Over at the Chronicle, Ben Leonard wants to let you down easy: next year, he says, won’t be a championship year.
Well, maybe, maybe not. It’s impossible to know anything this far out (we’re talking to you, ESPN).
He has a few major concerns: three point shooting, defense and youth. You could toss in one-dimensional offense too.
We’ve been following it longer than he has so while Leonard has some valid concerns and he may end up being proven right, let’s consider some things, starting with defense.
Duke struggled this year on defense to be sure.