Friday, April 30, 2004
Dropping Duke
If Shaun Livingston follows Luol Deng into the NBA, how far will the Dukies drop?Mike Krzyzewski would be down to eight scholarship players: Shelden Williams, Shavlik Randolph, J.J. Redick, Sean Dockery and Daniel Ewing as the starting five, with Lee Melchionni, and incoming freshmen DeMarcus Nelson and David McClure coming off the bench.
Demarcus Nelson is an impact addition. But I think next year's Blue Devils are in serious danger of lacking star power. I'm talking about a borderline Top 25 team that no serious pundit (Dick Vitale doesn't count) would peg a legitimate national championship contender.
