The No. 15 Florida Gators entered Duke’s territory knowing the margin for error was slim. After all, Duke led the series 14–4, had won two straight, and especially held a 4–0 edge at Cameron, where Jon Scheyer is 52–3 (.945). Still, even with Duke extending its best start since 2017–18 to 9-0 in front of almost nine thousand fans, Todd Golden felt his team had earned more than what the final score showed.

In a neck-and-neck game between these two giants in the league, the Blue Devils men emerged victorious by just one point, ending the game at 67-66. This prompted coach Golden to lay out the reality of playing inside one of college basketball’s toughest arenas in a post-game interview.

“I told our guys, to win in a place like Cameron, you’ve got to outplay Duke by 10 points because you’r

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