Ten players, three officials, two baskets, a relatively small, rectangular area and one basketball.
That’s college hoops and a lot of variables go into winning and losing a basketball game.
Duke has to do lots of things well to win tomorrow’s rivalry game with North Carolina and the same can be said about Carolina. Can Duke continue its offensive resurgence? Can they keep the Tar Heels off the line? Which Caleb Love will show up? Will Dariq Whitehead make an appearance and if so can he give the Blue Devils some positive minutes?
But I’m going to focus on one variable, a variable always important in Duke-Carolina games and one in which Duke may actually have an advantage for a change.
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