It was over almost immediately after it began.
The No. 2 Duke Blue Devils (19-1, 7-0 ACC) streaked out to a 20-2 advantage to open Saturday night's game against Virginia (10-7, 4-3 ACC) en route to an 82-63 win.
"The game got away from us very early," Virginia coach Dave Leitao said. "We had talked about how the first five to ten minutes of the game would be critical because that is when you have the opportunity to not only keep all the outside factors out of the game, but also to get them back on their heels -
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