Know Your Opponent: Duke

Duke (GoDuke.com)

Location: Durham, N.C.

Rankings: No. 3 KenPom, No. 4 AP

NET/SOS: No. 3 NET, No. 2 SOS

Record: 26-4, 14-3 ACC

Carolina Series History (Last Meeting): UNC leads 138-111 (UNC 88, Duke 72, Feb. 20, 2019, Cameron Indoor Stadium)

KYO: Duke - Feb. 20

The four games over 17 days since the first meeting with Carolina have been a mixed bag for Duke. With star freshman Zion Williamson out of the lineup since the opening seconds of UNC's 88-72 win in Durham, the Blue Devils have gone 3-1 with wins over Syracuse, Miami and Wake Forest and a loss at Virginia Tech.

R.J. Barrett has become even more of a focus of the Duke offense in Williamson's absence. In the first 25 games of the season,…