Duke's Zone Offense and attacking that vaunted 'Cuse Zone was the big story along with the Orange's Foul Trouble to their Bigs not Jim Boehiem's Technical Foul. Both Jabari Parker (19 pts 10 rebs) and Rodney Hood (13 pts 7 rebs) led the Charge as 'Cuse again could do nothing about Parker the best Freshman and arguably best college player in the land. PG Quinn Cook came of the Duke Bench to hit two big Money Balls as he chipped in with 9 points and some steady play at the point.
'Cuse will be alright as they only took nine attempts from Deep and Rakeem Christmas being in foul trouble early in the 2nd half put that 'Cuse Zone Defense in a more than vulnerable position. Jerami Grant led the Orange with 17 points and eight boards with C.J. Fair adding 12 points and seven boards. Lack of Offensive Aggressiveness which is also a direct correlation to 'Cuse Foul Trouble led to them only taking 14 attempts from the stripe. Syracuse was playing well all the way up to when Duke tied it going into the half and the 2nd half was all Duke as the Orange hung close.Is this a Rivalry...it can be but it's way too early in ACC Play for Syracuse to call it that. What it is though is two National Powerhouses that are always loaded meeting twice per season and that is good for the ACC, College Basketball, and two Greats in Coach Boehiem and Coach K.
Duke after losing to UNC earlier in the week moves to 11-4 in the ACC and 22-6 overall. The 'Cuse falls to 12-2 in the ACC and 25-2 overall as they try to end a two-game skid this Monday @ Maryland and a huge one vs the Wahoos on March 1st.
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