North Carolina and Duke are playing on Saturday night in the final game on the college basketball schedule for the teams in the ACC and the Blue Devils and Tar Heels are matching up at Cameron Indoor Stadium at 9 pm ET and it has the number four and number 14 ranked schools in the nation heading into the conference tournament.
Virginia won the ACC conference regular season title with a win against Syracuse and now they are looking strong heading into the postseason, while Duke and North Carolina are next in the standings. The Blue Devils come into the game after a loss against Wake Forest and they fell with a nice game from Jabari Parker, as he scored 19 points and added 10 rebounds, while Rodney Hood led with four assists and those two players have been excellent for the Blue Devils all season. Parker is tops with 18 points per game and nine rebounds per game this season and Duke has won two of the last three games, handing Syracuse their second loss and now they are coming into the game against North Carolina looking to get a win after falling on the road in a game that was moved after it was postponed for the weather.
The Blue Devils come into the game scoring nearly 80 points per game and they are ranked fourth in the nation with a 23-7 record and they are 12-5 in the conference this season and while they may not be in line for a number one seed, they could put themselves in a great spot with a nice showing in the conference tournament. The team is matching up with the Tar Heels and they are 23-7 as well and they are 13-4 on the season in the conference and they are ranked eighth in the nation in rebounds per game and that will be a strength against the Blue Devils. The team is averaging 76 points per game and they are allowing just under 68 and they will be looking to end the season on a high note with a win against their rivals.
Duke has been excellent while playing at home and they look to continue that on Saturday night at Cameron Indoor and they will be looking for the number three seed in the conference with a win, while the Tar Heels can snag number two with a victory. The team has won 32 straight games at Cameron and that makes Duke a strong favorite against the Tar Heels and the Blue Devils would like to avoid losing two games in a row to end the season, in what could be the last for Parker after coming in as a highly touted freshman. Parker wasn't at his best in the second half against the Tar Heels and now he will be looking to rebound from that performance.
Duke comes into the game having lost just one of the last 13 games at Cameron against teams in the top 25 and naturally the last loss in that stretch was against North Carolina and they will be trying to get a win as Duke has seven wins over the last stretch of 10 games and this will give someone some nice momentum heading into the tournament. Duke is 16-0 at home this season and the Tar Heels are 6-4 on the road and the loss by Syracuse opens things up for both teams in the ACC.
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