As Duke, Louisville Are Matching Up For First Time During 2023-2024 Regular Season Tonight In Louisville Kentucky Is Duke Going To Be Playing With Or Without Forward Mark Mitchell, Guard Jeremy Roach?
Mark Mitchell, Jeremy Roach have both been sidelined with knee injuries for Duke!
With that in mind,
This question comes to mind as Duke, Louisville are matching up for first time during 2023-2024 regular season tonight in Louisville Kentucky is Duke going to be playing with or without forward Mark Mitchell, guard Jeremy Roach?
Following then 11th ranked Duke’s 80-76 loss to Pittsburgh Saturday in Durham Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer provided an update on Mark Mitchell, Jeremy Roach knee injuries saying They made progress and they were close,”“but they didn’t have enough time to get ready for the game. They were close but they just didn’t practice enough to get ready. They haven’t done 5-on-5 (work). You need to be able to do that in order to play the game.”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article284492015.html
Following Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer’s update on Mark Mitchell, Jeremy Roach following Saturday’s 80-76 loss to Pittsburgh in Durham Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say about his team about how his team played against Pittsburgh defensively in 80-76 loss following Pittsburgh shooting 44.9 % on field goals, 39.3 % on 3 pointers on Monday two days following the defeat Defend,”You’ve gotta guard the ball. You got to defend and I thought we came out passive. I thought the defense impacted our offense because we weren’t ready at the level we needed to be.”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article284287248.html
Monday ahead of Duke, Louisville matching up for the first time this season Duke Head Jon Scheyer provided an update on Mark Mitchell, Jeremy Roach their status for tonight’s game by saying. We’re hopeful they can return to practice later in the day. We’re hopeful they can try to practice today, which would be the first practice that they would have,” Scheyer said. “Again, we look at Tuesday night as more of a game-time decision. You have to be able to play 5-on-5. You have to be able to practice. They haven’t been able to do that yet.”
“Like I mentioned after the game, I thought in the days leading up, they took some good steps but couldn’t quite get over the hurdle. Yesterday, they had some good individual work. And today will be a big test to see how they can practice.”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article284492015.html
Duke is ranked 12th in week 12 AP Top 25 Poll comes into the first match up of 2023-2024 regular season with record of 13-4 overall 4-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference because on Saturday January 20, 2024 then 7th ranked Duke had their 8 game winning streak snapped as they lost to Pittsburgh 80-76 in Durham as they were playing without without forward Mark Mitchell, Guard Jeremy Roach Saturday in Durham because they sustained knee injuries are recovering from knee injuries.
7th ranked Duke had their 8 game winning streak snapped as they lost to Pittsburgh 80-76 in Hoops 4 ALS finale as they did Jeremy Roach’s absence loomed large in this game against Pittsburgh as Jeremy Roach is a captain, a senior a leader who averages 14.6 points per game, 2.6 rebounds , 3.2 assists while shooting 49.7 % . Though, Mark Mitchell who is a sophomore forward absence also loomed large as he averages 12. 2 points, 5.6 rebounds , 1.3 assists per game while shooting 49.6 percent. Though, the most important stat for Mark Mitchell is those 5.6 rebounds he averages per game. Duke was out rebounded by Pittsburgh without Mark Mitchell on the court. 32-25. Though, also what else hurt Duke defensively was not being able to guard Pittsburgh forward Blake Hinson who was 8-10 on field goals, 7-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 8 rebounds 24 points.
As then 7th ranked lost 80-76 to Pittsburgh offensively Kyle Filipowski was 5-10 on field goals, 3-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , 2 assists , 1 steal, 1 block 19 points. Tyrese Proctor was 3-10 on field goals, 2-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 1 assists , 11 points. Caleb Foster was 4-9 on field goals , 3-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds, 5 assists , 3 steals, 16 points. Jared McCain was 7-14 on field goals , 3-8 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 1 assists , 1 steal, 20 points. Jaylen Blakes was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 1 steal, 2 points. TJ Power was 1-3 on field goals , 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 points. Ryan Young was 2-3 on field goals to go along 4 rebounds , 2 assists, 2 blocks , 6 points.
According to espn app
Following 7th ranked Duke having 8 game winning streak snapped as they lost to Pittsburgh 80-76 in Hoops 4 ALS finale Blake Hinson who is a Pittsburgh forward who was 8-10 on field goals, 7-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 8 rebounds 24 points had this to say about him celebrating Pittsburgh’s win on the press table in front of the Duke Student section that is referred to as Cameron Crazies! This is one of the hardest places to win in the nation . So that was just an example of you climbing Mount Everest you looking at the top and saying I did it ‘… It’s nothing but respect.
According to article on espn app
Following 7th ranked Duke having 8 game winning streak snapped as they lost to Pittsburgh 80-76 in Hoops 4 ALS finale in Durham Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say about Duke’s rebounding Rebounding a lot of the time comes down to will and mindset, and we didn’t have that,” had an apology for the 9,314 Duke fans, spectators watching live inside Cameron Indoor Stadium as well as in the United States and around world for his team putting an opponent (Pittsburgh ) in position to celebrate like that by saying I want to apologize to our fans, by the way, for what happened at the end,”“That can’t happen and that’s on us and that’s unacceptable.”
Following then 7th ranked Duke having 8 game winning streak snapped as they lost to Pittsburgh 80-76 in Hoops 4 ALS finale in Durham Duke Graduate Center Ryan Young who is playing his 6th season, final season of College Basketball who is playing his second season of College Basketball for former Duke guard currently Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer following playing four seasons for former Duke guard former Duke Assistant Coach current Northwestern Head Coach Chris Collins who was 2-3 on field goals to go along with 4 rebounds , 2 assists , 2 blocks, 6 points had this to say!
I thought they were just tougher and more aggressive than us tonight,”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article284287068.html
With Duke’s winning streak getting snapped at 8 games Duke is now 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings with record of 13-4 overall 4-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
According to https://theacc.com/standings.aspx?standings=98
Louisville comes into the first match up of 2023-2024 regular season with Duke with record of 6-12 overall 1-6 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is last in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they’ve lost three straight Atlantic Coast Conference games including Saturday’s January 20, 2024 game to Wake Forest 90-65 in Winston-Salem.
As Louisville lost 90-65 to Wake Forest Saturday in Winston -Salem Brandon Huntley -Hatfield was 6-11 on field goals to go along with 5 rebounds , 1 assists, 1 steal , 12 points. Mike James was 7-13 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds , 1 steal, 16 points. Skyy Clark was 1-6 on field goals, 0-1 on field goals to go along 1 rebound, 6 assists , 2 points. Tre White was 7-8 on field goals, 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along 6 rebounds , 1 block, 17 points. Danilo Jovanovich was 2-3 on field goals to go along 1 rebound , 5 points. Kaleb Glenn was 3-5 on field goals to go along with 4 rebounds, 1 assists , 6 points. Ty -Laur Johnson was 0-4 on field goals, 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 3 assists , 1 steal, 3 points. Curtis Williams was 1-6 on field goals, 1-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 points.
According to espn app
Following Louisville’s 90-65 loss to Wake Forest Saturday in Winston -Salem Louisville Head Coach Kenny Payne had this to say!
There are no excuses," UofL"At the end of the day, we've got to go out and perform. We have to go out and play with a fight and go out and defend. The elephant in the room is if we allow a team to shoot the ball like that, you're not winning."
Tip off is set for 7:00pm from KFC Yum Center!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Rece Davis, Jon Crispin are commentating!