1. Mark Gottfried's Wolfpack has another chance to score its first elite ACC victory. N.C. State hasn't won at Cameron Indoor Stadium in its last 13 tries, and the No. 5 Blue Devils figure to make the task a little more difficult. The Wolfpack's best chance will be to borrow Miami's game plan that allowed it to leave Durham with a win on Super Bowl Sunday. The Hurricanes hit their 3-pointers, which kept the Blue Devils from doubling center Reggie Johnson. While N.C. State doesn't have an inside presence as physical as Johnson, C.J. Leslie's athleticism will ask questions of Duke's defense. Scott Wood – the ACC's best 3-point shooter at 44 percent – needs to have a big game from downtown tonight.

2. Andre Dawkins said after making 7 3-pointers in the first half against Wake Forest that he had silenced the critics who had said he was too inconsistent. If anything, he's further reinforced the notion that he's too hot-and-cold. His scoring output the past six games: 3, 14, 5, 3, 8, 3. The only one of those games in which he shot better than 40 percent during that stretch was against Virginia Tech, when he scored 5 points on 2-for-3 shooting. Dawkins has scored 17 or more points five times this season, and certainly seems due for a breakout.