Here’s how to watch Auburn at Duke: Cooper Flagg and Johni Broome share the spot in the SEC-ACC Challenge

According to KenPom ratings, Auburn has the best offense in sports and Duke has the best defense in the country. We couldn’t ask for much better in the first week of December.

No. 2 Auburn and No. 9 Duke

Venue: Cameron Indoor Stadium – Durham, NC
Time: Wednesday, 9:15 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
Streaming: Fubo (try for free)

Historically, Duke is threatening at this point. The record is 37-15 against a top 10 opponent and 4-0 overall against that particular opponent. But Auburn has been downright fearsome this season, and Bruce Pearl’s team has two wins over top-five opponents in the last month.

Johni Broome is hell. He averages 20.7 points (with an effective field goal percentage of 64 percent) while leading the SEC in blocks per game (3.1) and all of Division I in rebounds per game (12.9). Broome is an absolute blast.

But Auburn is anything but a one-man show. Chad Baker-Mazara and Miles Kelly are both shooting over 40 percent on 3-ball, and Tahaad Pettiford is a fearless freshman with a penchant for icy shots down the stretch.

This scoring attack has proven effective against Houston’s whirling defensive chaos, but going against Duke’s defense is a unique, arduous task. So far, opponents are only converting 40.3 percent of their 2-point shots and are shooting less than 28 percent of 3-point shots. Five starters average at least one steal, and Cooper Flagg and Khaman Maluach average more than one block per game. All-conference defenseman Maliq Brown enters Wednesday with a team-best defensive rating of 74.4 and has a ridiculous 6.9 steals per 100 possessions.

Of course, neither team is one-dimensional. Auburn’s defense is versatile on the perimeter and, especially thanks to Broome, difficult to beat down the field. Duke’s offense is led by Flagg and Kon Knueppel, but Tyrese Proctor is the most dangerous from deep at 46.9 percent on seven attempts per game.

Memorable Matchup: At the 2018 Maui Invitational, No. 1 Duke defeated No. 8 Auburn 78-72. RJ Barrett and Cam Reddish each scored 18 points. Zion Williamson added 13 points and two blocks. Auburn’s Jared Harper led all scorers with 22 points.

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