Duke basketball (Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports)
One way to help a young Duke basketball team is to trust one starting five.
Last season, with a historically short leash in hand, Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski gave 11 different players at least one starting nod and rolled out 14 different starting lineups in all. Even his most common combination — Tre Jones, Jordan Goldwire, Cassius Stanley, Matthew Hurt, Vernon Carey Jr. — didn’t even draw double-digit starts.
Unfortunately, we’ll never know how the frequent changes to the starting five would have impacted Duke’s postseason.