ACC Tournament Live Blog: Duke vs. Louisville

Duke looks to win its second straight game in the ACC Tournament when the No. 10 seed Blue Devils face No. 7 seed Louisville.

The Cardinals beat Duke in both regular season matchups, winning 70-65 at the KFC Yum! Center in January and 80-73 in overtime at Cameron Indoor, ruining Duke’s Senior Night 11 days ago.

This is the second time Duke has faced a team in the ACC Tournament that has beaten it twice in the regular season. The first time was just two years ago, when the Blue Devils got revenge against North Carolina, beating the Tar Heels 74-73 in the semifinals on their way to the last ACC championship to be decided on the court.

The Blue Devils will need to find an answer for Louisville guard Carlik Jones, who has been dominant in both games. He played all 40 minutes in Louisville, scoring 24 points and drawing 10 Duke fouls. He also dished out five assists and had two steals.

In the rematch, he scored 25, again drawing 10 Duke fouls. He added four assists and six rebounds, with another two steals.

On the flip side, Louisville will need to come up with a way to contain Matthew Hurt. The sophomore hit 4-of-5 from three in the first game for 24 points. In the rematch, he put up a career-high 37, hitting 15-of-21 from the field. Hurt also had a combined 15 rebounds in the two games.

Duke is coming off a 35-point blowout of Boston College, while Louisville had a bye into the second round. The Cardinals have split their last six games and lost five of the last nine.

The officials for the game will be Roger Ayers, Jamie Luckie and Tommy Morrissey.

Duke's win Tuesday night gave the Blue Devils a boost in their win probability for the ACC Tournament. Duke has a 54.55 percent chance to beat Louisville, according to the analytics at TeamRankings.com. The Blue Devils opened the week at 42.48 percent.

Duke's odds of making the semifinals rose from 15.65 percent to 21.43. The Blue Devils now have an 11.28 percent chance to make the final (up from 8.21 percent) and a 5.93 percent chance of winning the tournament (up from 3.96).

As a result, Duke's odds of getting an NCAA Tournament bid increased from 10 percent to 13.5.

Same starters as usual: Roach, Steward, Moore, Hurt, Williams

Louisville called for a charge, and that takes us to the under 16. Duke is up early, 7-4.

Williams beat the shot clock for a floater ... maybe. They're reviewing it during the under 12 timeout. Duke up 11-5 ... maybe.

Neither team is shooting well but Louisville ...ugh. 2-of-13.

No basket for Williams. Shot clock violation. but the score remains the same so I guess they ... never added it?

Louisville makes three straight shots after the review, to tie the score at 11. Time out Duke

Under 8, Duke up 15-13.

7-0 Duke run, and Louisville calls time. Blue Devils up 22-13 with 5:30 left in the half

Good game if you like airballs and rebounds. Teams are a combined 16-of-48, 1-of-12 from three.

Moore and Hurt just ran into each other on defense.

Foul on Moore (not for hitting Hurt) takes us to the under four. Duke up 27-13.

Louisville with a 10-0 run to cut the Duke lead to four. Time out Duke, 2:04 before half. 27-23.

Another Duke miss and Louisville make after the time out. Two-point game.

Johnson ties it. It's now a 14-0 run.

Nickelberry hits two free throws and Louisville leads 29-27. Wheels have come off for Duke at the end of the half.

A Hurt three puts Duke back on top at the half, 30-29, but a very shaky showing for the Blue Devils in the last few minutes

9-0 run to start the half for Duke and the lead is back to double digits three minutes in.

Louisville fumbles a pass into the post and we're at the under 16, with Duke leading 41-34.

Louisville calls time out, down 47-36 with 13:58 to go.

Withers picks up his fourth foul as we go to the under 12. A Nickelberry three cut the lead to single digits, as Duke is up 51-42.

For the second time this half, Williams was left all alone under the basket by Louisville. The first time was a break. This one was in the halfcourt

Jeremy Roach picks up his fourth foul on a rebound.

Louisville three cuts it to single digits again, 55-47, as we go to the under 8.

Mark Williams rebounds a Goldwire miss and dunks it. He now has 23 points and 18 rebounds. Duke leads 63-51 at the under four.

Williams to the bench with 19 boards, that ties for the second most by a Blue Devil in an ACC Tourney game. Its' the most for a Duke player in the tournament since 1980.

And that'll do it. Duke knocks off the Ville, 70-56 and will play No. 2 Florida State on Thursday.