Duke basketball vs Virginia in top-15 matchup
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The final day of February saw multiple Power Five teams clinch at least a share of their league's conference title. On Friday night, Michigan defeated Illinois to clinch its first Big Ten title since 2021 in Year 2 of Dusty May's tenure.
For its penultimate home game of the season, No. 1 Duke greeted No. 11 Virginia with a loud, energetic Cameron Indoor Stadium and delivered the conference foe its fourth loss of the season.
As for the backcourt, Scheyer picked the program's all-time scoring leader in legendary 2002-06 college basketball sharpshooter JJ Redick (2,769 career points) paired with one of Coach K's first premier recruits, 1982-86 Blue Devil phenom Johnny Dawkins, who trails only Redick in career points at Duke (2,556).
Attack & kick and perimeter cuts are the two pillars of the Duke Blue Devils' half-court offense, ranking in the 95th percentile in both. The Virginia Cavaliers' defense is built to stop exactly that, ranking in the top 5% of the sport against both.
No. 1 Duke basketball dominated No. 12 Virginia in what was thought to be one of the top games of the week. Check out updates and highlights here:
The top teams in the ACC meet when the 11th-ranked Virginia Cavaliers clash with the top-ranked Duke Blue Devils on Saturday. Virginia is coming
Duke basketball star Cam Boozer dominated Virginia, sparking a "force" description from Jon Scheyer afterwards.