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