Number 3 Duke played number 5 Miami on Saturday. Miami won the first meeting 90-63. Saturdays meeting was Duke senior Ryan Kelly’s first game back scence suffering a foot injury on January 9th against Clemson. Ryan Kelly had 20 points in the first half showing the 5th ranked Miami that Duke is a better team with him on the floor. After the game Miami's coach Jim Larranaga said after the game that he "thought they prepared for Ryan Kelly." Kelly finished the game with 36 points. Dukes stretch 4 coming back for this game was curtail for the Blue Devils. This gives them the second spot in the ACC Conference Standings only be hind Miami who is 14-2 in the conference. Duke and Miami may meet again in the ACC Tournament and we will see how well Miami will prepare for Ryan Kelly.
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Who wins Wooden Award? part2
Otto Porter jr. is one of the players in the running for player of the year. He has lifted the preseason unranked Georgetown Hoyas to a number 5 rank and the best team in the Big East. After last weeks win against Syracuse in the last anual meeting at the Carrier Dome. Otto Porter had a steller performence with 33 points and 8 rebounds. Leading Georgetown to the best record in the Big East with the posibility of the Big East Regular Season Champinship and posibly a 1 seed in the NCAA Tournement. Last wednesday Georgetown played Uconn on the road. Both teams played eather great defence or horendous offence with the score Uconn 22 Georgetown 19 at halftime, and Otto Porter having only one shot and one point in the first half. He finished the game with 22 points and the game winning layup in double overtime with nine seconds left to win the game 79-78 against Uconn. Georgetown is now 23-4 having the number 5 rank in the country. Otto Porter has lead his team on an eleven game win streak. He is averaging 16.6 points per game 7.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists per game and 1 block per game. He is an all around player and a possible lottery pick in this years NBA Draft. He is a leading canidate for the Wooden Award.
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