This is what I hate most about the OAD era. By now we all should realize that talent and athleticism is only one of many recipes for winning. It is the ridiculous expectations that lead to disappointment. So the talk of what teams are or were supposed to do is a waste of time.
It didn't take too many games to see that despite all of the talent, Duke was going to have bad games. I know it is the defense that gets most of the attention or the blame. But what really exposes their inexperience is the sloppy turnovers that they don't seem to be fixing. But it's just the freshmen either. Our only senior has gotten sloppy at crucial times as well.
I think Duke can play well enough to make a deep tournament run this year. But it also think they can play poor enough to lose to another Mercer. We'll see. Next year we'll just start over and will probably have similar frustrations as the past two years. And then do it again the following year. I have given up all hope of Duke ever being a good defensive team again, so I guess I will just enjoy the offensive show.