Watching this develop is one of the most fun things about Duke basketball, and there's a lot of fun things about Duke basketball.
This is a fascinating time of year.
Formal basketball practice is just starting, yet dozens and dozens of fans know more about the team than the coaches. The Duke Basketball Report is inundated with threads and posts (on almost every basketball-related thread) that break down the rotation of this year’s team and even predict the distribution of minutes.
I always wonder: How do the fans know so much about it when the coaches are still watching it all develop, still unsure of how the team – the lineup and the rotation – will eventually break down?