Next up for Duke is a tough Virginia Tech team that has been hit by suspensions and injuries this season and so has probably not lived up to its full potential.
The Hokies started off by suspending star Chris Clarke. He’s so suspended that he’s no longer on the official Virginia Tech site. No word has leaked about exactly what happened but it damaged the rotation immensely. He was a great sixth man.
Freshman Landers Noelly is also sitting out. In his case there were questions about his ACT scores.
Virginia Tech had adapted reasonably well to those personnel losses but it was really impossible to replace point guard Justin Robinson.