Duke, Virginia Tech Are Matching Up Twice During 2022-2023 Regular Season! Their Inaugural Match Up Of 2022-2023 Regular Season Is Tonight In Blacksburg On Big Monday On ESPN!
Duke, Virginia Tech are matching up twice during 2022-2023 regular season!
Their inaugural match up is tonight in Blacksburg on Big Monday on ESPN!
Where?
On the hardwood where Duke is the underdog in the inaugural match up of 2022-2023 regular season as Virginia Tech is favored by 2.5 points over Duke.
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Duke comes into the inaugural match up with Virginia Tech with a record of 14-5 overall while they’re 5-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference are eighth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they knocked off Miami 68-66 in Durham on Saturday.
As Duke knocked off 17th ranked Miami 68-66 Jeremy Roach returned for Duke Saturday following toe injury. Jeremy Roach was one of the reasons why as he was 6-10 on field goals , 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound , 4 assists, 14 points. Though, there were other too why Duke knocked off 17th ranked Miami as Mark Mitchell was 1-4 on field goals to go along 5 rebounds, 2 points. Dariq Whitehead was 3-9 on field goals , 2-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 2 assists, 10 points. Kyle Filipowski was 5-12 on field goals , 1-3 on 3 pointers on 3 pointers to go along with 14 rebounds, 2 assists , 17 points . Ryan Young was 1-2 on field goals to go along with 5 rebounds , 2 assists , 2 points . Tyrese Proctor was 4-9 on field goals , 3-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds , 2 assists, 11 points. Derek Lively II was 3-9 on field goals, to go along with 10 rebounds,6 points. Jaylen Blakes was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds , 1 assists, 0 points. Jacob Grandison was 2-7 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 6 assists , 6 points.
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Following Duke knocking off 17th ranked Miami 68-66 Saturday Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say for his Opening Statement. On the last bucket from Tyrese Proctor and the elements it takes to win this kind of a game. On playing zone defense: On the unselfishness of the offense: On Jacob Grandison’s offensive play “Great win for us. I was told before it was the 500th consecutive sellout that we’ve had and what an amazing place to play basketball games. Cameron is one of a kind. I think itshowed today. Really proud of the overall effort. I thought everybody on the team stepped up at different moments and for me, Dereck Lively, he’s been working his butt off every day with Coach [Amile] Jefferson. He keeps getting better and for him to have six offensive rebounds, 10 rebounds overall, five blocked shots. Thought we had to change our defenses up. Miami is an explosive team. You never relax when you’re playing against them and to hold them to 66 points, I’m really proud of our defense and the job that we did. Coach Lucas, Jai, has been our defensive coordinator. He actually had the scout for Miami as well. He’s been huge for us in what we’ve done, so happy to answer any questions but really proud of the effort. “Just gutting it out. Getting loose balls, finishing plays, because you like to say ‘make shots’ and we do, we execute. I thought we got some good ones, but our defense has been our backbone and I think we are the type of team we have to gut it out and scrap and crawl and we did that. The last minute, that stop that we got I think it was a two- or three-point game and just to come up with the loose ball, really to me, was the difference.”“Well, as much as you can try and keep them out of the paint, and we did that, we gave up 10 threes which hasn’t been typical of our defense. They’re a tough team to control the ball one-on-one. They have literally four guys that can create at all times. [Norchad] Omier is a load in the post. So just being able to switch it up and give different looks. When Ryan [Young]’s on the floor it’s different than when Dereck’s on the floor and trying to play to those strengths is what we’ll continue to do and adjust that.”was proud of our offense. I thought we came out really clicking, sharing the ball, I mean we had 38 points at half, so our offense was good. It was more our defense and Miami is a team where you can have a high scoring game against them. In the second half, to hold them to 28 points, that’s a big deal. That’s not an easy thing to do, so proud of defense but really our offense, the way we shared it. We didn’t really have turnovers just by being careless with the ball, more just learning how to play through contact and play through resistance. Sometimes on drives they do a good job when you get downhill just attacking the ball and we need to be stronger in those areas.Jake is just a calming force. He makes really easy plays. Ball doesn’t stick with him. He’s the best post passer that we have. He’s always a threat. He shot 40 [percent] from three today still, but he’s a guy you have to guard. He’s capable of having a five, six three game which I believe he’s got in him still. And he battles, he knows how to compete. He’s battle tested. He’s been in big-time environments and I just thought when he was in there he made us better today.
Though,
Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer wasn’t the only Head Coach to share his thoughts following Duke’s 68-66 win over Miami as Miami Head Coach Jim Larranaga did as well.
Jim Larranaga said this for his Opening Statement on how Miami tried to handle Duke’s size and home court advantage: On the play of Norchad Omier: On Isiah Wong playing ill today:
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Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer, Miami Head Coach Jim Larranaga weren’t the only ones to share their thoughts following Duke knocking off 17th ranked 68-66 Miami as Duke players did as well.
Those Duke players included Junior guard Jeremy Roach, Freshman Forward Kyle Filipowski , Freshman Center Dereck Lively II.
Jeremy Roach shared his thoughts on the defense he played on Miami’s Isiah Wong: On returning from toe injury.
I was really just having flashbacks to last year [versus Miami]. They had like two or three crucial buckets in like the last minute-thirty last year, and I just didn’t want that to happen to me. Getting stops was the biggest key in those last two minutes. I just didn’t want him to score, get in the lane and try to find somebody, or me getting caught off, he gets a step on me and gets a layup. I just wanted to get a stop.”“It’s probably the best I’ve felt since Iowa [December 6, 2022 in Madison Square Garden]. I’m just happy to be out there with my brothers and just happy we got the win. It’s just big for our confidence getting a win like that. We’ve just got to keep growing, keep learning, and don’t listen to any outside noise, listen to the 15 guys that are in here and the coaches in the locker room, and everything will take care of itself.”
Kyle Filipowski shared his thoughts on how Duke executed down the stretch to win the game, compared to Clemson game. On his appearing more and more confident as the season goes on: On having point guard Jeremy Roach back from injury: On Duke’s zone defense today.
Dereck Lively II shared his thoughts by saying this for his Opening Statement.
“Just being able to get a win over Miami is a great W. Being able to come back after some hardships, come back after some adversity, just being able to keep our heads straight, keep our heads forward, and keep pushing. We wanted it. Every time we want it, we’re going to go get it. We rely on each other, we rely on each other’s energy, we rely on Cameron’s energy. It doesn’t matter whether we’re here or away – we’re going to rely on each other.
On the play of the Duke freshman:
Great boards, just being able to stay aggressive, being able to fight through contact, being able to take contact and give contact, it’s something that college has shown me and I’m just adapting to it. I’m just putting work in, putting more and more work in than I have before, and that’s what’s going to happen – each level you get to, you’ve got to put more work and more time in. You’ve got to keep your head straight and just dig deep
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As stated above,
Virginia Tech comes into the inaugural match up of 2022-2023 regular season as a 2.5 favorite over Duke.
Virginia Tech comes into the inaugural match up of 2022-2023 regular season with record of 11-8 overall while they’re 1-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference are eleventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference Standings because unlike Duke Virginia Tech narrowly lost their game on Saturday to Clemson 51-50 in Clemson South Carolina.
As Virginia Tech narrowly lost to Clemson 51-50 Grant Basile was 5-10 on field goals, 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 13 points. Justin Mutts was 3-6 on field goes , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , 7 assists , 8 points. Sean Pedulla was 2-13 on field goals , 1-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 7 rebounds , 2 assists, 7 points. Hunter Cattoor was 2-8 on field goals, 2-7 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 3 assists , 6 points. Darius Maddox was 0-6 on field goals, 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 0 points. Mylyjael Poteat was 0-0 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 points. Though, he played 4 minutes. Lynn Kidd was 4-6 on field goals, 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 10 points. Michael Collins Jr. was 2-3 on field goals , 2-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound, 0 assists, 6 points.
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Tip off is set for 7:00pm from Cassell Coliseum!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Dave O’Brien, Cory Alexander, Andraya Carter commentating!
Cory Alexander was a guard who played collegiality at Virginia from 1991-1995 where he played in 85 games averaging 15.1 points per game, 3.1 rebounds, per game, 4.7 assists per game where he was named 1992-1993 All-ACC 1993 All -ACC Tourney before going on to be drafted by San Antonio Spurs in the 1st round as the 29th pick overall in 1995 NBA Draft.
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