As we have a look at Duke’s roster coming into subsequent season, there’s loads to love on either side of the basketball.
It is a Duke workforce with an actual alternative to be the very best workforce in America, or so many are saying. I might nonetheless prefer to imagine that till Florida exhibits it is not the very best workforce within the nation, we should always imagine that it’s, however nonetheless, there’s loads to love about Duke because the second-best workforce in school basketball.
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As for what subsequent 12 months will seem like, there are some variations in comparison with prior years.
Earlier than the switch portal turned such an enormous issue, Duke usually had one of many youngest groups within the nation, with star gamers who had been freshmen, and that was considerably the case final 12 months.
Duke leaned on Cameron Boozer a ton final 12 months, hoping he might take over video games and do what everyone knew he might. He did that, however Duke nonetheless fell brief.
Heading into this 12 months, Duke will likely be a veteran-led workforce, which I really like.
I am curious to see how that works out, however the Blue Devils have plenty of gamers who can play on any given evening, and head coach Jon Scheyer spoke about that. He understands that discovering minutes for everybody may very well be an issue, however he views the workforce’s depth as a energy.
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“Nicely, it isn’t going to be 12. That is simply what it’s. You’ll be able to’t play 12,” Scheyer stated, per 247. “I believe starting of the 12 months, we’ll attempt to play 10 guys doubtlessly. However I am not going to place that quantity set in stone as a result of, what if there may be separation with the highest eight? We’ll find yourself going with the highest eight.
“However no query, early within the season, we will attempt to lengthen the depth as a lot as we will as a result of I do imagine we’ve got actually good gamers eight, 9, 10, 11, nonetheless that shakes out.”
Duke will be capable of see how a lot depth it actually has all through the primary few video games of the season.
Nonetheless, in contrast to another groups across the nation, Duke is enjoying one of many hardest schedules in school basketball. Due to that, its depth goes to be examined.
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Nonetheless, with Military, Coastal Carolina, and Southern Illinois College Edwardsville in three of its first 4 video games, these ought to be good alternatives to seek out some depth. Exterior of that, nonetheless, Scheyer and the Blue Devils should depend on their stars to win video games.
