Duke Basketball: Jack White as starter could stave off stagnant starts

Overcoming slow starts is simple when facing Ivy League opponents, but with tougher competition on the slate, the Duke basketball starting five should include the captain who is currently serving as the spark off the bench.

Duke basketball junior Jack White has no shortage of energy. No shortage of consistency. No shortage of instances when he has helped to reverse a sluggish opening stretch.

And there seems to be no convincing reason — even the implication that he is too short to play center — that the Blue Devils should have to wait in future games for a boost from the hustling Aussie who seems to have better basketball instincts than the only two non-freshmen starters thus far: juniors…