Duke Basketball: 2019-20 keys to bounce-back home win over Louisville

After their second loss of the season at the hands of Clemson, Duke Basketball could really use a bounce-back win and it might come over the Louisville Cardinals on Saturday.

Duke Basketball lost its second game of the season on Tuesday as the Clemson Tigers beat them 79-72, now the Blue Devils will look to get back on track and Saturday is a great opportunity to do just that as they face off with the Louisville Cardinals.

Louisville, who previously was ranked number one earlier this season, is off to a 5-1 start against ACC opponents and they are 14-3 overall. Because of this, the Cardinals are currently ranked 11th in the nation and are behind only Duke and Florida State in the ACC.

That being said, Louisville will have a pristine opportunity to move up both in the ACC and in the national rankings, should they knock off the Blue Devils in Durham.

The question, however, is whether or not they are capable of doing so. Led by Jordan Nwora, Louisville scores an impressive 74.6 points per game. However, the Blue Devils score nearly 10 more per game with their ACC leading 83.1 points per game.

What this means is that Saturday nights game will likely be a very fast-paced, high scoring game and with the line set at 137.5, I’d bet my life the over hits.

Duke vs. Louisville is going to be a stellar matchup and you’ll be missing out if you don’t tune into the 6:00 game on ESPN.

So without further ado, here are the three keys for the Duke Blue Devils to get their third-ranked win of the 2019-20 season: