A Lineup Tweak May Have Fueled Duke’s Dominance against Clemson

Courier Journal-USA TODAY Sports Duke Blue Devils guard Jordan Goldwire (14) controls the ball against the Louisville Cardinals during a NCAA basketball game at the KFC Yum! Center.As Duke fans collectively exhaled for the first time in months, they likely saw an abundance of positive signs after a shellacking of Clemson. Many of these were conspicuous: Duke’s balanced scoring attack, much-improved defense, and the emergence of freshman center Mark Williams as a presence off the bench.

Among those stellar performances was that of freshman Jeremy Roach, who put up 12 points on better than 50% shooting from the floor while only turning the ball over once. The performance was all the more…