On Sunday at Georgia Tech, Duke’s coaching staff made a change to something it had used all season: it’s starting lineup.
Freshman point guard Trevon Duval, who had started every game this season, was replaced in that lineup with freshman guard Alex O’Connell. Senior guard Grayson Allen started in Duval’s spot and O’Connell started where Allen normally would. Sophomore center Marques Bolden started in place of freshman forward Marvin Bagley III, who missed the game with a right knee sprain. Freshman forwards Gary Trent Jr. and Wendell Carter Jr. filled out the starting five.
That lineup worked, associate head coach Jeff Capel said Monday.