There are many factors that contributed to the downfall of this once great program.
You can attribute a combination of injuries, mixed in with bad coaching and bad recruiting, and voila we have three straight seasons without a NCAA Tournament berth.
But, one case was brought up to me last night. This person said that John Groce needs to pitch that building this program is going to take five years to get started, just like Coach K.
This got me thinking, could this be right? Did Coach K take five seasons to get the Duke Blue Devils on the map?