Duke Basketball: Weekend Blue Devils outperform weekday counterparts

Unless Zion Williamson returns, the most encouraging news for the Duke basketball team leading up to the rematch against UNC may be that the game is on a Saturday.

Weekdays are a grind. Weekends are a party. Sounds familiar to most — especially to those who have watched every Duke basketball game this season.

So Saturday is the ideal day for the Blue Devils’ revenge opportunity against UNC (at 6 p.m. in Chapel Hill).

Based solely on Duke’s performances this season from Saturdays and Sundays (12 games combined) compared to those from Monday through Thursday (18 combined), the No. 4 Blue Devils (26-4; 14-3 in ACC) should do unto their closest ACC neighbors, the No. 3 Tar Heels (25-5; 15-2 in…