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Who Is Justin Robinson? Former Duke Player Who Is Returning To Duke Sideline As Director Of Player Development As 7th Ranked Duke, Georgia Tech Are Tipping Off Atlantic Coast Conference Play Today

Who is Justin Robinson?

Former Duke who is returning to Duke sideline As Director Of Player Development as 7th ranked Duke, Georgia Tech are tipping off Atlantic Coast Conference play today.

Where?

Atlanta!

Before returning to Duke to be Duke’s Director Of Player Development Justin Robinson played for Duke!

Former Duke Men’s Player Justin Robinson is returning to Duke to be Director Of Player Development following playing professionally recently for before the Israeli league halted its season after the Hamas terrorist attacks on Oct. 7 led to the ongoing Israel-Hamas War.

Jon Scheyer had this to say about Israel halting its season following Hamas terrorist attacks on Oct. 7 led to the ongoing Israel-Hamas War It’s unfortunate what happened with Jay Rob“He’s in Israel when everything happened on October 7 and his season got postponed. He’s been back in San Antonio, so he came back yesterday.

As a freshman at Duke in 2015-2016,

Justin Robinson did not see the court while redshirting following playing 10 minutes in the exhibition game against Livingstone (11/4), recording three rebounds.

As a sophomore at Duke in 2016-17,

Justin Robinson played in six games, averaging 0.2 points and 0.2 reboundScored his first career point and collected his first career rebound in the season-opening win over Marist (11/11)As a junior at Duke in 2016-2017,

As a junior at Duke in 2018-2019,

Justin Robinson played in 17 games, averaging 1.4 points and 0.6 rebounds in 4.8 minutes per contest Logged five minutes in his season debut versus Elon in the opener (11/10)Made the most of his eight minutes against St. Francis (12/5), scoring five points and swatting away a career-high three shots; also grabbed a rebound and an assist

Scored six points with two rebounds, a block and an assist against Evansville (12/20)Had a career night versus Pittsburgh (1/20), scoring a career-high 10 points on 3-of-5 shooting from three-point range, and matching his career-high of three blocked shotsHis 18 minutes against Pitt were also a career-high

Scored two points and grabbed a career-high three rebounds in the NCAA First Round win over Iona (3/15)
 As a senior in 2019, 2020,

Justin Robinson appeared in 15 games with one start

Scored 36 points on 14-of-22 shooting from the field and 7-of-12 from three-point range with 14 rebounds, 10 blocks and five assists over his last five games played

Earned his first career start in the Senior Night win over North Carolina (3/7) and matched his career high with 13 points and six rebounds, while setting career highs in minutes (25), blocks (4) and assists (3Went 4-of-5 from the field and 2-of-2 from three-point range for 10 points and brought in six rebounds against NC State (3/2)

Scored six points off the bench on 3-of-6 shooting at Wake Forest (2/25), adding two rebounds and three blocks

Played at Duke in his final year of eligibility as a graduate student, having earned his undergraduate degree in psychology pursued his master's degree in management studies at Duke’s Fuqua School of BusinesSelected as a team captain for this season, along with seniors Javin DeLaurier and Jack White, and sophomore Tre Jones

According to his biography on goduke.com

Before before being named Director Of Player Development Justin Robinson was interviewed on The Brotherhood Podcast that is hosted by current Duke graduate student Duke Center Ryan Young.

Following Justin Robinson being named Director Of Player Development Justin Robinson had this to say!

This is an incredible opportunity, to be a part of the team that coach Scheyer is building and the program that I have such a deep connection to,”

in a statement. “My main goal is to help players grow - on and off the court.”

Following Justin Robinson being named Director Of Player Development Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say about Justin Robinson!

Justin Robinson embodies the values of our program as well as anyone,"His work ethic, knowledge of Duke Basketball culture, and professional experience will be invaluable to our current players. This is the perfect example of what The Brotherhood is all about. I'm excited to have him back at Duke."

“Justin Robinson embodies the values of our program as well as anyone,”

“His work ethic, knowledge of Duke basketball culture, and professional experience will be invaluable to our current players. This is the perfect example of what the Brotherhood is all about. I’m excited to have him back at Duke.”

According to Stephen Wiseman article on https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article282437478.html

Duke, Georgia Tech are opposing each other twice during 2023-2024 regular season! Their inaugural meeting is today in Atlanta as the teams tip off Atlantic Coast Conference play.

Where?

On the hardwood!

Duke is ranked 7th in this weeks AP Top 25 comes into the inaugural meeting with Georgia Tech in 2023-2024 season because they lost their previous game their ACC/ SEC Challenge game at Arkansas 80-75 Wednesday because 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

Ahead of Duke, Georgia Tech tipping Atlantic Coast Conference Saturday Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer said his team didn’t have a collective toughness that you have to have on the road.

According to Stephen Wiseman article on https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article282463208.html

Georgia Tech ‘s comes into the inaugural meeting of 2023-2024 regular season with record of 3-2 because unlike Duke Georgia Tech isn’t ranked and they won their ACC/ Big Tech Challenge game on Tuesday at 21st ranked Mississippi State as 67-59 Ebenezer Dowuona who previously played for NC State was 1-1 on to go along with 2 rebounds , 1 steal, 1 block, 2 points. Baye Ndongo was 1-7 on field goals 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 6 rebounds, 3 , assists ,2 steals, 2 points. Nathan George was 4-10 on field goals, 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 points. Miles Kelly was 5-16 on field goals, 4-9 on 3 pointers to go along 12 rebounds, 1 assists, 22 points. Kowacie Reeves Jr. was 2-10 on field goals, 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 points. Ibahima Sacko was 1-1 on field goals to go along with 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block , 2 points. Tyzhaun Claude was 0-1 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 1 point. Dallan Coleman was 2-7 on field goals 2-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds, 2 assists , 6 points. Carter Murphy was 1-1 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound , 3 points. Kyle Sturdivant was 4-7 on field goals, 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 2 steals , 12 points.

Following Georgia Tech’s 67-59 win over Mississippi State Tuesday Georgia Tech Head Coach Damon Stoudamire who is coaching his inaugural season at Georgia Tech had this to say about guard Naithan George who was 4-10 on field goals, 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds , 1 assists, 11 points . I’ve been seeing him coming and playing well for a long time . He’s wore on me. I like the way he plays with him I know there’s going to be ups and downs . I’m Ok with that.

According to article by Associated Press on espn app

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

The game is going to be televised on The CW with former Duke Center Mike Gminski, Tom Werme!

Mike Gminski played for former Duke Head Coach now retired Head Coach Mike Gminski from 1976-1980 where he was all NCAA Tourney 2x NCAA All -Region 2x Consensus AA, 1978 -1979 ACC Player Of The Year , 3x All -ACC 4x All-ACC Tourney 1976 -1977 ACC Rookie Of The Year.

According to sports-reference. com