As we get to know the new guys every year, we learn more about their lives before they chose to play for Duke.
In the case of Theo John, we learn that he thought he was done with college basketball.
Before his last home game, John said that “I’m good. I’m ready to move on. I did my four years.”
Yet here he is, at Duke just a few weeks later, really.
What changed?
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a list of possible explanations.
First of course is Wojo: John’s Marquette coach was Steve Wojciechowski, who of course had a memorable career for Duke.