Duke Breezes By Notre Dame 100-56; Darren Harris Drops 16 Points

It would have been perfectly understandable for Jon Scheyer’s team to have a bit of a drop-off or letdown after such a huge event in DC. It would have been human nature, but it turns out that being not so far removed from your playing days and also following in the footsteps of the best to ever do it. Jon Scheyer has picked up a few lessons along the way. He’s been coaching against human nature from the start and beating it handily, and his Blue Devils did the exact same thing to a hobbled Notre Dame team that came into the season with a lot of promise. Injuries have certainly curtailed any hope of their pre-season expectations coming to fruition with the injury to Markus Burton and, more recently, freshman Jalen Haralson missing time. Micah Shrewsberry is probably doing as good a job as one could expect under the circumstances. The ACC is much better, and to win at less than full strength is just not feasible.

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