Jeremy Roach shares how he is keeping Duke focused for 12-seed matchup

Duke Blue Devils guard Jeremy Roach knows that it’s important to stay focused in the first round of the NCAA Tournament or risk falling victim to an upset.

As Roach explained, the most important thing is maintaining focus as a team.

“Like I said before, keeping the main thing the main thing, not worrying about what we did in the ACC Tournament or how well we’ve been playing before,” Jeremy Roach said.

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“Just got to keep it going, do what we’ve been doing, don’t try to change anything up, and just stay locked in.”

In the NCAA Tournament, there is a long history of 12 seeds pulling off opening game upsets. Still, as long as a team like Duke doesn’t get ahead of itself, there is a talent gap that should ultimately be a deciding factor in the game.

Duke will play Oral Roberts in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jon Scheyer on avoiding an upset

Head coach Jon Scheyer doesn’t want to finish his first season at Duke with an early exit from the NCAA Tournament. Luckily, he knows the key to avoiding an upset.

“Really it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter what’s happened before. Any seed in the history of the tournament has lost. So nobody is safe going into this. You can’t take anything for granted. You have to just focus on one game. We know when you get a 12 seed, I think a lot of the time you have a champion. Oral Roberts, they’re the champion of their league, regular season and tournament. They haven’t lost since January 9th. They’re used to winning,” Scheyer said.

“For us, it’s — regardless of who you were going to play, but especially with them, we know how good they are and what a challenge it’s going to be.”