Duke Basketball: Player grades from exhibition win over Virginia Union

Overall, the play from the Duke basketball team during its first of two exhibition games looked like a high-flying dunk contest, but how did each player perform on a 100-point scale?

If the Duke basketball players had bothered to show the same willingness to play defense as they did offense in the first half of Tuesday night’s 106-64 exhibition win over Virginia Union, the lead at the break might have matched the final margin of victory.

And since the squad so often played the role of spectator on defense before likely getting called out on it by head coach Mike Krzyzewski after the first 20 minutes, when coming up with individual grades, I automatically deducted five points from each Blue…