Duke men’s basketball 2017-18 player review: Justin Robinson
(04/03/18 11:56pm)
Justin Robinson
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Justin Robinson
Boston College Eagles: 17-14, 7-11 in the ACC
With the end of 2017 quickly approaching, The Chronicle's sports department takes a look back at the biggest sports stories of the year. Each day, The Blue Zone will review a major game, event or storyline that helped shape the course of the year in Blue Devil athletics.
With the end of 2017 quickly approaching, The Chronicle's sports department takes a look back at the biggest sports stories of the year. Each day, The Blue Zone will review a major game, event or storyline that helped shape the course of the year in Blue Devil athletics.
No. 9 North Carolina and No. 3 Notre Dame got shellacked by top Big Ten foes, while Duke remained undefeated. The Blue Zone looks at a busy week in the ACC:
Miami and Clemson are all set to face off in the ACC Championship after the Hurricanes throttled No. 3 Notre Dame and the Tigers beat Florida State—setting the stage for a game that could be a defacto College Football Playoff play-in game.
2016-17 record: 23-12, 14-4 in the Southern
Despite dealing with a hamstring injuring during the week, Crowder played in Washington’s 29-20 defeat at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs. Crowder only had one reception on the day for a disappointing -7 yards and also fumbled on the play. He has yet to find the success he has had in past seasons and at Duke and will need to pick up his play going forward. Crowder will hope to do just that against an average San Francisco defense that has given up 240.3 yards per game.
Two big upsets, North Carolina State's victory against No. 12 Florida State and Virginia's win against Boise State, shook up the picture in the ACC heading into the heart of the conference season.
After being ahead for the whole second half, the fourth-ranked Blue Devils looked like they were on their way to an easy finish. Instead, they had to withstand an intense struggle that put the outcome in doubt until the very end.