THE OPENING TIP
- Winners of six of its last seven, including four straight ACC road wins, No. 7 Duke battles Boston College Saturday in Chestnut Hill.
- The game tips at 5 p.m. ET on ACC Network with Jon Meterparel and Malcolm Huckaby on the call. On the radio locally, David Shumate and John Roth call the action on the Blue Devil Sports Network from Learfield.
- The Blue Devils, who remain in a first place tie in the ACC and hold the tiebreaker over the two teams within a half game, cap a stretch of five of their past six on the road Saturday -- the BC game also marks Duke's fourth game over an eight-day period.