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Message: [QUOTE="RuffRuff, post: 5175278, member: 1268"] Duke has 3 guys currently mocked higher than our highest mocked guy. Given we are consensus that Liam is our best player, not sure that they have limited talent beyond Flagg. But yeah, he is what makes them different. [URL unfurl="true"]https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10150092-2025-nba-mock-draft-full-2-round-predictions-and-pro-comparisons[/URL] Roster building in the portal era is very interesting as it's a new feature, and has leveled the playing field to offset programs that have historically hogged all the blue chip HS talent. It's a different evaluation, and Hurley has been a magician in the portal the last few years. Yet he seemed to lean more heavily on his HS recruits and HS recruiting this past cycle. I'll be very curious as to how he evaluates current roster versus available options this upcoming cycle and if he sticks to loyalty/continuity, or if he does some overhauling (like Scheyer) to upgrade talent if it presents. Scheyer did in fact pull something pretty unique this past off season. The guy proactively said se la vi to multiple starters (Mitchell, Roach), along with 2 highly recruited freshman, to overhaul his roster. You basically have 7 new players as the core of a team. Would Hurley do that? Probably not with his continuity & culture thing. Question has been whether this Duke approach can work year over year because it generally says continuity means jack, talent is everything. I've been curious to see it play out. If anything I'd prefer Duke not having a successful blueprint only they can manufacture. You also have Pope whipping his program up with nothing but new faces out of the portal. Seems the continuity thing is overrated, and talent takes precedent. [/QUOTE]

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