Florida State wasn't backing down from the Duke name

It was a rowdy and raucous Florida State crowd that welcomed Grayson Allen and the Duke Blue Devils to the Tucker Civic Center on Tuesday night.

From start to finish the 11,675 fans, which is a new record for the facility, were engaged and loud, and that was especially true when Allen had the ball, walked on the court, or even breathed.

It was a great atmosphere tonight," Duke forward Luke Kennard said.

"That's how it's going to be. We know that coming in to road games, especially in the ACC. The atmosphere was great. They brought a lot of energy to the arena, and I think their team fed off of it."

The Seminoles weren't going to to be impressed that the team across from them had Duke on their chests. They believe they can play with anyone, and showed it with a dominating 88-72 victory.

"We can play with anybody in the country," FSU guard Dwayne Bacon said.

"Duke is another team. We didn't come into this game thinking ,'Oh, we're playing Duke.' It's just another team in front of us that's trying to stop us from our goal and what we're trying to build here.

"We have a good team, and we knew we could win this game. We just came out and played how we've been playing all year and came out with a victory."

The FSU student section also came prepared. There were signs poking fun at Allen's habit, and every time he touched the ball a wall of noise erupted from the fans. He was held to nine points on just two of six shooting on the night.

The Seminoles came in with a plan and executed it as well as they could have. They outscored Duke in the paint 56 to 28, which was a point of emphasis coming into the game.

"Our game plan wasn't to get anyone specific into foul trouble," FSU guard Terance Mann said.

"We just knew that they were kind of poor defending the ball so we just drive it, drive it, drive it. We've been doing it all year, and we're not going to let them stop us from getting down hill and getting to the paint."