Duke hasn’t always handled success well this season.
But they’ve certainly handled lack of success well. Duke followed its first three losses with wins by margins of 41, 12 and 20 points.
So we all expected Duke to follow Monday’s gut-wrenching loss to Virginia with some fire and brimstone at Clemson.
Expectations fulfilled. Duke jumped all over Clemson early, survived a serious injury scare and some Clemson mini-runs and pulled away for an 82-64 win at Littlejohn Arena.
The win was Duke’s 20th of the season, Mike Krzyzewski’s 36th 20-win season at Duke and moves Duke to 10-3 in the ACC, one more win than Duke notched in regular-season ACC competition all of last season.