The Duke Blue Devils sit at the bottom of the No. 3 seed line as the 12th overall seed in Joe Lunardi’s latest bracketology update.
They slipped down a few spots after Duke’s 83-79 loss to Wake Forest on Saturday, a road loss that pushed the Demon Deacons into the tournament field.
Duke is 21-6 and 12-4 in the ACC after Saturday’s defeat, which ended a five-game win streak for the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils remain the second-highest ACC team in the ESPN bracketologist’s rankings behind the North Carolina Tar Heels, who are currently a No. 2 seed in Lunardi’s projections. The conference has five projected tournament teams after Wake moved inside the bubble, joining Clemson and Virginia in the current bracket.
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Any path to a higher seed became murkier after the game when star player Kyle Filipowski suffered a leg injury during Wake Forest’s court-storming after he was caught in a swarm of fans.
Freshman guard Caleb Foster also picked up an ankle injury in the second half of the game Saturday.