Last week, I outlined why the 2019-2020 ACC likely won’t be as tough as the gauntlet of this past season, leaving Duke as a likely conference favorite. The week before I previewed what Duke’s 2019-2020 rotation could look like with the return of Tre Jones and addition of Matthew Hurt. Now, in Part 3 of the 2020 Outlook, I’ll take a look at where Duke stands amongst the likely National Championship contenders in 2020.
When the various “Way-Too-Early” Top 25 rankings came out following Virginia’s first National Championship, there was one major consensus: Michigan State at No.