The goal of any top-ranked college basketball team is, of course, to win a national championship, something Duke is well-equipped to do this season. However, it seems this year’s Blue Devils have enacted a separate goal — to impose their will on the rest of the ACC.

The fourth-ranked Duke Blue Devils (13-2, 5-0 ACC) defeated the Pitt Panthers (12-3, 3-1 ACC), 76-47, in a dominant performance at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Although the Blue Devils can score with the best of them,

But there’s a catch: it was only part of an astonishing performance by Cooper Flagg that helped propel Duke to a 76-47 win. Flagg picked up two early fouls and spent a fair amount of the first half on the bench as a result.

No. 4 Duke dominated Pitt start-to-finish at the historic Cameron Indoor Stadium, winning 76-47. The Panthers did not score in the final 7:59 of the game, after trailing for most of the matchup. Duke ended the dominant victory on an 18-0 run.

The Pitt Panthers faced their best opponent of the season in No. 4 Duke and struggled throughout their road matchup, losing in a blowout, 76-47. Pitt (12-3 overall, 3-1 ACC) dropped their first ACC game of the season in the defeat to the Blue Devisl (13-2 overall,

Early in the second half of Pitt’s 76-47 loss to Duke on Tuesday night, Blue Devils freshman Cooper Flagg — burdened by three fouls — intercepted a pass from Jaland Lowe. Going coast-to-coast and approaching the basket from the left side of the lane,