Didn’t we blow a 20pt lead against nc state in the elite 8 that year ?
Who cares about ACCT championships ? I guess that’s the standard for Duke now.. smh. How long will we continue to justify zero National championship game appearances for the past 11 years while having some of the best teams...
I would give him a B+ based on regular season success. D+ for NCAAT success, you just cannot underachieve with the amount of talent we’ve had 2-3 years in a row. People forget we should have loss to 16 seed Siena in the first round
We depended on too many freshmen who are not ready to handle high pressure situations consistently. Cam, Nik
, Cayden, Darren (basically a freshman based on how the lack of minutes his first two seasons) besides Cam, most of these guys were up and down all year including Dame
I sure am. After 2019 I told myself I was done. Got reeled back in for K’s last season. I will not invest in this program again until we get old.
feels like I am the only person who notices that the OAD philosophy is not working. Sucks seeing other programs littered with vets winning the NCAAT...
To be honest, Cam coming back to school seems way more feasible compared to the players we had in the past. His brother could stay plus NIL could be huge factors but yeah being projected top 3 hard to say no to the NBA
Sarr gone he’s been a projected first round pick all year. Evans gone, he might be late lottery to be honest and coming back to Duke Would cost him millions. Same thing with Pat.
Last year Maluch and Proctor could have stayed but they left to pursue NBA money.
I forgot to mention that we lost Asst coach Evan Brads as he took the job with Belmont. He was a big reason our offense got better throughout the season. Defensive coach Dildy may be gone too, he was slated to take the Charlotte job before it fell through.
I agree and it sucks because this was year to atleast make a title game appearance. Feels like next year our ceiling is round of 32, sweet 16 based on how young we will be.
I think it’s wishful thinking to expect Sarr and/or Pat to come back. Too much risk and to be honest, teams will scout Sarr a lot better next year after seeing how limited he is on offense (just force him to dribble or drive to the rim, he most likely will turnover the ball or make a boneheaded...
Dame Sarr is gone, he has been a projected first round pick since his breakout game at Stanford. Pat gone too, he’s was projected late lottery/mid first round after the Arkansas game plus his foot issues is too much of a risk not to go after guaranteed NBA money.
Wilkins is a great culture guy...
Feels like next season will be a rebuild year and I know this loss hurts but we may have to move on as fast as the players do. The current team had an historic regular season but in my opinion, no final four appearance = failure. Jon Scheyer has steadily improved each year and hopefully we trend...
Caleb should be a 4 year guy if he stays but the teams in the final four this year and last year were led by old men. Arizona, UConn and Illinois have one freshman in their starting lineup. Duke had 3.