Duke comes back from a nine-day hiatus when it hosts Georgia Southern on Tuesday. It's one of just four games remaining for the Blue Devils before the calendar switches to 2016 and the schedule moves from nonconference action to ACC play.
The 8-1 start has provided plenty of evidence of what kind of team head coach Mike Krzyzewski has at his disposal. It's one that is different from the 2014-15 squad that won the national championship, but not so much that a successful title defense isn't possible.
Yet there are some concerns for the Blue Devils as nonconference play wraps up.