Duke basketball’s post-1990 rate at compiling national championships has only once dipped below 1-of-6 (the 2009 Sweet Sixteen loss to Villanova pushed the mark to 3-of-19). Therefore, Mike Krzyzewski’s track record from his first One Shining Moment in 1991 to the present — a 5-of-29 clip entering next season — says the Blue Devils are due.
But does Duke’s 40th-year head coach possess the necessary pieces to transport title No. 6 from Atlanta to Durham? And will Coach K and his squad have the right mentality?
Skeptics stare at the departure of three lottery picks and 73 percent of scoring from last season’s 32-6 team.