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Newark, NJ – Among his periods in North Carolina and Arizona, Caleb Love has already played Duke a disconcerting nine times in his university career.
But the tenth meeting will be for all marbles.
Sweet 16 Matchup by Duke and Arizona, Love – whose shot against Duke in the Final Four of 2022, which has put an end to the career of Mike Krzyzewski’s Hall of Fame, is one of the greatest in the history of the NCAA tournament – against his former rival for the last time. After three seasons in Chapel Hill, the 6 feet guard moved to Arizona in the summer of 2023, where he immediately became the fulcrum of Tommy Lloyd’s offense. As a coincidence, however, Duke and Arizona had agreed with an agreement in the house and home before transferred love by the return of Love to Cameron Indoor Stadium only in his second game with the Wildcats. Arizona won that game and Duke won the revenge of this season in Tucson, 69-55.
Of course, love was a popular man in Newark yesterday.
“We have been thus blocked since we arrived here, since we discovered that we have to play Duke,” Love said. “We are not moving away anything and we are not running away from the fact that this is another game and that this is a game that we have to win.”
When asked about the Matchup Final Four of 2022 in particular, Love smiled and simply said: “I made the shot”. But he refused to develop further, not wanting to provide any “billboard material” before facing seed n. 1 in the eastern region.
“He really doesn’t relevance for this game on the way,” said Love of “The Shot”. “I just want to focus on the game plan that we have set. I want my attention to be with this group.”
Love is 5-4 in his career against the Blue Devils, but only 1-3 since Jon Scheyer became the leader of Duke’s coach (who overlaps Duke who added the guard of Tyrese Proctor, who will be among the main defenders of love). Love guides Arizona to score this season, with an average of 16.8 points per game.
“He’s really a good player,” said Scheyer, “so that challenge is there for our kids.”
