On the season, Duke is averaging 76.1 ppg on 46.7% shooting from the field. The Blue Devils are averaging 8.4 three-pointers per game on 35.7% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, Duke has been led by Matthew Hurt (18.3 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 1.4 apg),

The Blue Devils have a rebound margin of 3.6 and a turnover margin of 0.8.

The Blue Devils have looked more like the team we expected to see this season with impressive road wins against NC State & Wake Forest. Virginia is a solid team, however, although their offense is better than what we saw last season, the Cavaliers still can be inconsistent on that end of the floor as we saw in their recent loss against Florida State. Duke knows that every game is critical at this point if they want to make it to the NCAA Tournament, and between the fact that the Blue Devils have an offense that should be able to generate points on their home court and that Virginia just hasn’t looked as strong on the road this season, I think Duke continues their strong play and picks up their biggest win of the season Saturday night here.