Stop Jack McClinton and you stop Miami. Last year, Duke won 85-63 in Coral Gables, and McClinton was held to 5 points on 1-6 shooting in 22 minutes of action. He also committed three turnovers and fouled out. We need to do the same this year.
While we are at it, it would be nice to shutdown Asbury as well. The 6'7" 215 guard/small forward had 19 points in 38 minutes in last year's game. He was 2-5 from 3-point land.
I'm looking forward to the game and expect Duke to win by double digits but the first half of the State game demonstrated that basketball games do not follow scripts. I'm anticipating strong performances from Scheyer, Smith, and King who were subpar against State.
Tip-off is set for 0530 Sunday morning Tokyo Standard Time and the Japan Chapter of the Duke Fan Club will be open for business at 0500 so stop by for a cup of coffee.