If you took last year's team and put them up against this year's team, I think at this point in the season last year's team would win. But come the middle of the season, I think this year's team would destroy.
The game was close for perhaps 5 minutes and then Duke just pulled away. For awhile, it seemed like this was a Jabari Parker/Rodney Hood show. I actually found this concerning. You can't just rely on two players to lead your scoring. I didn't have to worry too much. Rasheed Sulaimon came in became a scoring machine. And Quinn Cook -- at least to my eyes -- just picked his moments and came away with 21 points.
It appears that Duke will at least have an 8 man rotation. This is far better than the 7 man rotations that they usually seem to have. I have a feeling that folks like Alex Murphy, Semi Ojeleye, Marshall Plumlee and Andre Dawkins will combine for minutes that might equate to a 9 or 10 man rotation.
As mentioned on the broadcast, once Duke gets their defense down this team will be scary. Yeah, if there is one thing to focus on would be defense. Davidson did score 77 points. Looking at the top 25 scores of the day, that was at the high end though other top teams also allowed teams to score in the 70s and Maryland did score 77 in their game against #18 Connecticut.
Duke vs. Kansas on Tuesday will be a very interesting game.
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