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Duke basketball wing Dariq Whitehead vowed to return ‘better than ever’

It has been a difficult year for Duke basketball forward Dariq Whitehead, but things could be turning towards the positive very quickly.

Whitehead initially suffered a broken right foot in August, which required surgery, as soon as he arrived on campus for the Blue Devils, but only missed the first three games of the season as he really started to round into peak form as the calendar was flipping to January.

The Newark, New Jersey native was a headliner in Duke’s top ranked recruiting class, listed as the No.