By Mike Rutherford (SBNation.com) -

NO. 2 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (6-0) vs. NO. 3 DUKE BLUE DEVILS (7-0)

Tip Time: 9:35 pm. ET

Location: Value City Arena: Columbus, OH

Television: ESPN

Announcers: Dan Shulman (play-by-play) and Dick Vitale (analysis)

All-Time Series: Duke leads 3-2

Last Meeting: Duke won 91-76 in 2002

Favorite: Ohio State by 7.5

Preview

It’s hard to believe that a matchup of the second and third-ranked teams in the country could sneak up on the college basketball public, but that’s sort of what has happened here.

For so long, so much attention has been focused on Saturday’s Kentucky/North Carolina game that this has almost felt like an undercard clash since before the season even started. But if the once-beaten Tar Heels can knock off top-ranked Wildcats this weekend, the winner of Tuesday night’s showdown will very likely be the new No. 1 team in the country this time…..

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