When Duke won the 2010 NCAA men’s basketball championship with a narrow escape over Butler, Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils started three seniors and two juniors.
That night, who would have dreamed that, eight years later, Duke and Coach K would be fully immersed in one-and-done culture?
Yet starting with Kyrie Irving in 2011, Duke has sent at least one one-and-done player into every NBA Draft except for 2013.
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