Under the bright lights in Madison Square Garden in front of 19,812 and two million people on network TV, Blue Duke Devils The country showed why they have the pieces to cut the net for the first time since 2015 in April in San Antonio.
Blue demons were not only overcome Illinois Saturday night at Sentinelone Classic at Madison Square Garden. The blue demons dominated the beginning to the end, wandering in the 110-67 victory over Illini, which represents the largest defeat margin in Illinois in the history of the program.
while Cooper Flage -Take the expected number 1 selection in the American Professional League draft 2025-The main headlines heading to the night, and The Blue Devils showed their quality, as they called 16 of 27 of the land in the first half and obtaining contributions across the list. Yes, it ended with a power of 16 points, seven rebound balls and five decisive passes while the crowd was sparkling with two bad diving, but this Duke team is more than just future pros and cons. In his third year, John Shayer explains why he is smooth when Mike Krizivski takes over.
We saw that when Sion James – Which only 3S 3S in a game three times this season – drilling two Treys in the opening three minutes. We saw that with Teres Protector and Isaia Evans Combine 20 points and lead directly through Illinois defense. We saw that from Kon Knuepet and Khaman MaluachThose who will hear their names called early on the night of the draft as well as in June.
On the other end of the Earth, the ILEA blue demons gathered defensively, and their adherence to 2 compared to 26 points. The Brad Andrews team entered the evening with an average of 9.4 three times for each game. Yes, Illini missed some open looks along the way, but for Duke to control the Big Ten team physically the way they made Saturday night, made a resounding statement that should put the rest of the university basketball in a notice.
Blue demons have an answer to each one question, including whether the ACC is weak that supports them after some early defeats to Kentucky and Kandas. The answer is that the Scheyer team has evolved since November and has goods to win a national championship.
John Vanta is an anchor and national basketball writer in Fox Sports. It covers sport in a variety of capabilities, from connecting to the FS1 games to working as a major host on the Big East Digital Network to provide comments in the field of 68 media networks. Follow it in john_fanta.
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