Duke point guard Jeremy Roach, who injured his toe in Portland against Purdue on November 27th, is “really unlikely” to play when Pitt visits Cameron Wednesday, according to head coach Jon Scheyer.
That’s a double-edged sword for Duke. The obvious downside is that Roach is the captain and leader and you can’t really replace that, though Ryan Young is doing a solid job of being a leader.
He doesn’t have the ball in his hand to run the offense though, so that responsibility will fall to Tyrese Proctor, Jaylen Blakes and Dariq Whitehead.
Duke played without Roach and won at Boston College, something which has broadly been overlooked but is important.