Goodbyes to Duke basketball stars with eligibility remaining, well, those are never easy. But such farewells have become the norm for the numb-to-it fanbase.
And though the number of early departures next spring certainly could fall below the program's average of 3.75 per year since 2017, it's also conceivable that the number could break the current program record of four in a year (three times: 2017, 2018, 2019). Most probable, though, seems to be that the number will match that of the skedaddled NBA-bound Dukies this year: Tre Jones, Vernon Carey Jr., and Cassius Stanley.