Opening Tip
- Duke is back on the road for ESPN's Big Monday to battle Virginia Tech at Cassell Coliseum.
- The Blue Devils, playing their first of three Saturday-Monday sets in ACC play, are coming off a 68-66 win over No. 17 Miami Saturday at Cameron Indoor, where Duke is 10-0 this season.
- The game vs. the Hurricanes was Duke's third straight against a team that entered in first or second place in the ACC -- the Blue Devils went 2-1 in that stretch.
- Freshman Kyle Filipowski, who last week was named ACC Rookie of the Week for a league-leading fifth time, has scored 63 points and grabbed 43 rebounds in posting three straight double-doubles, including a monster 28-15 effort vs.