Duke basketball guard Jeremy Roach (Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports)
Jeremy Roach can learn from the growth of Duke basketball legend Tre Jones.
By the numbers, point guards Jeremy Roach and Tre Jones were almost identical as Duke basketball freshmen. They were decent. Good, not great. Roach averaged 8.7 points per game last season, and his predecessor chipped in 9.4 points per game in 2018-19.
Neither is atypical from a fresh-faced, first-year lead guard under head coach Mike Krzyzewski. And once you consider the surrounding talent on an annual basis, it becomes clearer: Running the point at Duke is traditionally more democratic than dictatorial.