In the course of competing for a championship, you are going to have to win in different ways, and you aren’t always going to have your best stuff, or some team is going to focus on taking away your best stuff. Playing at Michigan State, the way the Spartans have played this season, Duke was walking into an environment that would be electric and not in a good way for the visitors. Could Duke play the spoiler?
It was a physical matchup that began with Duke going up by as much as 6 points before Michigan State wrestled away the lead to put the Spartans up by 3 at the half.