Simultaneously solving the Duke basketball program’s high turnover rate and recent shooting woes may require scrolling farther down the 247Sports 2020 Composite — maybe even off the ranking altogether.
Why? As the years go by, rankers and pro scouts increasingly value the physical measurements pointing to a guard’s NBA potential while overlooking what often matters most to college success: shooting percentages.
Just look at the 247Sports recruiting profile from 2008 for former Blue Devil sharpshooter Seth Curry: no ranking, no stars, not even a mugshot. Despite mediocre-at-best athleticism and length, look what he did after transferring from Liberty to Duke: 13.