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Duke basketball’s modern-day senior class is not at all what it used to be.
There are no longer Duke basketball senior classes containing three or four ultra-talented players with already illustrious careers. Instead, Duke’s senior classes now usually consist of only one or two guys who were either under the radar as recruits or talented players who never fully reached their potential and spent the majority of their careers on the bench or in small roles.
Gone are the days of having a senior-led team, especially around Durham. But the Blue Devils have shown that they can still be at the highest level and compete for a national championship with a freshman-heavy rotation.