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A great early, non-conference, top ten battles will take place when the Duke Blue Devils take on the Pittsburgh Panthers. One of the exciting features of this game will be the fact that not many people know much about either team. Duke, of course, is always named among the top teams in the country, but this year they are playing a squad that doesn’t have the experience, or the name power, of teams in the past. Pittsburgh, which having enjoyed some success recently, hasn’t always been a basketball powerhouse. Needless to say, a lot of questions will be answered in this game.

Duke is led by sophomore Gerald Henderson. Henderson is averaging 13.6 points a game, and also over five rebounds a contest. Freshman Kyle Singler is also averaging 13.6 a game. This is a prime example of how many young players the Duke fans are relying on to take them to the promise land of another NCAA championship.

Pittsburgh relies on junior Sam Young. Young is averaging 18 points a game. Altogether four out of the five Panther starters are averaging double digits. In a tough contest, I am going to favor the Panthers just because the game is at their home court, and that they are a little bit older and more ready for these kinds of games. If they were meeting at the end of the season, when the Dukies have more experience, I may have picked them.

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