Duke Survive at Florida State 91-87; Isaiah Evans goes off for 28 points

One thing is definitely for certain this season. This ACC is not last year’s ACC. There has been an influx of both talent and coaching that the Blue Devils are finding out first-hand make this season very unlike last years. For the second ACC game in a row, though, the Blue Devils allowed a team to get comfortable, and it nearly cost them – yet again. The scout on Florida State had to be a fairly simple one, force them to put the ball on the floor, they only need a sliver of space, so don’t give it to them. But for the majority of the game it felt like Duke either got the wrong scouting report or it was written in a different language because Florida State was simply the better team in the first half – but Duke certainly helped. There was a distinct lack of defensive awareness and definitely a lack of both cohesion and communication, and Florida State took full advantage.

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