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Message: [QUOTE="Lefty2one, post: 3107541, member: 1001"] What a thread. I don't think they underachieved this year; part of it is that the top of college basketball has been dreadful for like a decade. There are very few powerhouse teams or teams without major flaws. This year's Duke team was a poor fit and really thin. They were what, 339th in the country in 3PT shooting? It's going to be really, really hard to win a title if you're that poor of a shooting team. Looking at their final statistics, it's hilarious that of the starting five Zion was their best 3PT shooter on the season (.338, just edging out Reddish at .333). Jones: .262 Reddish: .333 Barrett: .308 Zion: .338 DeLaurier: .000 People can project Reddish's pro potential all they'd like but it's a different topic than discussing what he was as a college player: he sucked. He was a bad player by every metric out there. He shot 35% from the floor, under 40% from inside the arc, had a TS% of .499 (!!!), and had way more turnovers than assists. Barrett put up big numbers with a huge volume and so-so efficiency. This team was probably an 8-10 seed without Zion. We saw how easily they could have lost to UCF and VaTech. It wasn't a vintage Duke team. Separately, Coach K does look old and tired these days. He's not as sharp in his interviews. Doesn't seem quite as active on the sideline as he used to be. I wonder how many years he has left. [/QUOTE]