As Duke, NC State Who Are Tobacco Road Opponents Are Opposing Each Other Once During 2023-2024 Regular Season Tonight In Raleigh Is Duke Going To Be Playing With Or Without Caleb Foster?
25.2 miles is what separates the campuses of Duke, NC State!
Duke, NC State who are tobacco road opponents are opposing each other once during 2023-2024 regular season as Duke, NC State are opposing each other tonight in North Carolina’s state capital.
Where?
On the hardwood on Big Monday!
Caleb Foster who is a freshman guard for Duke was originally injured during Duke’s game at Wake Forest where they lost 83-79 on Saturday February 24, 2024.
With that in mind,
This question comes to mind!
As Duke, NC State who are tobacco road opponents are opposing each other once during 2023-2024 regular season tonight in North Carolina’s state capital is Duke going to be playing with or without Caleb Foster? Following Duke’s win 73-48 win Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer said that Caleb Foster is going to remain sidelined with injury and because of that it’s going to be having Duke go bigger for the foreseeable future.
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article286026106.html
Duke was ranked 10th in week 17 AP Top 25 Poll! Though, that could change when the new poll week 18 AP Top 25 poll gets released at 12:00pm today!
Duke comes into the only regular season meeting with NC State with record of 23-6 overall while they’re 14-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference following winning two straight Atlantic Coast Conference games including Saturday’s game when they hosted Virginia in Durham where they won 73-48. As 10th ranked Duke, Virginia who play at different paces, defensively, offensively faced, opposed each other Saturday in Durham 10th ranked Duke dispatched Virginia 73-48.
As 10th ranked Duke dispatched Virginia Mark Mitchell was 3-5 on field goals to go along with 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 10 points. Kyle Filipowski was 9-14 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 21 points. Tyrese Proctor was 6-8 on field goals, 3-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 assists, 15 points. Jared McCain was 3-8 on field goals, though he was 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds, 7 points. Jeremy Roach was 3-9 on field goals though he was 0-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 points. Sean Stewart was 3-6 on field goals to go along with 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 points. TJ Power was 2-5 on field goals , 3 pointers to go along with 6 points. Ryan Young was 1-2 on field goals to go along 1 rebound, 3 assists, 2 points.
According to espn app
Following 10th ranked Duke, Virginia who play at different paces defensively, offensively facing, opposing Saturday in Durham following 10th ranked Duke dispatching Virginia 73-48 Virginia Head Coach Tony Bennett had this to say had this to say about his player Reece Beekman who was 7-15 on field goals, 1-3 on 3 pointers
When you are playing a team with the firepower of Duke,”“you can get separated quick.”
“We’re fighting like crazy to try to finish as high as we can in the conference, get the best seed we can, fight for an NCAA tournament berth,”“All that stuff matters. And so as crappy as I feel right now, we’re still playing meaningful games. This team still has [a solid body of work]. So I look at that and say, ‘OK, keep trying to build on it.’ And I will, and they better, keep swinging until the last tick on the clock for that thing. We have to … This happened at Virginia Tech. It happened a few times. So you just come together. It’s humbling, but you get back after it and push hard.”
“He’s doing everything he can,”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article286026106.html
Jeff White article https://virginiasports.com/news/2024/03/02/loss-in-durham-leaves-hoos-with-work-to-do/
Following 10th ranked Duke, Virginia who play at different paces defensively, offensively facing, opposing Saturday in Durham following 10th ranked Duke dispatching Virginia 73-48 Duke center Kyle Filipowski who was 9-14 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along 7 rebounds, 2 assists , 3 steals , 1 block had this to say!
We remember what happened last year,”“We’ve got to keep that in our mind and we’re going to make that a statement this year for sure.”
Following 10th ranked Duke, Virginia who play at different paces defensively, offensively facing, opposing Saturday in Durham following 10th ranked Duke dispatching Virginia 73-48 Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say!
I’m just proud of our guys,”“They just came out ready to play with an aggressive and sharing mindset. I think our team is growing. Flip was terrific. When he plays like that it changes our whole team.”
I thought we did such a good job of flowing into offense and driving downhill making the right reads,”
and then good things happen. From that, we just kept our foot on the gas.”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article286026106.html
NC State comes into the only 2023-2024 regular season match up with Duke with record of 17-12 overall while they’re 9-9 in the Atlantic Coast Conference are eighth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings following two straight losses including a loss in their most recent game on Saturday March 2, 2024 when they lost to North Carolina 79-70 who like Duke is a tobacco road rival.
As NC State lost to tobacco road rival North Carolina 79-70 Saturday in Chapel Hill DJ Horne, Jayden Taylor scored 20 points, 22 points. As DJ Horne scored 20 points he was 8-19 on field goals, 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals. Jayden Taylor was 6-10 on field goals, 5-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound.
According to espn app
Following NC State’s 79-70 loss to 9th ranked North Carolina Saturday DJ Horne who scored 20 points he was 8-19 on field goals, 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals had this to say!
I think we just kind of let go of the rope a little bit,Let go of our focus. Our emotions kind of started flaring a little bit.”
Following NC State’s 79-70 loss to 9th ranked North Carolina Saturday NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say!
I don’t think we ever got rattled,”. “I just think we stopped making shots. I thought we had shots. I thought we did some good things. I thought we moved the ball. We didn’t make shots.”
According to Luke Decock News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article286025616.html
Tip off is set for 7:00pm from PNC Arena that is home not only to NC State Men’s Basketball though Carolina Hurricanes of NHL as well.
The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Dave O Brien, Jay Bilas, Angel Gray commentating!
Jay Bilas is a former Duke center who played for former Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski from 1982 -1986 playing 127 games averaging 8.4 points 5.4 rebounds, 0.4 assists before drafted 5th round of 1986 15th pick 108th pick overall in the 1986 NBA Draft. Though, Jay Bilas would never set foot on the hardwood for Dallas because he instead he would play professionally in Italy where he was among the leagues top scores in 1987-1988 seasons before playing professionally in Spain for part of the 1989 season before returning to Duke in 1990 to serve as an assistant coach on Krzyzewski’s staff, while also earning his law degree from Duke Law School. While Bilas was an assistant coach under Krzyzewski, the Blue Devils advanced to the NCAA Championship Gem three times, winning back-to-back National Championships in 1991 and 1992.
According to https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/bilas_jay/