Strong as this year’s Duke squad has been, it has one glaring weakness. And we do mean glaring.
The 2018-19 Blue Devils are hitting 65 percent of their free throws through 10 games, which is not quite two of every three attempts. In only one contest this year – against Gonzaga in their sole loss, of all times – did the Devils make a respectable 70 percent or better at the line.
Surely the Dukies will improve as the season goes on and there’s time to practice, practice, practice (and indeed they did improve markedly in game #11 against Texas Tech: Duke hit 20 of 25 for 80%.