I think K not devleoping a bnech last year hurt them last year and is killing them this year. Pocious looked pretty good yesterday, he looks like a guy who can be a very good role player. A hustle player like a Marcus Ginyard type and duke needs a guy like that. Why isn't he playing more? Duke doesn't have 1999 talent but they have talent better then most teams in the Country, I think K has done a poor job this decade in recruiting and coaching. I am evry happy dukle is not good but I expected them to be a lot better simply b/c they do have talent and K is(was?) a great coach.
Oh God, your ignorance about college b-ball is glaring again. First of all, Duke doesn't need a hustle player, THEY NEED A SCORER GENIUS. If Pocious was as good as your making him out out to be, he would be out on the floor. I mean how can you tell he's so good when we've seen so little of him? I didn't know watching him play 10 minutes against Maryland in a blowout could determine just how good he is going to be LMAO. As far as coach K doing a poor job of recruiting, once again you know nothing. Duke has won a championship and been to a Final Four with 2 different classes this decade. Pretty damn good if you ask me. Plus, how can he be a bad recruiter when Coach K has had so many players go to the league? Here are some names!
Mike Dunleavy
Jason Williams
Daniel Ewing
Carlos Boozer
Luol Deng
JJ Redick
Shavlik Randolph
Chris Duhon
Shelden Williams
Dahntay Jones
The problem is you, like everybody else hold Duke to a higher standard then everyone else. I can't blame you for that, Duke IS the standard for college b-ball. The fact is Coach K is a great recruiter and coach and right now currently has the 3rd best recruiting class coming in according to scout and 8th best according to Rivals (you guys have no players who have signed a LOI). That's without Patrick Patterson, a 5 star recruit who is expected to sign with Duke. You say Duke has talent, but let's not act like right now they have North Carilona talent. North Carilona brought in three 5 star players last year to go along with a solid nucelus they already had from the year before. It's funny how North Carilona can have an expected down year last year because they were to young and lost so many players to the draft but Duke can't when they lost 2 All-Americans and 3 other players who were big contributors to their success. Duke will be fine and will be back to the top of the rankings next year. Your over-dramatizing their demise LMAO. Let me guess, UCONN is finished too and can't recruit just as Wake Forest, Maryland, Texas, Syracuse, Louisville, Oklahoma, Illinois, Michigan St. Arizona, and a slew of other teams with records worse of just about even with Duke are to LMAO. Duke has had a better decade so far then any other school in the country. A national title, another Final Four appearence, never less then a sweet 16 in every tournament appearence, 4 regular season ACC titles, 6 ACC tournament titles, 3 player of the year honors, and never less then 26 wins this decade is bad coaching/recruiting. Seriously bro, get your head out of your ***!