The Michigan Wolverines and the Duke Blue Devils have been two of the most impressive teams in the nation in the early goings of the season and on Tuesday night the two schools will meet at Cameron Indoor Stadium starting up at 9:15 pm ET and the game will be live on ESPN and the WatchESPN website and comes after the Blue Devils lost to the number four Arizona Wildcats.
Duke comes into the game ranked 10th in the nation at 6-2 after falling to the high ranked Wildcats on Friday and that game could be a potential preview of the NCAA tournament next year with both teams looking like they will be around in March. Jabari Parker has been the real deal for Duke and transfer Rodney Hood has been excellent as well, leading the team with 20 points and eight rebounds against Duke. Parker scored 20 points in each of his first five games with the team as a freshman and after playing the Wolverines Duke will get a nice breather against Gardner-Webb before playing another ranked team in the UCLA Bruins. The team doesn't play a road game against a legitimate team until January against Notre Dame and after that the team has tough matchups against Clemson, NC State and Miami before playing Syracuse on February 1.
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The Blue Devils are one of the highest scoring teams in the nation with 87 points per game and they are ranked in the top 10 in field goal percentage early on with 52 percent overall. The team started the season 1-1 after winning over Davidson and losing to the Kansas Jayhawks in an early top five matchup and after that they won five in a row before falling to the Wildcats. Parker is leading the team in scoring with 23 points per game and Mike Krzyzewski has been impressed by his play so far. Parker struggled against Arizona and made seven of his 21 shots for 19 points and now he has another tough matchup with Michigan.
Nik Stauskas has continued to develop into a star for the Wolverines and he is leading the team with 20 points per game this season. Michigan comes into the game after winning over Coppin State and after playing against Duke the team will matchup against Houston Baptist in an easy game before an anticipated matchup against number two Arizona and then the team also has a game against Stanford. The Wolverines come into the game scoring nearly 80 points per contest and this season the Wolverines have some tough teams to deal with in the Big Ten, including a stretch that includes ranked teams in the Iowa Hawkeyes, Ohio State Buckeyes, Wisconsin Badgers and Michigan State Spartans in a row.
