The Duke Blue Devils have face been a team dealing with a multitude of injuries throughout the year. This was supposed to be the game that finally saw the Blue Devils at full strength but a surprise pre-game injury to Cam Reddish and an apparent tightening of a hamstring injury suffered a few games earlier by Jack White had the Blue Devils scrambling before the game. With ten minutes remaining before tip off, sophomore Alex O'Connell was told he'd get the nod as a starter.
It didn't take very long to see that the Virginia Hokies were serious.