Big one tonight. We'll see if last week was a fluke for Duke. See what I did there.
Certainly looks like Duke beating BC was a fluke. Maybe people were right here about their schedule.
Maybe Duke getting blown out was the fluke... I recall North Carolina blowing out Boston College last year by 12 goals only to lose to Boston College when it mattered. I will say that it will all come down to Team Defense and goalie play again this year down the stretch in the NCAA Tournament right up to the Final Four and Championship game.
Duke beating BC was the fluke. BC gave up 16 goals and had only 3 saves. Sorry, that will not happen again and you can look at BC’s goalie’s history to see what an outlier that performance was against Duke, The issues with comparing BC’s blowout last season to Duke’s this season are substantial. BC played UNC in early March last year coming off the loss to graduation of a huge core of their team. They had well over 2 months to improve and gel as a team before they played UNC again. Regular season is over, where does Duke get better? They were exposed athletically and the impact of the unfortunate injuries their starting goalie has endured was on clear display. That is not going to get better either. Also, Duke won the draw battle as they usually do and still got dominated. They do not lose that badly next round but do not see them pulling a 2021 BC turn around.
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