Duke Blue Devils On SI · Yesterday
2 Clear Positives From Duke Basketball's Champions Classic Defeat
Duke didn't have its best stuff on Tuesday night.
The Blue Devils fell 79-73 to No. 5 Michigan State in the State Farm Champions Classic on Tuesday night in Chicago, and MSU was clearly the better team. The Spartans deserved to win, and it's a learning curve that Jon Scheyer and his staff will need to address fairly quickly, with several more marquee non-conference matchups looming.
Duke didn't play a bad game: it was a mix of Michigan State playing at an elite level and a lack of connectivity on both ends at times for the Blue Devils. Even with a defeat, there were two clear positives.
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