On Friday February 5 at 3 pm EST, Duke and Denver will square off in what many consider a primetime matchup. Although we are still very early in the season, this is a game to watch. Denver has one game under their belt. While Duke is just getting their feet wet in the 2021 season. The game can be viewed here: https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=2f997dfb-5e00-4c8d-946d-a0d3b5f3bc33
Both of these teams consumed major transfers in the offseason. Jackson Morrill and Lucas Cotler transferred to Denver from Yale.
Micheal Sowers and Phillip Robertson from Princeton, Mike Adler from St. Joseph’s, and Dan O’Connell from Holy Cross. All are Duke transfers, no wonder Duke is the number one preseason team.
Duke also has the number one recruit in the class of 2020, Brennan O’Neill. Believe me, O’Neill is a monster. I saw him play live two years ago and he looks like a man playing with boys.
One of the questions for both teams is with all the talent they have, will they be getting in each other’s way? Well, for Denver that statement proved true in their last game against Utah. They only scored nine goals that game. That will not deliver a W against Duke. Look for Denver’s offense to improve this game. You know Coach Bill Tierney has been on that all week in practice.
For Duke, this will be our first look at their high powered offense. There is talk about Duke running O’Neill out of the box and letting Sowers work from behind. That might eliminate an offensive jam.
I’m excited to watch this game on Friday when Denver and Duke will go at it.