February 4th, 2012

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The atmosphere will be outstanding at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday as Miami (FL) travels to meet Duke in ACC action. Tip-off is at 3:00 EST and it will be shown on ESPNU.

Duke is 1st in the ACC and Miami (FL) is in 6th. Both teams continue to jockey for position. Miami (FL) is ranked #51 in the RPI, and Duke has a decent record against RPI Top 100 teams (9-3). The 7th ranked Blue Devils come in at 19-3 overall and are 6-1 in the ACC. The Hurricanes have a record of 13-7 including 4-3 in the conference. While Duke is 10-1 playing at home, Miami (FL) has a road record of 3-5. Duke has won four of its last five games.

You'll find Duke has an edge in a single key statistical area, scoring, where the Blue Devils outperform the Hurricanes, 80 pts/game to 72 pts/game. The Blue Devils went 2-0 against the Hurricanes last year, winning by an average margin of 10. Over four years, Duke has gone 6-1 against Miami (FL), including 3-0 at home.

• The Duke scoring leader (Austin Rivers) has more points than the Miami scoring leader (Durand Scott).
• Duke has a much better NCSA Power Ranking than Miami (#3 vs #84).
• Kids want to come here. Since 1998 Duke has recruited more Top 50 high school players than Miami (34 vs 3).
• AP voters think more highly of Duke and have put us in the AP Top 25 more often over the past 10 years than Miami (200 vs 39).

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