Duke Heading To East Lansing For Rematch With Michigan State In December

In March unfortunately it didn’t go Duke’s way as they were topped by Michigan State in the elite eight

Cassius Winston put Michigan State on his shoulders and carried the Spartans into the Final Four.

The do-everything point guard took over the game when his team faced its biggest deficit and led second-seeded Michigan State to a 68-67 victory over overall No. 1 seed Duke on Sunday in the East Region final. “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=211797994

The junior guard was a consensus second-team All-American, earning first-team honors from The Sporting News and the Associated Press. He averaged a team-best 18.8 points per game and set a Big Ten single-season record with 291 assists. He was named Most Outstanding Player of both the Big Ten Tournament and the NCAA Tournament East Regional. “according to https://msuspartans.com/news/2019/4/19/m-basketball-winston-announces-decision-to-return-for-senior-season.aspx?path=mbball

Five months from now Duke will get another chance at Michigan State and Cassius Winston who will be returning for his senior season. “according to https://msuspartans.com/news/2019/4/19/m-basketball-winston-announces-decision-to-return-for-senior-season.aspx?path=mbball where they will be trying for a different result and avenge that loss to Michigan State with returning players Tre Jones, Joey Baker , Javin DeLaurier , Jordan Goldwire who is the backup to Tre Jones , Jack White, Justin Robinson and Mike Buckmire and the new comers that include Wendell Moore, Vernon Carey , Cassius Stanley and Matthew Hurt on December 3rd in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge.