Duke Basketball: Blue Devils Will Unleash Frustrations on Georgia Tech

Temple threw a bucket of cold water on the sleeping Blue Devils Wednesday night—and Duke’s ticked off about it. Coach K’s crew will travel to Georgia Tech on Saturday and impose their will on the Yellow Jackets.

After allowing Temple to pull off the upset, Austin Rivers admitted postgame, (via ESPN) “We were slow and they played a lot harder than we did. Every 50-50 ball, they got them. They just outhustled us. We have a great team, but we just didn't fight tonight.”

Duke knows why they lost. Now all that’s left to do is to fix what’s broken. Rivers and company will be in position to do just that against the inferior Yellow Jackets.

Georgia Tech is a complete laughingstock this season. They are one of only two ACC teams to own a record below .500. In his first year at head coach, Brian Gregory isn’t having much luck, as GT is currently riding an embarrassing three-game losing streak.

The Mercer Bears, you read that right, beat them 65-59. A week later, Fordham piled on with a 72-66 victory. And this past Tuesday against respectable competition in Alabama, Georgia Tech didn’t look worthy of stepping onto the same basketball court, as the Crimson Tide ended their slaughter up 73-48.

Mike Krzyzewski's second unit should be able to run circles around this team. Duke will rebound in dominating fashion.

They are less than a month away from traveling to Chapel Hill to take on their bitter rival against North Carolina, currently ranked at No. 4. After failing to take care of business against the Owls, Duke isn’t ready to matchup with Harrison Barnes, John Henson, Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller. Luckily for the Blue Devils, though, an annihilation of Georgia Tech will help them regain their rhythm before a string of challenging ACC contests.

David Daniels is a Featured Columnist at Bleacher Report and a syndicated writer.

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