Bleacher Report · Feb 10, 2017
Duke's Resurgence Is Real: Blue Devils Look Like Contenders Again After UNC Win
Streeter Lecka/Getty Images
DURHAM, N.C. — A college basketball season, like history, rarely moves in a straight line. It zigs and it zags. It stops and it starts. A team that seems lost in February can be found by March (see: Kentucky, 2013-14).
But even by normal measures, this season's version of the Duke Blue Devils has taken an especially crooked route. The injuries have been voluminous, affecting every player, save one, in head coach Mike Krzyzewski's rotation. The drama has been intense, as Grayson Allen's every move—whether an intentional-seeming trip of an opponent or an impressive hustle play where he gets tangled up on the sidelines—has set the internet on fire.