Capsule: Duke-Utah won’t be same matchup it was in Sweet 16
No. 7 Duke vs. Utah
When: Noon
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York
TV/Radio: ESPN, 96.5-WFLB, 620-WDNC
Projected starting lineups
No. 7 Duke (9-1)
G Matt Jones 13.6 ppg, 2.0 apg
G Luke Kennard 9.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg
G Grayson Allen 21.4 ppg, 5.5 rpg
G/F Brandon Ingram 14.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg
C Marshall Plumlee 6 ppg, 6.9 rpg
Utah (8-2)
G Brandon Taylor 7.9 ppg, 3.8 apg
G Lorenzo Bonam 9.5 ppg, 2.7 rpg
F Jordan Loveridge 14 ppg, 3.8 rpg
F Kyle Kuzma 10.3 ppg, 6.5 rpg
F Jakob Poeltl 19.1 ppg, 9.5 rpg
Observations
These are not the two teams that met in the Sweet 16 last year in Houston (a 63-57 Duke win that wasn’t as close as the final score indicated). Utah’s do-everything guard Delon Wright graduated, and the Blue Devils lost half of their team. The Utes’ backcourt has struggled mightily on both ends of the court this year.
Laura Keeley
This story was originally published December 18, 2015 at 6:12 PM with the headline "Capsule: Duke-Utah won’t be same matchup it was in Sweet 16."