The Duke Blue Devils won their sixth straight game on Saturday afternoon, an 82-56 road win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and they moved closer to the top of the KenPom rankings as a result.
[autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag] and his teammates jumped over the undefeated Tennessee Volunteers for the No. 2 spot in the site’s net rating, trailing only the Auburn Tigers as of Sunday morning.
The Blue Devils have held four of their last six opponents under 60 points, and no team has scored more than 78 against Duke this season. After another stifling defensive performance in Atlanta, the Blue Devils also pushed past Tennessee for the top spot in the defensive rating with 88.3 adjusted points allowed per 100 possessions.
The Volunteers and Houston Cougars are the only other schools under 90.
The Duke offense finally rose from its small slumber as well. [autotag]Kon Knueppel[/autotag] found his target on four of his eight 3-point looks as the Blue Devils made eight of their first 16 as a team, and their 82 points were the most they’d scored in four games. It was nearly enough to break them back into the top 10 on the offensive end, leaving them No. 11 in offensive rating.
No other ACC school remained in the top 20 through Saturday with the Pittsburgh Panthers (No. 23) the next-highest team in the confernece.