In 2007-08, Duke had the core of a great team though no one knew it then. Four players would go on to start in the 2010 national championship game - Lance Thomas, Jon Scheyer, Kyle Singler and Brian Zoubek.
In 2007-08 though, Singler was a freshman, Zoubek was working on an injury-plagued career that ended brilliantly, Thomas was still learning an overall game and Scheyer was a long way from moving to the point.
And this team was weak inside. DeMarcus Nelson was a superior rebounder for a 6-3 guy but he was 6-3.
Young, small and inexperienced, when Duke ran into West Virginia, they took a beating.