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Duke Basketball: Blue Devils take foes’ bait by jacking up open 3-pointers

Settling for what a defense allows, like the Duke basketball players continue to do by jacking up 3-pointers, is the ultimate sign of weakness.

Lowly Georgia Tech won at Syracuse by 14 on Saturday while only attempting 12 shots from beyond the arc. Apparently, the No. 1 Blue Devils, who jacked up 43 prayers from deep and only made nine during a 95-91 home overtime loss to the Orangemen on Monday, aren’t as skilled as the 10-6 Yellow Jackets at finding better shots against zone defenses than those from long distance.

For those that haven’t seen the box score from the game, junior co-captain Jack White was 0-for-10 from 3-point land and freshman R.