Nothing describes the current state of Duke basketball better than the moments immediately following its game on Monday at Miami. The players and coaches from each team met along the sideline to shake hands without worry of being bombarded by court-storming fans basking in a victory over the Blue Devils.
That's because beating Duke hasn't been that rare of an achievement in 2015-16.
Monday's 80-69 setback was the fourth in five games and sixth overall for a program that lost only four times last year en route to the national title. It has finished a season with six or fewer losses 14 times in the past two decades.