It’s pretty strange to be playing your first game of the season against an opponent with two games already under their belt. One game is not surprising, but two? I can’t find a single instance of this happening before. But as the Virginia Cavaliers look to take on the 0-2 Duke Blue Devils on Saturday, this is where we stand.
There is some advantage for the Hoos as well. They have two games’ worth of film on Duke. They can find tendencies. They can determine strengths and weaknesses. Duke will be playing a guessing game on much of that, and this will actually be the third game in a row that Duke will have to play the guessing game—each of Notre Dame and Boston College were season openers for the opposing team.