[College Sports News]

Duke (18-3, 5-2), eighth in the AP poll and 10th in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll, faces unranked Virginia (13-6, 5-2) on Thursday at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va. Tip-off is set for 9 p.m. with ESPN televising the contest. The Blue Devils are coming off their fifth straight conference win, a 75-61 victory over Boston College at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday. Junior DeMarcus Nelson paced Duke with 17 points, eight rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal in the win. Nelson was 8-of-16 from the floor, including 1-of-2 from three-point distance, in 36 minutes of play.

Men's Basketball Game Notes: at Virginia, Feb. 1, 9 PM, ESPN

[Gotham Dark Knight]

The Blue Devils have outrebounded the opposition 18 times this season, including a 41-30 edge on the glass against Boston College on Sunday. Duke, 16-2 when outrebounding its opponent, is ranked 15th in the NCAA with a +7.1 rebound margin. The Blue Devils have outrebounded an opponent by at least 10 rebounds seven times this year, including two straight games with a double-digit advantage in team rebounds. Josh McRoberts has led the Blue Devils in rebounds 16 times this season, including five double-figure rebounding efforts.

If you are winning that much on the boards, you are winning period...Great rebounding team they got...and they are shooting well too...

[Lefty Noob]

And Duke loses ANOTHER conference game, falling to 5-3 in the ACC with a 68-66 OT loss to the Cavaliers. J.R. Reynolds scored 25 points, and Sean Singletary added 17, including the game winner, for Virginia. It was Duke's first loss vs. the Cavaliers in 10 games, and it snapped what had been a five game conference winning streak. Ouch.

[College Sports News]

Sean Singletary tied the game with a jumper late in regulation, then hit a falling, one-handed floater with a second left in overtime Thursday night, lifting Virginia past No. 8 Duke 68-66. The Cavaliers (14-6, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who trailed 59-51 with 3:42 left in regulation, pulled even on Singletary's 15-footer with 24.8 seconds left, his first basket in nearly 16 minutes. Duke's Josh McRoberts missed a driving attempt in the final seconds of regulation, and Singletary and the Cavaliers never trailed in the extra period.

Duke Falls At Virginia In OT, 68-66

[cwstech]

You know what is funny. Being a NC native and being about an hour and a half from Tobacco Rd., I am so close to this action. I am a die hard UNC fan. When UNC loses, my friends that are Duke fans call me relentlessly to remind me of the loss. But when Duke loses, I can't find them with a search warrant. Most Duke fans are poor losers.

[G.O.D.F.A.T.H.A.]

Duke will be back next year. Mike is a great coach and he just has a young team.

[cwstech]

Oh I agree. They are a very young team. But you love your team whether they are at the top of their game or at the bottom of it.