Duke, Mike Krzyzewski Host Mike Brey, Notre Dame

Mike Krzyzewski and Mike Brey are very familiar with each other.

Why? Mike Brey is a former assistant coach of Mike Krzyzewski’s who is in his 40th season as the head coach of Duke.

Mike Brey spent eight years at Duke. In those eight years he Blue Devils advanced to the Final Four six times and won back-to-back national championships in 1991 and 1992. “according to https://und.com/coach/mike-brey-2/

On Saturday the current head coach of Duke and his former assistant Mike Brey will matchup as Duke who is currently ranked seventh in the AP Top 25 poll host Notre Dame who is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in every sport with the exception coming on the grid iron and unlike Duke isn’t ranked in the AP Top 25 poll.

Duke comes into the game with a record of 21-3 while they’re 11-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and second in the standings behind Louisville who is in first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference while Notre Dame comes into the game with a record of 15-9 while they’re 6-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and seventh in the standings and behind Pittsburgh in the standings. “according to http://www.theacc.com/standings.aspx?standings=40

As for Duke’s previous game,

They had a quick turn around as they had to return to Durham to host Florida State on Monday night after their overtime victory over North Carolina in Chapel Hill. You would think that after a 98-96 overtime win in Chapel Hill over your rival North Carolina that you would have some side effects going into your next game but that wasn’t the case for Duke who had to return to action Monday night  in the confines of Cameron Indoor Stadium against Florida State.

Tre Jones had 13 points to help seventh-ranked Duke overcome a turnover-heavy performance. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/2/10/mens-basketball-no-7-duke-survives-no-8-fsu-for-sixth-straight-win.aspx

Big man Vernon Carey Jr. had a quiet offensive night (10 points and 10 rebounds), but Duke got a boost with junior guard Jordan Goldwire matching his career high with 13 points on 5-for-5 shooting -- including three 3s -- after coming in averaging 4.0 points.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/2/10/mens-basketball-no-7-duke-survives-no-8-fsu-for-sixth-straight-win.aspx

Freshman Matthew Hurt also had a couple of big moments in the final seconds, going 4 for 4 at the line in the final 11.7 seconds to help the Blue Devils clinch this one. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/2/10/mens-basketball-no-7-duke-survives-no-8-fsu-for-sixth-straight-win.aspx

Unlike Duke,

Notre Dame lost their previous game as they were knocked off in overtime by Virginia in Charlottesville.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish dropped a hard-fought 50-49 overtime decision to the Virginia Cavaliers on the road Tuesday in a back-and-forth game that neither team led by more than five points.”according to https://und.com/irish-suffer-ot-loss-at-virginia-50-49/

Notre Dame’s overall record fell to 15-9 and conference record dropped to 6-7 following the defeat.”according to https://und.com/irish-suffer-ot-loss-at-virginia-50-49/

The Fighting Irish had three players score in double figures, led by Prentiss Hubb, who had 12 points, four assists and three steals. John Mooney added a double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds and Nate Laszewski helped out with 11 points off of the bench.”according to https://und.com/irish-suffer-ot-loss-at-virginia-50-49/

HOW IT HAPPENED

After falling behind 10-7, Notre Dame went on a 5-0 run with 9:47 left in the first half, culminating in a three from Dane Goodwin, to take a 12-10 lead. The Fighting Irish then added two points to that lead by the end of the period and entered halftime with a 26-22 advantage. Notre Dame relied on its three-point shooting in the period, knocking down five shots to account for 15 of its 26 points.”according to https://und.com/irish-suffer-ot-loss-at-virginia-50-49/

Virginia proceeded to take a 45-40 lead before Notre Dame went on a 7-0 run, finished off by T.J. Gibbs’ three, to seize a 47-45 lead with 2:41 to go in the contest. The Cavaliers then fought back to even things up at 47-47 and send the game to overtime. Notre Dame took care of business in the paint, recording 16 of its 21 points in the lane.”according tohttps://und.com/irish-suffer-ot-loss-at-virginia-50-49/

Virginia then edged ahead in overtime, leaving Notre Dame behind 50-49 at the final buzzer.”according to https://und.com/irish-suffer-ot-loss-at-virginia-50-49/

As for Duke and Notre Dame’s meeting last season in South Bend Indiana,

Duke won that game,

- Zion Williamson scored 26 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked four shots, and fellow freshmen RJ Barrett and Cam Reddish combined for another 30 points as No. 2 Duke rolled to an 83-61 victory over Notre Dame on Monday night. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/1/28/211788234.aspx

Williamson made 10 of 12 shots from the field for the Blue Devils, who were in control all the way. “according tohttps://goduke.com/news/2019/1/28/211788234.aspx

Duke (18-2, 7-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its fourth straight game while sending the Fighting Irish (11-10, 1-7) to their sixth straight loss.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/1/28/211788234.aspx

Barrett tallied 17 points for the Devils to go with nine rebounds. Reddish had 13 points.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/1/28/211788234.aspx

John Mooney scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Notre Dame. It was his seventh consecutive double-double.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/1/28/211788234.aspx

Prentiss Hubb added 13 points and T.J. Gibbs 12 for the Irish.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/1/28/211788234.aspx

Duke, which led by as many 24 points in the second half, was up 46-28 by halftime.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/1/28/211788234.aspx

The Blue Devils roared to a 17-2 lead in the opening six minutes, with Williamson scoring nine points during the spree, and were up 26-7 by the time 10 minutes had elapsed.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/1/28/211788234.aspx

Notre Dame trimmed its deficit under double digits just once, at 32-23. The Blue Devils' immediate response to that was a 10-0 run over a span of 2:22.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/1/28/211788234.aspx

Tip-off is set for 4:00pm from Cameron Indoor Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPN.