Over the last, well nearly decade and a half now, Duke has really had young teams. This was because the program embraced the one-and-done players obviously.
It’s shifted somewhat under Jon Scheyer who has said he wants to have somewhat older teams but this year, we’re calling it older with one senior, one junior and four sophomores, five counting Jaden Schutt, who is redshirting but still important in practice.
1986 this ain’t.
Duke is still relying on young players, primarily sophomores right now, but the freshman class is establishing itself as we speak. Jared McCain has been up and down as a shooter but he’s a very heady player who has excelled as a rebounder and defender.