February 9, 2005

Duke Game Finally Arrives
by Zeke Smith

It's the matchup fans have been waiting four long years for, Carolina v. Duke, with first place in the expanded ACC on the line.

Wednesday night's match-up should be a game of the "big threes," and not just the threes that both teams have the potential to hit from the outside. In this game, three superstars lead each squad.

Carolina's trio, which is led by forward Rashad McCants, will try to cool down J.J. Redick and company for the Devils, but head coach Roy Willams knows this will be no easy task.

"J.J. [Redick's] a match-up problem. Daniel [Ewing's] a match-up problem, but you know Shelden [Williams]... I think the level that he's raised his play to has been really crucial to them," Williams said Tuesday.