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Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

That's the way their season has been, a game after game after game.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

Yeah, exactly.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

This is a Wake Forest team that's better on defense than offense.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

They have a top 50 defense, and they are great at turnovers and steals.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

Duke needs to watch out for this.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

This Wake team is 15th in the country at turnover percentage.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

They get steals on 13% of possessions.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

I want you to think about that.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

Getting a steal, that's basically like one out of every seven to eight

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

One seventh, one eighth of each possession, Wake Forest is getting a steal.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

That's top 20 in the country at steals.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

But all that gambling on steals, it costs them a little bit because they're not a very big team.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

They don't protect the rim all that well.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

They've really only got one guy who's at all of a rim protector.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

I'll talk about him in a little bit.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

And as a result, they allow teams to hit better than 55% of their two-point field goals.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

Wake's going for steals.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

They're trying to get the turnover.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

When that fails, they really allow teams to get good shots off of them.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #137 - Sizing up the Wake

Their two-point field goal defense, Wake Forest, is 308th in the country.