The AP Poll Doesn't Reflect The ACC's Progress
By Jacob Levitt | December 6, 2010
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Saturday’s matchup between Duke and Butler was expected to play out much differently than April’s national championship game.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — This time around, the Blue Devils weren’t going to give Butler a chance at the buzzer.
Eight months ago, over 48 million viewers watched as Duke defeated Butler 61-59 in an epic national title game.
On a night dominated by the play of a freshman, it was yet another underclassman that quietly had a defining performance in his young Duke career: Mason Plumlee.
Kyrie Irving may be a freshman, but he played like a seasoned veteran against the toughest competition of Duke’s young season.
It will be a strange day at Duke University. One will pass the cobblestone crosswalk across Towerview Road and bear witness to a sight normally seen in the middle of spring.