Duke Basketball Beat San Diego State in Round of 32

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Kaushal Mehta
<h1>Duke Basketball Beat San Diego State in Round of 32</h1>

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CHARLOTTE, N.C.—After enduring the first round no sweat, the Blue Devils' street to Indianapolis will get harder and taller.What do you think?

Duke will confront San Diego State Sunday at 2:40 p.m. at Time Warner Cable Arena for a spot in the Sweet Sixteen. The Blue Devils traveled past Robert Morris 85-56 in the Round of 64 however will look to play a more predictable ball game when they tackle the Aztecs.What do you think?

"We've became acquainted with a superior 40-moment execution all together," green bean Justise Winslow said. "We can't have those hushes as we did [Friday] in the second half where we let them get back in the diversion. On the off chance that we can do that, begin solid and play hard for 40 minutes, then we'll place ourselves in an extraordinary position to win."

First year recruit Jahlil Okafor had a field day against the undersized Colonials, striving for 21 focuses on 9-of-11 shooting. Despite the fact that Robert Morris endeavored the twofold group with relative achievement early, it didn't make a difference, as senior gatekeeper Quinn Cook was lights out from the field, hitting his initial five shots and going 6-of-10 from behind the arc.What do you think?

With an Aztec squad that gloats the stature with four starters standing 6-foot-7 or taller—however not the circumference to strike with Okafor into the piece, San Diego State will need to choose whether or not to put various bodies on the Blue Devil huge man and penance the three-point line.

Driven by Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year Skylar Spencer, who midpoints 2.5 of the group's 5.0 squares every amusement, San Diego State has permitted 65 focuses only three times this season—Duke has neglected to score 65 focuses simply twice. What do you think?

"They help me a tad bit to remember Virginia, the way they play safeguard," Cook said. "Their length, them playing at their own particular pace and they're more established they begin three seniors—Polee, O'Brien and Quinn [and] younsters with Shepard and the enormous fellow [Spencer]. They play extraordinary safeguard and that is the thing that truly stands out. Resistance win recreations. We need to play safeguard generally as they do tomorrow."What do you think?

Sunday's matchup will be the first run through since the 1992 National Championship diversion that Krzyzewski will go head to head against San Diego State head mentor Steve Fisher. At the time, Fisher was the head mentor at Michigan and drove the Fab Five against Christian Laettner and the Blue Devils, an amusement which Duke won 71-51 to claim its second in a row national title.
 
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