Caneman786 wrote:Cameron Boozer's sensational Saturday quiets the Stanford Cardinals with a Duke blowout 80-50.
33 MINS
30 PTS
14 TRB (7 ORB!)
3 AST
3 STL
1 BLK
10/14 2FG
2/3 3FG
4/8 FT
0 TOV
0 PF
+26
Duke is now 17-1 on the season (6-0 in conference play, #1 out of 18 teams in the ACC)
Their KenPom rating is +32.50, the 3rd-highest in the country!
In the most recent AP polll, they were ranked 6th, but they are likely to move up based on how they have performed this week.
The Stanford Cardinals which the Blue Devils blew out are now 13-5 (3-3 in conference play, #7 out of 18 teams in the ACC).
Their KenPom rating is +11.05, #78 in the country and #13 in the ACC.
Something notable about Stanford, though, is prior to today, they possessed the most prolific scorer in ACC college basketball.
Ebuka Okorie is a 6' 2" 185 pound freshman guard out of Nashua, NH who was not in the top 100 high school recruits entering college but began his college career with a splash.
He had been averaging 22.9 points on .577 True Shooting, which caused him to move up the draft boards. ESPN Analytics currently has him ranked as a second-round pick, #53 in the country.
However, today when faced with Boozer and the Duke defense, his scoring and team's offense in general crumpled, faced with 5 projected draft picks on the Duke roster:
Mocked #2 - Cameron Boozer
Mocked #14 - Patrick Ngongba II
Mocked #30 - Isaiah Evans
Mocked #39 - Dame Sarr
Mocked #60 - Cayden Boozer
As Boozer went off for 30, securing his spot as the top scorer in the ACC, Okorie scored 9 points on .455 True Shooting, and had 1 assist to 4 turnovers (while his season averages are a stellar 3.3 AST and 1.3 TOV!). In a bright spot, Okorie racked up 2 steals and a block.
AJ Dybantsa will need to score 26 points today to reclaim his scoring crown of freshmen in college basketball (and of all scorers in general in the Power 5).
