It's the Albany Great Danes vs. Duke Blue Devils in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament as both teams will look forward to advancing to the third round. A live stream is available for those who want to watch the game today and are possibly at work. Click on the link at the bottom of the article, but first, let's break down this matchup.
The American East Conference champions, Albany, don't really possess an outstanding feature. They are a below average team in terms of scoring, rebounding, assists and field goal percentage. They still managed, however, to put up a 24-10 record in the season. To get an idea of what might happen today, the played one ranked team this year was No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes and they were crushed 82-60.
Albany averages around 64 points per game, they're okay rebounding averaging 33.6 per game. They aren't really efficient in the passing game averaging 11 assists per game and shoot .438 from the floor.
They come into game winners of three consecutive games and five of six overall. Duke will be occupied in stopping Mike Black, Albany's leading scorer averaging just a shade less than 15 points per game.
Duke on the other hand, other than packing a legendary coach in Mike Kryzezwski, bring a strong team to this tournament. They average 78 points per game for sixth in the nation and make 47 percent of their field goals. As far as rebounding goes, it will make this matchup pretty interesting. Right in front of Albany at No. 213 in the nation is Duke with 33.8 rebounds per game. It will be interesting to see what happens if Albany can matchup with these Duke players in the paint and recover second chance points for their team.
Duke's main men are Mason Pumlee and Seth Curry. Plumlee is averaging 17.2 points per game, while Curry is right at 17 and is a 43 percent three-point shooter.
With no further ado, click here for the live stream of Duke vs. Albany in the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
