Why 7th Ranked Duke Lost 80-75 To Arkansas In Inaugural ACC/ SEC Challenge Wednesday In Fayetteville Arkansas

When 7th ranked Duke lost 80-75 to Arkansas in inaugural ACC/ SEC Challenge Wednesday in Fayetteville Arkansas the inaugural question that probably came to Duke players Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer mind was why.

I will tell you why as a team Duke shot 35.8 % 27.3 on 3 pointers. Mark Mitchell was 2-8 on field goals, 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 assists, 6 points. Kyle Filipowski who was in foul trouble was 9-20 on field goals, 1-5 on 3 pointers to go along 10 rebounds, 26 points. Tyrese Proctor was 3-12 on field goals, 1-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 4 assists, 7 points . Jared McCain was 1-7 on field goals, 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along 10 rebounds , 2 assists, 5 points . Jeremy Roach was 7-13 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 2 assists , 22 points. TJ Power was 2-2 on field goals to go along with 1 rebound, 6 points . Ryan Young was 0-0 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 1 point . Caleb Foster was 0-5 on field goals, 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along 1 assists, 2 points. Jaylen Blakes was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 points.

According to espn app

Following 7th ranked Duke’s 80-75 loss to Arkansas in inaugural ACC/ SEC Challenge Wednesday in Fayetteville Arkansas Duke senior guard said that Duke came out flat to start 2nd half then followed it up by saying give credit to Arkansas,”“They came locked in. Their fans were into it. They punched us in the mouth.”

Following 7th ranked Duke’s 80-75 loss to Arkansas in inaugural ACC/ SEC Challenge Wednesday in Fayetteville Arkansas Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say about his team tipped off the second half of the game!

We came out and just gave up a bunch of layups.”

According to Stephen Wiseman article on newsobsever.com https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article282455553.html

7th ranked Duke is now going to prepare to tip off Atlantic Coast Conference play when they play Georgia Tech who they play twice in 2023-2024 season! The inaugural match up between Duke, Georgia Tech is Saturday in Atlanta.

Tip off is set for 2:15 pm from McCamish Pavillion!

The game is going to be televised on The CW!

Though,

Who is commentating is to be determined!