Duke's First Opponent In The 2015 NCAA Tournament: Robert Morris

We now know who Duke will face in its opening game: the Blue Devils will get Robert Morris.

It was a pretty interesting game, really, with a lot of back and forth.

North Florida led at the half, but Robert Morris came right back and then the Ospreys did.

With 3:58 left, the game was tied 66-66. And from there, Robert Morris basically took over, ultimately winning 81-77.

Robert Morris had two main advantages in this game: 1) free throws, which nearly matched the margin of victory and 2), turnovers.

Robert Morris had five; North Florida had 19, including 10 pretty early.

Given RMU's size, or lack of it, we figured the Colonials would shoot a lot of threes. Not this time anyway: Robert Morris was just 4-16. Northern Florida took 22 (and hit hit nine).

We'll have more in our pregame story, but as we always say, mismatches work both ways.

One final note: we were kind of hoping for North Florida for one specific reason. We figured that having grown up in Jacksonville and realizing that he was a talented if not elite player, that Grayson Allen would have haunted the NFU gyms since he was a freshman in high school.

Because at that level, you seek out competition which challenges you, and what could challenge a high school kid more than college players?

We're pretty sure he's deeply familiar with those guys and how they play. It could've been a nice advantage, if not a huge one.