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Duke basketball: Why Coach K must redshirt one player this season

Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Unless Duke basketball has plans to play 11 guys, a redshirt would be wise.

Would it be entertaining to see Mike Krzyzewski employ an 11-man rotation each and every game? Absolutely, for full-throttle Duke basketball is breathtaking just as a thought alone.

Well, there are exactly 11 on the 2020-21 roster worthy of regular action: Jordan Goldwire, Patrick Tape, Joey Baker, Wendell Moore, Matthew Hurt, Jeremy Roach, DJ Steward, Jalen Johnson, Jaemyn Brakefield, Henry Coleman, and Mark Williams.

And it’s possible that each is indeed expecting no less than 10 minutes per game.