They're also in the Phil Knight Legacy tournament and their pool includes Iowa, Oregon State and UConn. As someone said about NC State in the ACC / Big South thread, they need only a few good non-conference opponents to balance the gauntlet of the ACC.1. This really didn't need it's own thread
2. Charleston Southern is out for revenge for last year, and you can throw out the record books when Duke and A&T meet.
3. As I wrote in regards to the schedule in another thread
Sets up nice for a Revenge Tour .. Texas A&M has beaten us 3 straight times, we owe Toledo for beating us when we were ranked #5 back in 2001, Northwestern embarrassed us in Cameron a few years back, Richmond has beaten us three straight times in FOOTBALL, and FGCU whipped our arses a few years ago.
3. We are still in rebuilding mode, so baby steps are appropriate... our schedule will get tougher in the future
4. Duke is in the toughest of the ACC schedule pods..... home and homes with VPI, NC, State, and UVA. Thats 6 games vs probable pre-season top 15 squads, plus UVA. We went 1-7 in that pod last year. Thats a tough conference sled... so we should get some slack for the OOC.
5. This really didn't need its own thread
Tough road. Might make the tournament.1. This really didn't need it's own thread
2. Charleston Southern is out for revenge for last year, and you can throw out the record books when Duke and A&T meet.
3. As I wrote in regards to the schedule in another thread
Sets up nice for a Revenge Tour .. Texas A&M has beaten us 3 straight times, we owe Toledo for beating us when we were ranked #5 back in 2001, Northwestern embarrassed us in Cameron a few years back, Richmond has beaten us three straight times in FOOTBALL, and FGCU whipped our arses a few years ago.
3. We are still in rebuilding mode, so baby steps are appropriate... our schedule will get tougher in the future
4. Duke is in the toughest of the ACC schedule pods..... home and homes with VPI, NC, State, and UVA. Thats 6 games vs probable pre-season top 15 squads, plus UVA. We went 1-7 in that pod last year. Thats a tough conference sled... so we should get some slack for the OOC.
5. This really didn't need its own thread
Tough road. Might make the tournament.
Go Blue (Orange) Devils!On August 8th, I hereby guarantee that Duke will make the tournament. I'm talking about the NCAA tournament not the ACC tournament.
Or else.