THE OPENING TIP
- No. 9 Duke begins a three-game ACC road swing on Saturday with a visit to the Carrier Dome for a date with Syracuse.
- The game tips at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN with Doug Sherman and Corey Alexander on the call. On the radio, David Shumate and John Roth call the action on the Blue Devil Sports Network from Learfield IMG College (96.5FM & 610AM in Durham) and on Sirius 81 and XM 81.
- The Blue Devils are in second place in the ACC standings -- 1.