The late-season success for No. 4 Duke has come with some defining factors, something coach Mike Krzyzewski sees as a sign of a certain development.
“We’ve been a much more mature team,” Krzyzewski said. “We played like an older team (the past two games) and we prepared that way.”
So Duke is set for its final road game Tuesday night, a visit to Pitt in the second-to-last game of the regular season.
Duke (25-4, 15-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) can clinch at least a share of the regular-season title and the No. 1 seed for the ACC Tournament by winning.
Tuesday will conclude a three-game road stretch for the Blue Devils. Success in this matchup would be another significant achievement.
“That will really develop the character of our team to a deeper level,” Krzyzewski said.
Pitt (11-18, 6-12) has lost two games in a row since a three-game winning streak. The Panthers didn’t have a weekend game.
That was “a chance for their bodies to recover, to mentally recover,” Pitt coach Jeff Capel said of…
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