The offseason chatter coming from Durham was almost universally music to Duke fans’ ears.
Jon Scheyer’s second Duke team would have a glut of three point shooters. A talented freshman class would make this the deepest Blue Devil squad in recent memory. Mark Mitchell had worked on his unorthodox shot. Kyle Filipowski, he of two repaired hips, would be a more mobile and athletic version of the player who already won ACC Rookie of the Year.
Yet, eight games into a young season, much of that chatter seems to have been just that, and Duke is facing an identity crisis.