NC State welcomes a struggling Duke team to Raleigh on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils are 7-8 overall and losers of three straight games, the most recent of those a 93-89 loss against Notre Dame.
Duke lacks the star power among its freshmen that it has been accustomed to for a long time, and ever since Coach K decided to play the one-and-done lotto every year, this type of season has been an inherent risk. (But at least they aren’t Kentucky!) Sometimes the crop of talent in a given recruiting cycle is down, and Duke is stuck riding that out.