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Wednesday, November 25, 8:00pm ET, ACC Network.
As millions of Americans exercise their freedom to travel across the nation, eat buffet-style meals and get into screaming matches about politics with extended family, Duke will be kicking off a unique college basketball season that has a moderate chance of being completed. This game will be played in a near-empty Cameron Indoor Stadium, which will not sound much quieter than a night-before-Thanksgiving game against a bad opponent would normally sound.
Duke comes in at #3 in the Kenpom preseason ratings, #9 in the preseason AP poll and #8 in the preseason USA Today/Coaches poll. One has to wonder whether there is a “silent Duke voter” phenomenon among media members and coaches, afraid of the public backlash that comes with being a Duke supporter.
According to sources, Gardner–Webb University is a private, Christian university in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. Gardner-Webb is one of only three private Doctoral/Professional Universities (along with Duke and Wake Forest) in North Carolina. The basketball team plays in the Big South. It is #248 in the Kenpom preseason ratings.