Minutes from the Duke basketball team’s bench are dwindling — and for good reasons:
Junior backup Javin DeLaurier plays as if he has no fingers. Sophomore Alex O’Connell enters games with a look on his face that suggests he is daydreaming about whether his next hairdo should be dreads or a mohawk. And the outside shot of Jack White has become less reliable than an ashtray on a motorcycle.
Meanwhile, the four freshmen starters — who represent the top recruiting class in the history of the sport — appear to have bypassed the freshman wall and are all excelling either at or beyond expectations.