A Closer Look At Duke Basketball’s 2019 Defense

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - MARCH 22: Zion Williamson #1 of the Duke Blue Devils steals the ball from Vinnie Shahid #0 of the North Dakota State Bison in the second half during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Colonial Life Arena on March 22, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina.During the 2019 season we wondered how to measure what seemed an extraordinarily good Duke team defense, especially by the standards of the one-and-done era.

So we compared the ’19 squad to other Blue Devils units of this century in their ability to force opponents into making turnovers.

No Mike Krzyzewski squad in a decade generated turnovers at a more handsome rate than the 14.4 achieved in…