Although this is the first road trip for many freshmen and redshirt freshmen, the great majority of the players who will see action Thursday night are road veterans.

And they have known success on the road winning nine of 10 road games over the last two seasons, including such significant road victories as at Virginia, Virginia Tech and North Carolina in 2013 and at Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh in 2014. In fact, Duke has a better road record in those two seasons (9-1) than at home (10-4).

They have covered 9-of-12 on the highway. Duke won 47-13 last year and while Duke lost some talent, the gap has not narrowed that much for this quality road team.