Alex O’Connell could easily pass as the lanky younger brother of Grayson Allen. Like that of Allen when he was entering his sophomore season for the Duke basketball program, O’Connell’s face could pass as that of a high school freshman; also, like Allen, his legs surprise spectators by serving as pogo sticks.
Yet another similarity O’Connell shares with the guy who came up four points shy of joining the Blue Devils’ 2,000-point club is the role he played as a freshman — minus, of course, Allen’s breakout performance in the 2015 NCAA Tournament. In fact, O’Connell averaged 1.