Cody's Blog

It helps to have a Big Three. Especially if you do not have much else. Duke’s Kyle Singler, Nolan Smith, and Jon Scheyer combined for 65 of the Blue Devils’ 82 points, and combined on 44% shooting from the field and an unheralded 95.7% from the free throw line. However, the rest of the 9 guys on the team combined for just 17 points, with their leader being Brian Zoubek, who posted 8 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. At the nine minute mark of the first half, the Dukies were already up 31-11, and continued the rout in the first half as they held a 27 point advantage going into the locker room. Duke only scored 29 second half points, but their vast accumulation of first half points proved to be enough for their first win at home to UNC in four years. The win basically cements their #1 seed in the NCAA tournament, and if they get their, I think that they can get to the Final Four pretty easily as long as their Big Three can continue to play at such a high level.