Virginia Tech fans
For the third year in a row, Virginia Tech fans celebrated a win over Duke in Cassell. (Photo by Ivan Morozov)

All day Tuesday, I had a calm, confident feeling about this game. That’s not the same as predicting a win – I’m not that brash – but once it was announced that Zion Williamson was out, I had a feeling the Hokies were at least going to be competitive with Duke.