Duke Destroys Southern Illinois 83-58

Well, I was wrong. Coach Mike Krzyzewski apparently had one hell of a halftime conversation with his team and Duke's intensity picked up big time after halftime. They played better defense and scored 54 points in the second half. Duke had many drives into the lane and ferocious dunks. Swingman Gerald Henderson was the catalyst for the intensity lift and had a few thunderous dunks in the 25-point victory over the SIU Salukis. Duke definitely looked like a #5 team in the second half and the second-half run eerily looked like the 56-13 run that UConn had against Hartford on Monday (i.e. night and day).