The Duke Blue Devils and Florida State Seminoles are playing live on the ACC college basketball conference schedule on Monday and the game is live from the Donald L. Tucker Center on ESPN and streaming from the WatchESPN website past 7 pm Et as Jahlil Okafor and Mike Krzyzewski
Duke comes into the game after a big win against Notre Dame and they throttled the team at home, winning by 30 points. The team now plays against FSU and then they have a matchup with Suyracue and that game will be at the Carrier Dome on Saturday. The game comes as the Orange are dealing with postseason ban issues they imposed on themselves and they will be looking for some positive developments on the court.
Duke comes in after a massive win and they got some revenge on Notre Dame and that matchup saw Okafor score 20 points to lead the way. Okafor is considered to be the top player in the nation and he could be the number one pick overall. The Blue Devils come into the game at number four in the nation and they are looking much better now in the ACC than at the start of league play.
The team is 20-3 on the season and 7-3 in the ACC and now they face a Seminoles team that is 13-11 and 5-6 within conference play. Duke has been playing very well of late and now they are ranked in the top 10 in scoring. The team is averaging 80 points per game and they are ranked sixth in field goal percentage as well. The team is in the top 40 in assists and rebounds per game and the defense has been looking better in recent weeks as well.
Duke had just lost to Notre Dame late last month and now they have a win against a top 10 team coming out of that and that puts the team on a nice track. Duke just won over Virginia and that was when the team was ranked number two and that came after the team lost against Notre Dame. Duke now has won six of the last seven games and three of those were against ranked teams, including the wins over ND, Louisville and the Cavaliers.
The second stretch has tough games, including matchups with a motivated Syracuse, two against North Carolina and a game against Wake that comes ahead of the final game of the season on the road at UNC. Florida State comes in after a win against Virginia Tech and they will next play against Georgia Tech on the schedule after matching up with Duke. The team has won three of the past four games and they also have Virginia and Louisville down the stretch.
Check here for the Duke Blue Devils and Florida State live coverage.