On Tuesday night, Duke and Michigan State resume one of the better non-conference rivalries in college basketball. This should be be one of the highlights of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
It doesn't have the intensity of Duke-Kentucky but then again it also lacks the nastiness that always pops up, usually among Kentucky fans after a Duke win.
Duke-Michigan State is characterized more by respect. These teams don’t play exactly the same way other than both playing hard and clean. Win or lose, both teams leave the floor respecting each other.
Take last year as the teams battled for a Final Four berth.