2017 NCAA tournament preview: Princeton
(03/13/17 6:02pm)
Princeton Tigers: 23-6, 14-0 in the Ivy League
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Princeton Tigers: 23-6, 14-0 in the Ivy League
Wichita State Shockers: 30-4, 17-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference
Duke Blue Devils: 27-8, 11-7 in the ACC
Duke Blue Devils: 23-8, 11-7 in the ACC
Nine program records fell during the course of four days, but the competition proved too fierce for the Duke men at the ACC championship.
Jayson Tatum
Eight of the 11 ACC men's swimming and diving programs enter the conference championship either ranked or receiving votes. Amid that crowded field of fierce competition, the Blue Devils will look to complement a series of impressive dual meet victories with a first-ever top-five finish.
In the midst of a seven-game conference winning streak, the Blue Devils will look to tally their fourth ACC road win Wednesday night at 7 p.m. against Syracuse at the Carrier Dome. All of Duke’s seven straight wins have been decided by 10 points or less, and four of the Blue Devils' five matchups against the Orange in the last three years have been decided by single digits. Syracuse enters Wednesday’s contest on a three-game losing streak, hoping to return to the form that fueled to a four-game conference win streak earlier in the year. Here are three keys to the game for the Blue Devils:
Eighty-point improvements in swim meets generally coincide with vaulting up the standings.
One week removed from one of the most impressive wins in program history against North Carolina, the Blue Devils continued to make the case for the 2016-17 season as the team’s best ever.
After falling to its lowest ranking of the season, No. 21 Duke topped No. 20 Notre Dame 84-74 to extend its road win streak to two. Playing on short rest and tired legs after a late comeback Saturday against Wake Forest, the Blue Devils started strong and held off a late surge by the Fighting Irish to tally Duke's first win against a ranked opponent in nearly two months.
In the last couple of seasons, multiple Duke athletic programs have accomplished historic victories against Tobacco Road rival North Carolina.
Matt Jones
Luke Kennard
With winter break striking at the heart of the swimming and diving season, the Blue Devils are anxious to get back in the water against another opponent for the first time in almost six weeks.
The Blue Devils open conference play at noon New Year's Eve in Blacksburg, Va., against a stout Virginia Tech team, looking to move on from a nine-day holiday break and Grayson Allen's indefinite suspension. Unbeaten at home, the Hokies boast a deep lineup with their top two scorers coming off the bench. Saturday’s matchup marks the beginning of a two-week stretch during which Duke will play five conference games, ending Jan. 14 in Louisville, Ky., against the No. 6 Cardinals.
Jayson Tatum recorded his best game in a Duke uniform, but the fifth-ranked Blue Devils were carried yet again by graduate student Amile Jefferson and sophomore Luke Kennard, who combined for 53 points in an 84-74 victory against No. 21 Florida at Madison Square Garden. At the end of a back-and-forth first half, Duke used a 15-3 run to pull away and head into halftime with a 41-31 lead. The win puts the Blue Devils at 9-1 on the season entering Saturday’s matchup at UNLV.
Luke Kennard
Grayson Allen
Duke and Miami are familiar Coastal Division foes, having battled each other every season since 2005.