Duke Chronicle ACC Basketball Preview (Published Nov. 5, 2009)

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12-13 SEASON PREVIEWS

Kyle Singlers move from the paint to the perim-eter could make him one of the best players in the country

Dukes three freshmen will have an opportu-nity to contribute right from the start

The Blue Devil locker room has a new feel with its 2009-2010 captains, Lance Thomas and Jon Scheyer

A three-man backcourt is relying heavily on sophomore guard Nolan Smith for production

Chronicle columnists Gabe Starosta and Archith Ramkumar debate Dukes Final Four potential

Dukes new, Gerald Henderson-less offense relies on screens and off-ball cuts to create open spaces

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THE MEN: THE WOMEN:Duke lost its two best interior players, and a trio of improving Blue Devils hope to replace them on both ends of the court

Chelsea Hopkins, Kathleen Scheer and Shay Selby are eager to impress after difficult, injury-laden first seasons

Chronicle columnists Sabreena Merchant and Lucas Nevola argue whether Duke, ranked No. 6 in the preseason, is better than last year

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For the first time since arriving at Duke, Kyle Singler will spend the season playing exclusively where he is most comfortable: the perimeter.

As one of the most versatile players in the country, Singler found himself playing under the basket for the past two years as the Blue Devils had a particularly thin front-court. But now, with Duke ready to field its tallest team in recent memory, the Blue Dev-ils hope Singlers newfound assignment on offense will let his game shine.

The junior is already getting both regional and national attention: He was chosen as the Preseason ACC Player of the Year two weeks ago, and Monday, he was named to the AP Preseason All-America team.

Ill be able to play more freely, Sin-gler said. We are a whole lot better [of a rebounding team]. I know were big, but were [also] athletic. Its one thing just to be big, but we have guys that can jump and run the floor, and if you can do that, they create rebounding lanes. I think guys are hungry to rebound, and thats a big part because you have to have an edge to rebound.

Gone are the days of adding 20 pounds over the offseason and working tirelessly to devleop new post moves in order to be able to play down low. At a preseason press con-ference, head coach Mike Krzyzewski made the position switch official. Singler will play on the perimeter where his height and abil-ity to shoot the ball will help the Blue Dev-ils create matchup problems.

As a Duke recruit, Singler was ranked as the best small forward and the No. 5 over-all player in the Class of 2007 by Rivals.com.

MENS BASKETBALL THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR?

Move to perimeter gives Singler new dimension

He was noted for his shooting touch and ability to move well with the ball despite his size. But when Singler arrived on campus as a freshman for the 2007-2008 season, he was one of three big men and was forced to shoulder the burden in the post with just

the help of then-sophomores Lance Thom-as and Brian Zoubek.

The Blue Devils were in desperate need of a post presence, and so Singler cooper-ated. Singlers long range and ability to play on the perimeter didnt disappear, but

it certainly wasnt highlighted when he was playing just feet from the basket.

Two years later, the sacrifice is no longer necessary. Thomas, 6-foot-10 forward Mason

LARSA AL-OMAISHI (LEFT), IAN SOILEAU (RIGHT)/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTOS

Junior Kyle Singler spent most of his first two seasons in the post, but he will play exclusively on the perimeter this year because of Dukes depth at forward.

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MENS BASKETBALL THE NEW ARRIVALS

Freshmen bring unique skill setby Alex Krinsky

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Theyre big, theyre athletic and they can shoot the rock, too. Meet the Class of 2013.

The Duke freshmen bring an impressive combination of size and shooting ability to the floor, and can make an im-mediate impact with their versatility. Andre Dawkins is a pure shooter who thrives from behind the arc, while forwards Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee are skillful big men who have the ability to shoot from the post or the perimeter.

Dawkins, a shooting guard from Chesapeake, Va., was a late arrival who decided in August to complete his remain-ing high school courses and commit to Duke as a mem-ber of the Class of 2013. Dawkins had intended to join the Duke roster the following year.

His late decision to forgo his last year of high school eligibility adds depth to a thin Blue Devil backcourt.

Whenever he came into our program he was going to be a really good player, head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. He didnt have the benefit of summer school like Mason and Ryan, so Im really proud of his adjustment. Andre was really thrown into it, but hes such a good stu-dent and hes such a good kid socially that he didnt have to make those adjustments.

Dawkins was one of the highest-rated high school shoot-ing guards in the country, and will complement junior No-lan Smith and senior Jon Scheyer in the backcourt.

Ive always loved DukeCoach K, Cameron, the tradi-tion, Dawkins said. The guards are allowed to play freely so it just felt like the perfect place for me to be.

Dawkinss strengths lie in his vertical leap and fluid shot, and Krzyzewski expects him to thrive in Dukes style of play. With a plethora of big men able to set screens around the perimeter, Dawkins should have many opportunities as the first substitute in the backcourt to come off those screens and flaunt his scoring abilities.

Two of the big bodies setting screens for Dawkins are fellow freshmen Kelly and Plumlee, but those two have the versatility to score down low and from the outside.

There are many parallels to be made between Kelly and

Plumlee. They both committed early to Duke and were touted as top students as well as top forwards in the country. Although Plumlee is actually from Warsaw, Ind., he played high school basketball in Asheville, N.C., and Kelly is a Raleigh native.

They are both listed at 6-foot-10, yet they have the unique ability to play the perimeter as well as the post. Both were McDonalds All-Americans, and Kelly won the three-point contest against the top high school players in the country.

Actually during the preseason we had [Kelly] playing exclusively on the perimeter in all the drills, Krzyzewski said. We felt that it would help his foot movement. Hes actually progressed well and now we use him both places. He can shoot and he can score.

Kelly showcased his many talents during the Blue Devils exhibition game against Pfeiffer, scoring 18 points in front of his family, high school coach and several former teammates.

Im someone thats going to work hard, Kelly said. I have some versatility for a guy my size and can shoot the ball pretty well. Im going to do whatever Coach asks of me.

Although Plumlee was introduced to the Cameron Cra-zies as older brother Miless mini-me, dont let DUI fool you. Mason Plumlee is long, powerful and can shoot from the perimeter just after slamming down an intimidating dunk.

Krzyzewski is considering the younger Plumlee a start-er, and alongside the 6-foot-10 Kelly and 6-foot-8 Kyle Sin-gler, Duke has an unusually tall arsenal of forwards with shooting range. After a slow start in the exhibition game, Plumlee showcased his talents, finishing with a double-double. He scored 18 points and had 12 rebounds.

That certainly adds another dimension that versatil-ity, said Kelly. Theres not many teams that have players who are 6-foot-9, 6-foot-10 and 6-foot-11 who can [score in so many different ways]. Its something we are going to take advantage of, along with our size in general.

It seems that the three freshman recruits will be instrumen-tal in making Dukes style of play successful this year. Kelly and Plumlee will use their athleticism and size to score from the pe-rimeter as well as the post. Dawkins will use the size around him to showcase his explosive ability to score points with his stroke.

Its the Class of 2013 at its best.

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Freshman Ryan Kelly, a Raleigh native, is one of several Blue Devil big men with the ability to shoot and score from the perimeter.


MENS BASKETBALL IN THE LOCKER ROOM

Captains Scheyer, Thomas fill leadership gapby Chris Cusack

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When the final buzzer sounded in Bos-ton during last years Sweet 16 loss to Vil-lanova, Duke was forced to face not only the reality of another early postseason exit, but also the loss of one of its most vocal leaders, Greg Paulus.

It got worse when Gerald Henderson an-nounced he would be foregoing his senior season by declaring for Junes NBA Draft weeks later, leaving another gaping hole on and off the court.

Finding this teams dynamic starts with

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Jon Scheyer is tasked with replacing the leadership void left by Greg Paulus and Gerald Henderson.

understanding its captains: seniors Lance Thomas and Jon Scheyer.

Im probably the most vocal leader, Thomas said. Jon, hes a leader by exam-ple. We complement each other very well.

Over the last four years, both men have earned respect from their peers and oppo-nentsThomas for his staunch defense and Scheyer for his shooting touchbut the two will be forced to emerge as on-court gener-als if they are to fill the hole left by Hender-son and Paulus. Thus far, theyve received rave reviews from their teammates.

Jon and Lance have gone through a lot, junior forward Kyle Singler said. Theyre se-niors and they know what to expect. I think they say the right things at the right times.

With such a large void to fill, the rest of the upperclassmen will have to step up into lead-ership roles. From the beginning, the seniors have done their best to help the rookies adjust to the rigor of high-level college basketball.

Weve got to start by doing it by ex-ample, showing them what to do every day by doing it yourself, senior Brian Zoubek said. We just have to encourage them.

In fact, Zoubek is trying to assume a role that may not feel especially familiar to him. When he arrived in 2006, peer advice was hard to come byfreshmen and sopho-mores occupied 12 of 14 roster spots. Now, he understands the importance of helping the rookies adjust.

A little advice goes a long way, Zoubek said. Sometimes I didnt get that as a fresh-man. We didnt have any seniors, so I know how far something little can go.

During a summer that saw the major-ity of the team in Durham for classes, the Blue Devils were able to bond effectively.

As a result, team chemistry does not fig-ure to be an issue on this years squad. In fact, the veterans believe that the team is tighter than ever.

Scheyer said that despite losing Hen-derson, his and Thomass good friend, to the NBA, this Duke squad is still the most united one he has been a part of.

During the offesason, the team was pleas-antly surprised upon hearing that Andre Dawkins was going to be joining the Class of 2013 after graduating high school a year earlier than expected. His inability to attend summer sessions made the transition even more difficult, but his new teammates have done all they can to help him out.

From day one I took him under my wing so that he didnt make the same mistakes I made as a freshman and sophomore, ju-nior guard Nolan Smith said. Hopefully Ive been there for him enough to where he wont hit any walls.

Smith was given lots of responsibility early in his Blue Devil career and dealt with it with mixed results, but he did warn Dawk-ins against one of his own early foibles.

Getting satisfied, Smith said. As a freshman, you come in and play and get satisfied. I want him to take full advan-tage of the opportunity he has with only a couple guards on the team. He can really make his mark this year.

The other new arrivals, big men Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee, have meshed equally well. Plumlee has family history on his side, aided by his brother Miles throughout the process. On the other hand, Kelly is close enough to his home-town of Raleigh that he is still well within his comfort zone.

Though the Plumlee family connection and Kellys short distance from home have played a part in their transition, Scheyer and Thomas have played a critical role as well.

Our captains have been great. Jon and Lance are seniors, theyve been here, and theyve been through the battles and the wars. As players, everyone on this team knows that, Smith said. They demand respect and we give them the respect that they deserve.

In the end, the fate of this teams chem-istry will rest squarely on the shoulders of Thomas and Scheyer. So far, they have done Henderson and Paulus proud.

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Senior Lance Thomas, Dukes sixth man, described himself as the Blue Devils most vocal leader.


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Junior Nolan Smith is being thrust into the role of starter and playmaker in the Duke backcourt.

by Jeff SchollTHE CHRONICLE

When Nolan Smith returned to the Washington, D.C. area for offseason train-ing this past summer, he took his game to the outdoor courts of Barry Farms. But the junior guard wasnt playing pickup against the neighborhood kids.

He competed against some of the NBAs brightest young stars in the Goodman League, widely regarded as the best summer basketball establishment in the nations capital.

Its an outdoor league, and Kevin Du-rant, Michael Beasley, Ty Lawsonall the area guys go down there and play, Smith said. Its just somewhere that you go to get your toughness, get youras people say these daysswag. You go out there and just play and have fun, and playing against guys of that caliber really boosts your con-fidence. In that game [against Durant and Beasley], I had 28 points.

The league had its drawkbackshead coach Mike Krzyzewski confirmed Tues-day that Smith will be suspended two games because the competition was not sanctioned by the NCAA. Smith said he forgot to get clearance to play and regret-ted the oversight.

But Smith brought his swagger back with him to Durham and looks to have a break-out season for the Blue Devils, strengthen-ing a backcourt that lacks the depth Duke teams have possessed in recent years.

The Blue Devils have five scholarship guards on their roster, but sophomore transfer Seth Curry must sit out the season per NCAA rules. And graduate student Jordan Davidson, a former walk-on, has not seen game action

since the 2007 campaign, when he averaged less than two minutes of play in 13 contests.

That leaves a backcourt nucleus of Smith, senior co-captain Jon Scheyer and freshman Andre Dawkins. As the starting point guard, Scheyer will bring the ball up the floor and get Duke into its motion offense. Smith will start at shooting guard and share ball-handling responsibilities as well. Dawkins will be the first perimeter player off the bench.

Head coach Mike Krzyzewski, however, doesnt think much of those who say the Blue Devils are spread too thin on the perimeter.

We dont have as much depth, but we also have three guys who are going to play a lot of minutes, Krzyzewski said. You look at any one of our really good teamsBattier, Laettner, Hurley, Wojo, those guysthey played a lot of minutes and they were OK. Those guys want to play ev-ery minute, and we have to make sure we train them along the way and keep them fresh so they can do that.

Smith and Scheyer both worked hard over the summer to prepare for the increased re-sponsibility. Scheyer said he improved his ball-handling skills and ability to create shots against different types of players. In addition to playing in the Goodman League, Smith worked with a personal shooting coach. He said the individual workouts helped him to expand his range and quicken his release. Smith unveiled his refined shooting stroke during the Blue-White scrimmage, going 10-of-14 from the field and making half of his six attempts from beyond the arc.

Guarded but confidentSmiths improvement key for three-man unit

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WOMENS BASKETBALL THE DEFENSE

Replacing Black, Gay not a solo effortby Kevin Fishner

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In the fast-paced, run-and-gun ACC, having an effective high-pressure press defense is crucial. To execute a successful full-court press, teams need to have quick guards and a center capable of anchoring down the defense.

But if the guards are by-passed, the center needs to step up to play physical defense in order to prevent easy baskets. Last year for the Blue Devils, that player was All-American and ACC Defensive Player of the Year, Chante Black.

Standing at 6-foot-5, Black had the size and athleticism to rebound and block shots, which meant she was able to lead a Duke press that peaked at the end of the year. But with her departure to the WNBA, the Blue Devils will need to find a playeror a group of playersto fill the void that she left on defense.

Defensively we need a more aggressive, physical approach, head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. Defensive mishaps of not being physical cost us games. Dic-tating the tempo of the game de-fensively is very important to us.

Along with Blacks departure, the Blue Devils lost forward Carrem Gay, who totaled the third-most blocks on the team last year. The tandem of Gay and Black accumulated 92

blocks in the 2008-09 season, mak-ing up nearly half the teams total.

Despite the loss of these two de-fensive stalwarts, Duke is optimis-tic about its inside presence this season. When asked about replac-ing last years seniors, senior guard and captain Bridgette Mitchell said she has faith in her teammates.

We have Allison [Vernerey] and Krystal [Thomas], Mitchell said. Theyre both very strong, domi-nant post players. They will both have their presence felt in there.

Senior Joy Cheek is also ex-pected to contribute inside and along the perimeter.

As a true freshman new to the country, some would assume that Vernerey would struggle to adjust to the ACCs level of competition.

However, since the age of 16, she has accrued a plethora of international experience on the French national team.

In the U-16 European Champi-onship in Latvia in 2007, Vernerey captained her team to the gold med-al and averaged 15.9 points and 9.5 rebounds in nine games. Vernerey has the capability to become an elite center in the ACC and will only im-prove as the season continues.

Along with Vernereys potential in the paint this year comes Thom-ass experience and leadership.

In her third year as a Blue Dev-il, the 6-foot-4 Thomas will have to

assume her biggest role yet. She has shown flashes of brilliancea 16-point performance against Clemson and a 13-rebound show-ing versus Siennabut will need to become consistent for the press to succeed this year.

Thomas always gave Duke a spark coming off the bench, but this season she will log her minutes as a starter.

The statistics from her first two years suggest she should be able to step into the starting role at center without difficulty. But Thomas is only one part of the larger defensive scheme that Mc-Callie has implemented.

McCallie said the quickness of guards Jasmine Thomas and Keturah Jackson will dictate the tempo of the defense, while the size of Thomas and Vernerey will set the level of physicality that McCallie has emphasized this preseason.

The versatility of this Duke team will allow McCallie to take multiple approaches to each game on the defensive side of the ball, making it difficult for opponents to set a strategy for approaching the Blue Devil defense.

We are going to be a very dan-gerous team to scout, McCallie said. On any given night we can have a breakout game from any-body. But the challenge for our student-athletes is to repeat it.

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Krystal Thomas, Joy Cheek and Allison Vernerey (left to right) are charged with anchoring the Duke defense in place of departed twosome Chante Black and Carrem Gay this season.


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Their freshman experience may not have lived up to their expectations on the court, but for sophomores Chel-sea Hopkins, Kathleen Scheer and Shay Selby, the 2009-2010 season represents a whole array of opportunities to shine.

With the departures of seniors Chante Black, Abby Waner and Carrem Gay, these sophomores can expect to play more minutes than last season, when they were used only sparingly.

The injuries that plagued Hopkins and Selby midway through last season only seemed to further dampen their first year in Duke uniforms. That being said, they made the best of a bad situation and learned how to play against tough Division I competition. The sophomore trio watched the team play in several high-pressure games, and gained a better feel for the game from its older teammates.

This year, the three of them look forward to using their experience to help the team succeed and take home a national title.

They learned a lot. I expect them to be very hungry [and] very ready, head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. [They will] take advantage of every opportunity. I think you saw Kathleen Scheer do that last week at the Blue-White scrimmage.

Scheer did show signs of brilliance Oct. 25 against the Blue Devil practice squad. She scored 18 points, includ-ing 4-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc. She seemed to improve her jump shot tremendously over the summer, and now looks forward to being a legitimate threat from anywhere on the court.

[Last year,] I learned that when things get tough, just keep going, Scheer said. This year, I just want the oppor-tunity to see what I can do.

Like Scheer, Hopkins also wants the opportunity to show off her skill this season. For her, last year was especially tumultu-ous. She lived up to all expectations early in the season. Back-ing up Waner, Hopkins was an excellent passer and defender; in her first game as a Blue Devil, she had nine points, four as-sists and four steals. However, an injury to her knee in Novem-ber left her less than 100 percent for the rest of the season.

After having surgery on her knee over the summer, Hopkins has the boosted confidence to return to the court and be a leader.

Im trying to be a distributor and the person that is the playmaker on the team, Hopkins said. I have to provide more leadership in terms of being more vocal and getting things going on both ends of the court.

Coincidentally, Selby also suffered a left knee injury in the middle of her freshman year. When she was healthy enough to play, however, she was an effective role player. She led the fresh-man with 9.0 minutes per game, and averaged 2.7 points per game, including a 14-point performance against Temple.

After two surgeries and a case of mononucleosis over the summer, Selby only returned to practice two weeks ago, and she continues to struggle with her infirmities.

I am definitely a lot slower, so its going to be hard to get back in shape, Selby said. At the same time, it made me ap-preciate being able to play. It made me think that I need to practice harder to even get a chance to play this year.

With one year of experience under their belts, Scheer, Hopkins and Selby can look forward to building on their difficult freshman campaigns.

WOMENS BASKETBALL SOPHOMORES

Injuries haunt hungry sophs

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Sophomore Kathleen Scheer is expected to provide Duke with an outside shooting threat in her second season with the program.

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Chelsea Hopkins, Shay Selby and Kathleen Scheer (left to right) struggled with injuries as freshmen but hope to contribute more this season.


Before I came to Duke, whenever I heard that an athlete was versatile, I usually thought that was a good thing.

After three years of Duke Basketball, whenever I hear the word versatile, hybrid, or guard-forward combo, I cringe. The Blue Devils overreliance on European-style big men means that Duke has about as much of a chance to make it past the Sweet 16 as Darrius Heyward-Bey has of making it to the Pro Bowl this year.

Three glaring problems face the Blue Devils: a lack of a true point guard (still), a complete scarcity of backcourt depth and no real size inside.

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lacks a proven point guard who plays

only at that position. Jon Scheyer is a converted shooting guard who is ad-equate, but not someone who does a lot of creative passing for teammates.

Nolan Smith remains a question mark because of his inability to deal with ball pressure, and the only other guard expected to get big minutes, Andre Dawkins, is more of a shooting guard.

Which brings us to the second

f u n d a m e n t a l problem: The

Blue Devils have only three high-quality guards. In the NCAA Tournament, depth is essential because teams play grueling games separated by a day in the first two weekends. Dukes three guards that play big minutes will wear down in the Tour-nament purely out of exhaustion.

The final point I brought up might cause most people to label me as crazy, though. After all, were so tall right? If were this tall, how can we not have real size?

The answer, unfortunately, is that tall and skinny does not add up to effective in the paint. And when youre evaluating if this team has real size, ask yourself one question: Could any of our post players guard Ed Davis one-on-one?

The Plumlee brothers are skilled in a lot of ways, but theres no way they can be expected to bang with real centers, especially in the Round of 16. The only true center on the Blue Devil roster is Brian Zoubek, who struggled mightily in the Blue-White scrimmage. It all adds up to the same thing. This team does not have actual size.

Some people will say Duke will get past the Sweet 16 because of experience. While experience is usually necessary to get past the Sweet 16, it is not sufficient. In other words, the experience must be supplemented withwell, a point guard and real size, for starters. Experience on its own will only get a team so far.

Dont get me wrong: I think Duke will have a great regular season. The Blue Devils will probably only lose five or six games, and have that one game where they shoot 80 percent from three and seem unstoppable.

But in March, this team has a ceiling. And a squad with this many serious deficiencies will not make it past the Sweet 16.

Duke isnt as talented as it was last year. Aint no question about that.

And how could the Blue Devils be? They lost Gerald Henderson, the best Duke player Ive seen in person, as well as Elliot Williams, who transferred suddenly in the summer.

So lets say Duke got worse. But the other top teams in the countrythe Blue Devils competition to get past the Sweet 16regressed much more than Duke did.

In the ACC, Carolina lost Hans-brough, Lawson, Ellington and Green. Yikes. Wake Forest returned to medioc-rity when Jeff Teague left for the NBA, Tyrese Rice is gone at Boston College and Clemson lost its two scoring guards. Those teams represent all five of Dukes conference losses in 2009.

Nationally, the trend is the same, as Oklahoma and UConn got much worse. Only Kansas and Kentucky significantly improved, and I must say, they did so without even pretending their players are student-athletes.

Duke wont be as exciting as it was last year, but theres no denying this team is good. Jon Scheyer might not be a natural point guard, yet with him at the helm, the Blue Devils went 10-2 last year. Those losses came against North Carolina and Villanova, maybe the teams with the best backcourts in the country. Ill take Scheyer at the point, thank you very much.

Depth at guard is a separate issue that doesnt seem likely to resolve itself, but Duke fans should thank their lucky stars Andre Dawkins got here a year early. We havent seen him play much yet, but the early indication is that he and Nolan Smith could be great together.

The frontcourt could be great or just OK, but its hard to ignore the depth at forward the Blue Devils finally have. Dukes got six players 6-foot-8 or taller, including Kyle Singler, quite possi-bly the best player in the country. Are Lance Thomas, Brian Zoubek, Ryan Kelly and the Plumlee brothers good enough to carry Duke to a Final Four? Well, thats the wrong question to ask. Those guys dont have to carry DukeSingler, Scheyer and Nolan Smith can handle that responsibility.

What the Blue Devils need from their post players is smart defense, solid rebounding and quality finishing when easy layups present themselves, and thats going to happen a lot with Singler flying at the rim or drawing defenders to the perimeter.

A thin set of guards could ultimately haunt Duke, but I think its front-court is more than sturdy enough. Play-ers like North Caro-linas Ed Davis might put up 20 and 10 against the B l u e Devils in March, but he wont throw down 40 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks like Tim Duncan does against NBA opponents when it mat-ters most. College post players just dont have that in them yet, and Duke can get around big games by interior players.

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Freshman Mason Plumlees athleticism and passing ability, not to mention his 6-foot-10 frame, make him a dangerous scorer.

by Sabreena MerchantTHE CHRONICLE

For the first time in recent memory, the Blue Devils are go-ing to to be big. Really big.

Duke fans fretted over the teams lack of guard depth this summer upon the departures of Gerald Henderson and Elliot Wil-liams, but the teams glut of players 6-foot-8 and taller gives the Blue Devils a size advantage that head coach Mike Krzyzewski says he has rarely had in his 30-year tenure.

Senior guard Jon Scheyer is looking forward to leading such a unique group.

Our whole lineup, when you look at it, can really create mismatch-es, senior guard Jon Scheyer said. Going into this year, thats some-thing we really need to exploit.

The Blue Devils havent had a sol-id post presence since Shelden Wil-liams, and have consequently run a perimeter-based offense with a lot of movement in the past three years. Although conventional wisdom suggests that a team loaded with post players would pound the ball inside and run a lot set playsand Duke displayed an inside-outside attack in its two exhbition gamesKrzyzewski still plans on utilizing the teams athleticism as well as its size in a revamped motion offense, simi-lar to what his teams ran back when Danny Ferry donned blue and white in the late 1980s.

Were not going to run as many plays, Krzyzewski said. Well advance the ball quicker than we did last year but do it more with the pass to try to get an early offense going. Well be a team that doesnt break you down with the ball and create shots.

Last year, particularly after Williams entered the starting lineup, the Blue Devils relied on wing playmakers to create scoring opportunities with the ball in their hands. Four players

lined up around the perimeter while one post player manned the paint. This system often de-volved into an isolation for Hen-derson, who was called upon to make something happen late in the shot clock.

This season, Duke will still have motion on offense, but a lot more movement off the ball with no sin-gular option to turn to with the clock winding down. The Blue Dev-ils will have two big men insiderotating seniors Lance Thomas and

Brian Zoubek, the Plumlee broth-ers and Ryan Kellyand three pe-rimeter players, taking advantage of the teams size in setting screens to create open looks.

Duke is also trying to establish a high-low game with one big man stationed near the top of the key and another fighting for position on the block.

Getting the ball up the court quickly is still a priority for Duke. Despite featuring an oversized lineup, the Blue Devils believe that

their big men are more agile than most, allowing them to run the floor and maintain a quick pace.

One thing that isnt addressed a lot about the big guys is that even though were a bigger team, we can really run, Scheyer said. With Miles and Mason [Plumlee] inside, they can really run the floor. They can jump [and] theyre long. So even though were bigger, were just as athletic.

The additional size on of-fense will finally give Duke a re-bounding presence, something the team has been sorely lack-ing in recent years. The Blue Devils ranked ninth in the ACC last season with 36.4 rebounds per gamethe bulk of those coming on the defensive endresulting in several one-and-done possessions. But now, the presence of two or more post players will give Duke multiple chances on the offensive end.

In practice, its a war in there, everybody going after boards, Zoubek said. Everybodys just hit-ting the boards and its a battle. I think were going to be able to pound guys into the court and on the glass all year long.

For a team that has been criti-cized for being soft in the postsea-son of late, the Blue Devils could use more of that agressive mentality.

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Even though they lost leading scorer Chante Black, the No. 6 Blue Devils should enjoy more success this year than last.Firstly, there is the way last season ended. Duke, as a

No. 1 seed, went down in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to ninth-seeded Michigan State. The game took place in the Breslin Center, the Spartans home court.

Thats right, Duke, the No. 4 team in the nation, had to play its second-round tournament game on the road. Its tough to blame the team for that loss, especially given the Spartans extra incentive of

beating their former coachBlue Devil head coach Joanne P. McCallie. Michigan State was the worst possible matchup for Duke. Without such bad circumstances, the Blue Devils could have advanced to the Sweet 16 or beyond.

A second-round exit in the NCAA Tournament was a bitter end to an otherwise impressive season for Duke, overshadowing an undefeated home record and a second straight ACC title game appearance.

But even if the Blue Devils have wiped away the memories of last years loss to Michigan State, they still have to deal with this squads less-than-stellar prospects.

The greatest challenge facing Duke this year is filling the void left by a hugely productive senior class. The Blue Devils lost three starters

from last years squad, including ACC Defensive Player of the Year Chante Black. But perhaps more importantly, the Blue Devils will miss the offensive production of that trio. Black and Abby Waner were two of the Blue Devils three leading scorers, and Black and Carrem Gay were the teams top re-bounders. Jasmine Thomas is the only returning player who averaged 10 points per game.

Duke has run an inside-outside attack for the last two years, and without Black and Gay, the points will be hard to come by. Junior Krystal Thomas hasnt yet dem-onstrated much offensive consistencyalbeit in limited minutes and senior Joy Cheek regressed after a suc-cessful sophomore season, losing her starting spot mid-way through the year. For a team that prides itself on re-bounding and defense, the Blue Devils may not have the personnel to keep that identity.

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Are the Blue Devil women better than last year?Yes: Younger players will emerge Without her 33 percent shooting (on 321 shots!) and her 3.32 turnovers a game, the Blue Devils should have better posses-

sions and more productive looks at the hoop.Krystal Thomas, who replaces Black down low, may not

be able to duplicate Blacks scoring, but she should be able to replicate her rebounding and defensive numbers with additional playing time. Thomas played in every game last year, and had the second most blocks on the team in only 11.6 minutes a game.

Its also important to note that, as always, Duke has one of the best home-court advantage in college basketball. Duke went 14-0 at home last year, and this year the Blue Devils get to face the likes of Ohio State, USC and UConn in the friendly confines of Cameron, giving the Blue Dev-ils a great chance to pick up a few signature wins. Dukes schedule is tougher this year, but this should better pre-pare the team for the Tournament.

If a successful season is defined by advancing farther in the Tournament than last year, then this years team will almost certainly be a success.

No: Theres too much missing Last year, the Blue Devils got a midseason spark through the emergence of then-sophomores Jasmine Thomas and Karima Christmas, who provided solid scoring from the wings and alternated as second op-tions behind Black. It remains to be seen who will step up for Duke this year. The current sophomore class had minimal impact a year ago, as the three rode the pine for the bulk of conference play and the postseason.

The Blue Devils are also suffering from a slew of injuries. Guards Shay Selby and Keturah Jackson both sat out in the teams Blue-White scrimmage, and without Waner, a prima-ry ballhandler last year, Duke needs its guards healthy.

The team has struggled with turnovers each of the past two seasons, and that could continue. Jasmine Thomas split the point with Waner last year, but head coach Joanne P. McCallie said Thomas will be playing more off the ball. That leaves the responsibility of bring-ing the ball up on Christmas and Mitchell, neither of whom are natural floor leaders.

Duke will likely have a chip on its shoulder after being the earliest No. 1 seed to lose in the Tourna-ment, but a tough schedule will do the Blue Devils no favors. Duke has to face the likes of Connecti-cut, Ohio State and Stanfordthe Cardinal on the road in addition to the usual ACC grind. The goal is always to peak in March, but early-season struggles could send the Blue Devils spiraling downward.

Duke is still one of the premier programs in the country. But with a collection of unproven players, dont expect the Blue Devils to be as dominant as they were in 2008-2009.

This years team is similar to last years, and in March the first two rounds of the tournament will be played in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke should be able to coast through the first weekend and have a legitimate chance to advance even further.

Additionally, the Blue Devils guard play should be improved this season. Jasmine Thomas showed against North Carolina last year that she is ready to take over this team. Her 19 points, eight in overtime, led the way for Dukes come from behind victory over its rival, and this season Thomas returns as the Blue Devils leading scorer. Shay Selby and Karima Christmas remain the two most accurate 3-point shooters from last season. Also, eight of Dukes nine returning players hit at least one trey last year, and the firepower from long-range could make up for the loss of Black inside.

There is also addition by subtraction. Everyone loves Abby Waner, and she did a lot of good things for the pro-gram, but no one loved the 30-foot 3-pointers grazing the side of the backboard and the no-look passes out of bounds.

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by Joe DrewsTHE CHRONICLE

Three years ago, Jon Scheyer and Lance Thomas were freshmen on a young, undersized Duke team that suffered a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Virginia Commonwealth.

Now, theyre captains of a squad thats dif-ferent in almost every way.

The Blue Devils are experienced, having been through the highs of a No. 1 ranking and ACC championship last season and the lows of that 2007 loss to the Rams. They are taller than just about any Duke team under head coach Mike Krzyzewski, with a probable starting lineup boasting three players who are at least 6-foot-8. And perhaps most important-ly, they represent a program back on the rise.

In March, the Blue Devils reached the Sweet 16, recovering from a February swoon to win 30 games and capture the ACC Tourna-ment title before a season-ending loss to Vil-lanova. It was the first time Duke had reached the second weekend of the NCAA Tourna-ment since 2006 after advancing at least that far in the previous nine seasons.

The key to the Blue Devils late-season surge was the insertion of freshman Elliot Williams into the starting lineup, which caused Scheyer, a natural shooting guard, to move to the point. Williams has transferred to Memphis, but Duke learned how good it can be when the efficient Scheyer is running the team, and it will stick with that plan in 2009-2010.

We played really well at the end of last year without having the benefit of practicing as much, Krzyzewski said. Then finally we had a horrible game in our last game, and thats a game, with that lineup, you hope to have in mid-January, early February. So

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That means the Blue Devils will not play an up-tempo style, because aside from a rap-idly emerging Nolan Smith, they do not have the personnel to break opponents down off the dribble. As a result, they will run a more

deliberate motion offense in which the play-ers without the ball will try to create

shot opportunities based on screens and cuts.

Thanks to Dukes greatly im-proved size, ACC Preseason

Player of the Year Kyle Sin-gler will play exclusively

on the perimeter in that new offense.

After spending

much of his first two years in the paint, the junior seems to be looking forward to his new role, and he is glad that this Blue Devil team has a different makeup than previous squads.

Now we have a complete team, even though we are kind of small on guards, Singler said. Id much rather have more big men than more small guys. Its some-thing that weve struggled with in the past. Weve always had one or the other, so I think its good that were big now.

Dukes increased length will also force the team to employ less of its signature pressure defense, perhaps even going to a zone at times, Scheyer said.

But the Blue Devils hope all those changes, added to the most experience they have had in four years, will help them build on the steady progress they

have made since the 2006-2007 season.There have been points throughout

our past couple years where if we get off to a good start5-0, 10-0, whatever it might be[we get comfortable], Scheyer said. We cant relax.

That holds for the postseason as well, where Duke looks to reach the Final Four for the first time since 2004.

Weve had excellence of our own, Krzyzewski said. When this decades done, well end up being the winningest program in any decade in college bas-ketball. People have things to hang their hats on. The thing youd like to hang your hat on the most is a national cham-pionship because thats the ultimate.

In the final season of the 2000s, Duke would love to bring both honors back to Durham.

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h a bright futureby Sabreena Merchant and Gabe Starosta

THE CHRONICLE

The Blue Devils head into the 2009-2010 season with a lot to prove.

No. 6 Duke finally started to come together at the end of the year for the first time under head coach Joanne P. Mc-Callies, recording wins over perennial powerhouses Tennes-see and North Carolina in February and taking eventual Elite Eight participant Maryland into overtime before finally suc-cumbing in the ACC Championship game. The offense was clicking, the patented press defense was flustering opponents and the Blue Devils were brimming with confidence.

In short, the pieces were seemingly in place for a deep run in March, which is exactly why McCallie was hired in the first place.

And then, the season came to a crashing halt. One loss to No. 9-seeded Michigan Stateon the Spartans home

court, no lessand Dukes season had ended in failure. The tough-ness that McCallie and the Blue Devils were supposed to embody had evaporated in front of a raucous road crowd, and No. 1-seeded Duke was on the wrong end of the record books.

Which means that this years Blue Devils are eager to show that they arent the same team as the one that preceded them.

Everybody wants the same things and we want to accom-plish the same things, junior Karima Christmas said. We have been to the ACC Tournament [final] twice and have come up short both times. So that is one thing were looking forward to improving on: getting past that hump and just being able to go further than we have in the past. We are all driven to do great things, but we want to do them, not just talk about them.

First and foremost, Duke is quite literally stronger than its 2008-09 predecessor. McCallie said this is the first team she has coached in 17 years that has three players who can bench 180 pounds, giv-ing the Blue Devils a formidable presence in the post.

Freshman Allison Vernerey joins junior Krystal Thomas and senior captain Joy Cheek to anchor a frontcourt that will be re-lied upon to lead the offense, even in the absence of graduated seniors Chante Black and Carrem Gay, who averaged 14.2 and 6.6 points per game, respectively.

The emphasis on getting it inside is still there, junior Jas-mine Thomas said. Our focus is still the same.

Thomas, a preseason All-American, will also have to shoulder a great deal of the offensive burden for Duke. The junior emerged as a go-to scorer in the clutch exemplified by her nearly flawless performance in an overtime victory over the Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadiumbut benefited from Blacks inside presence and the outside threat Abby Waner provided.

Without those two, defenses will zero in on Thomas, Dukes leading returning scorer, unless other offensive options emerge early in the year.

One player expected to step up and help fill that void is senior Bridgette Mitchell, whom fellow senior Keturah Jackson called this years most improved player. Mitchell has yet to consistently score from the perimeter, but her hustle has never been ques-tioned. With a better outside shot and a willingness to attack the basket, Mitchell could contribute more than ever before.

Shes much more aggressive and more comfortable out

there, Jackson said of Mitchell. Shes always been vocal, but now more so, playing her game without hesitating, let-ting it come to her. Shes a great presence every time shes on the court.

Mitchell, Thomas and the rest of the Duke squad will have to grow comfortable with the new options on of-fense almost immediately. The Blue Devils face arguably the toughest schedule in the country, including games against the preseason Nos. 1, 2 and 3 teams in the coun-try. Duke plays several challenging road games before Christmas, among them a trip to Maine to face McCal-lies old team, and takes on second-ranked Stanford and the No. 3 Buckeyes in early December.

As if the Blue Devils needed more good teams to prove themselves against, defending national champion Con-necticut visits Cameron Jan. 18.

McCallie said the schedule is no accident, and expects it to help her team mature quickly.

I just believe you have to play the best to become the best, McCallie said.

She wont have to worry about not being challenged

this Duke team faces more tests than most do. The Blue Devils will know if they deserve their No. 6 ranking right away. If they do, McCallies third year might be the charm after all.


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Plumlee and his brother, sophomore Miles Plumlee, will handle most of the rebounding and post responsibilities. And so at 6-foot-8, Singler will often be the third-tallest player on the court for Duke.

It helps him out a lot, Thomas said. The stuff that you guys have seen Kyle do since hes been here just shows how good of a player Kyle is. [Hes 6-foot-8] and may-be 240 pounds and he played inside last year.... Him having that freedom to just stay out there, and we have guys that can do all that banging for him, I think its just going to be a great year for him.

The team has more tall, athletic players than Krzyzewski can remember at any point during his coaching career at Duke.

Were a very tall team, Krzyzewski said.

I think its our biggest team since Ive been here, and this is my 30th year so its [the biggest team] in a long time.

Singler will be the focal point of Dukes offense this season, and other ACC coaches and the media have taken notice. Singler was chosen on 19 of the 48 ballots for Pre-season ACC Player of the Year honors at the ACCs Operation Basketball event to nar-rowly edge out Marylands Greivis Vasquez. If Singler is able to turn the preseason pre-diction into ACC Player of the Year honors at the end of the season, he will be the 13th Blue Devil to do so.

Despite playing out of position last sea-son under the basket, Singler averaged more points, rebounds, steals and blocks than any other returning Blue Devil. Final-ly playing out on the 3-point arc, the junior will have the chance to dominate defend-ers where he is even more comfortable.

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The nature of Dukes motion offense should also help the perimeter players stay fresh this season. The Blue Devils will look inside much more than last year because they possess so much size. If Duke can establish a low-post scoring threat early in games, the guards will feel less pressure to create off the dribble.

Well be a team that doesnt break you down with the ball and create shots, Krzyzewski said. We should try to break you down off the ball to cre-

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ate shots. We make reads when we dont have the ball, and so when we get the ball we should react, instead of having the ball and then making plays.

By using his big men to draw double teams and set screens outside the paint, Krzyzewski thinks the Blue Devils style of play will mesh perfectly with the strengths of Dawkins, Dukes newest sharpshooter.

Dawkins arrived on campus a year earlier than originally planned and did not have the privilege of scrimmaging with his teammates over the summer. After a few weeks of feeling like a deer in the headlights during pre-season, he said, the 6-foot-4 shooting guard thinks hes finally adjusting to the speed, strength and intensity of the college game.

Smith helped make the transition smoother by reaching out to Dawkins as soon as he joined the team.

Hes just there to tell me certain things that I need to work on, Dawkins said of Smith. Hes just kind of taken me under his wing since Ive been here.

Smith has encouraged Dawkins to look to score when the opportunity arises rather than defer to one of the veterans. Dawkins certainly didnt hold back in the Blue Devils first exhibition game against Pfeiffer, attempting 10 shots and connect-ing on 3-of-5 from downtown.

Dawkins said he feels no pressure to pro-duce right away despite the loss of Gerald Henderson, Dukes leading scorer last sea-son and one of its best jump shooters, who departed a year early for the NBA.

On the other hand, Smith seems ready to put the team on his back. He even re-ceived a blessing from Lawson, last years ACC Player of the Year.

[Lawson] said its my turn to take over, so I told him Alright, Smith said. Hes going to be watchingI dont think hes going to be a Duke fan yetbut hes definitely going to be watching me play.


Despite departures, Tar Heels favored againby Lucas Nevola

THE CHRONICLE

No. 50 is gone, and so are a host of other starters, but the Tar Heels remain one of the favorites in the ACC thanks in part to an incoming class of five freshmen, many of whom can expect significant playing time.

Its hard to practice without Tyler Han-sbrough, Danny Green and Bobby Frasor, head coach Roy Williams said. We lost some great guys who were bigtime basketball play-ers, wonderful kids, wonderful leaders and very successful.

Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington are the two other significant departures for North Carolina. Even with these losses, the Tar

Heels go into the season ranked No. 6. Seven-foot sophomore Tyler Zeller is one

of North Carolinas remaining frontcourt players who will have increased minutes, while forward Ed Davis is on the preseason Naismith watch list.

The Tar Heels look to their new seniors to replace the leadership lost from last year.

Not only is Marcus [Ginyard] going to be a great leader, Williams said, but Deon Thompson is going to do a nice job with that as well.

In the backcourt, North Carolina has a plethora of options to substitute in for Law-son, but it wont be easy for any player to step in and replace the production of the

newest Denver Nuggets point guard.You cant replace a Ty Lawson, Thomp-

son said. But when youve got a Marcus Ginyard and a Larry Drew and a Dexter Strickland and Lezzy McDonaldyou put all those guys togetherthats a pretty

good core group to replace one guy.The Tar Heels should find out quickly

how well their young team gelled in the offseason with matchups against pre-season No. 2 Michigan State and No. 5 Kentucky in December.

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After Clemson dealt Duke its worst conference loss since 1984 last season, the Blue Devils will certainly be marking their calendars for Jan. 3, when the Ti-gers come to Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Clemson was picked to finish third in the conference this year, but this will be no easy task, as the Tigers lost three starters from a squad that won 23 games and reached the NCAA Tournament last season.

Second-leading scorer K.C. Rivers has graduated and long-range special-ist Terrence Oglesby left school early to pursue a professional career in Europe. But Clemson returns its best player, se-nior Trevor Booker, who averaged 15.3 points and 9.7 rebounds last season.

I feel he is a legitimate All-America candidate and is one of the top players in a great league, head coach Oliver Purnell said of Booker. He does more than just score points and pull in re-bounds. He is an outstanding passer and defender, as well. He is a hard worker and an emotional leader on the court.

For the Tigers to improve upon their winning percentage for the sixth straight season, they will need Booker to have an-other dominant campaign. Although the 6-foot-7, 240-pound post player may be undersized compared to other big men, he certainly wont let them outmuscle him.

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Booker will also have help from two other veteransjunior point guard Demontez Stitt and senior forward David Potter. Purnell has confidence in the abilities of this core of players, but he knows his incoming freshmen must make an impact as well if Clemson wants to make another run to the Big Dance.

[Our freshmen] will get their feet wet early, Purnell said.

Fortunately, the Tigers reeled in their first McDonalds High School All-American since

1991. Milton Jennings, ranked No. 24 in his class by Scout.com, should challenge for a starting spot.

With the departure of its best outside shooters, Rivers and Oglesby, Clemson will not be the same team that led the ACC in 3-point field goals per game last season. But Purnells squad will play an up-tempo style that could be just as explosive as the perimeter-oriented offense the Tigers showcased last year.

Experience, youth boost Ga. Tech

by Matt LevenbergTHE CHRONICLE

After a disappointing 2008-2009 season, the No. 22 Yellow Jackets will be looking to bounce back in a big way. Last year, Geor-gia Tech finished with just two conference wins, but there is reason to believe that this year will be a substantial improvement.

Despite losing two of its top three scorers, Georgia Tech looks to reach the NCAA Tour-nament for the first time since 2007. Much of this task will fall on the shoulders of its fresh-man class, the fourth-best class in the nation according to Rivals.com.

The spotlight will be on 6-foot-10 cen-ter Derrick Favors.

Favors, the No. 3 prospect in the coun-try, chose Georgia Tech over Georgia and N.C. State. But the Yellow Jackets would not boast the best recruiting class in the ACC without point guard Mfon Udo-fia. Udofia looks to be the starting point guard, replacing Lewis Clinch, Georgia Techs leading scorer last season.

The freshmen will join a talented young core that remains from last season. In the post, Favors will be joined by two returning starters, Gani Lawal and Zachery Peacock. Lawal earned third-team All-ACC honors last season while averaging 15.1 points per game and 9.5 rebounds per game.

And though Udofia might handle much

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TREVOR BOOKER Has more boards and blocks than any active ACC playerJERAI GRANT High flyer may be one of the ACCs most improved big menDAVID POTTER Glue guy was top scorer off the bench last seasonTANNER SMITH Will be called upon to make more 3-pointersDEMONTEZ STITT Ranked sixth in the league in assists per game last year

BENCH Freshmen including Bookers younger brother will see major minutes

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Shumpert is a dynamic ball handler who can play either guard position. He also can pass and defend very well, as shown by his 5.0 assists per game and 2.1 steals per game last season. Both of those numbers were the

best in the country among freshmen.The pressure is on Hewitt this season. His

team is coming off back-to-back losing seasons for the first time in his career, and the last time Georgia Tech won a game in the NCAA Tour-nament was 2005. The only obstacles standing between the Yellow Jackets and the NCAA Tournament are inexperience and perhaps a lack of chemistry, but the talent is there and this could be a dangerous team come March.

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DERRICK FAVORS Stud freshman will immediately provide offensive liftGANI LAWAL 15-point scorer will combine nicely with FavorsZACHERY PEACOCK Senior provides guidance to green teammatesIMAN SHUMPERT Explosive guard is only a sophomore MFON UDOFIA Freshman given difficult task of handling ball right away

BENCH Highly-touted recruits like Daniel Miller will see lots of playing time

THE PLAYERSSTARTERS

Vasquez-Williams combo gives Terps confidence

by Patricia LeeTHE CHRONICLE

After a brief scare of nearly losing its top player to the NBA, Maryland is look-ing to start off the season on a much stronger note with four returning starters, a plethora of guards and tall forwards.

I think our team is different from last year in that we have a lot of expe-rience, so hopefully were starting off from a different point than we did last year, head coach Gary Williams said. Were very veteran in the backcourt, and overall, I think our team is a pretty tight team working hard together.

Senior guard Greivis Vasquez, a Ven-

ezuelan native, was considering leaving Maryland to play professional basketball but decided against it last June after talking with Williams and seeing the abundance of guards wishing to entering the NBA Draft.

With Vasquez returning and bring-ing a great deal of enthusiasm and lead-ership to the team, Williams believes the Terrapins will rally to a strong fin-ish and thinks being voted No. 4 in the ACC preseason poll is a good indication of what the season will bring.

But that doesnt mean Williams is fine with being ranked just fourth in the ACC.

GEORGIA TECH from page 16

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Last season was quite the roller coaster for the Demon Deacons. After getting off to a sizzling 16-0 start and reaching No. 1 in the country, they stum-bled down the stretch and still have a bitter taste in their mouth after suffering a shocking opening-round upset to No. 13 seed Cleveland State in the NCAA Tournament.

The last game was disappointing, but the season as a whole was pretty good, head coach Dino Gaudio said.

After losing two underclassmen to the NBA, Gau-dio and Wake Forest hope they do not experience another disappointing year. Sharpshooting guard Jeff Teague and bruising forward James Johnson av-eraged 18.8 and 15.0 points per game, respectively, last season. Both were picked in the top-20 of the NBA draft, and their absence will likely be felt by the Demon Deacons.

Despite losing the 6-foot-9 Johnson, the Demon Dea-cons still have a formidable front line that can compete with the best in the ACC. With four players on their roster listed 6-foot-11 or taller, Wake Forest will look to outrebound opponents and score points in the paint.

When you start the last game of the season with two freshmen and two sophomores, that is impressive, Gaudio said about the development of his young players.

Sophomore power forward Al-Farouq Aminu, a returning starter, has the potential to be the most dominant low-post player in the conference. Aminu was one of the most coveted recruits in the country in the Class of 2008, and he showed flashes of brilliance last season. Aminu racked up 10 double-doubles last season while averaging 12.9 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game.

But unless freshman Ari Stewart, or senior guards Ishmael Smith and L.D. Williams greatly exceed expec-tations, it is hard to envision Wake Forest can finish in the top-five in the conference, and even harder to see it traveling deep in March.

Id rather be ranked No. 1 in the country going into the season because you walk out with a cer-tain swagger, and you have that going for you, but its difficult to crack that top 25, Williams said. Weve been picked anywhere from 17 to 25, which is not bad because we still have to earn our way in, but its good because in the players minds theyve been getting some respect.

Maryland ended last season with a 21-14 overall record and tied for seventh place in the ACC with a 7-9 mark. The Terrapins reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament before falling to Memphis 89-70.

This year could be more fruitful as younger players are eager to prove themselves on the court and vie with the veter-ans for playing time, pressuring both groups to work harder this season to become a more formi-dable team capable of challeng-ing for a conference title.

Williams also stressed getting the teams big men to grab re-bounds, especially the freshmen and sophomores.

There will be days where youre not shooting well even if you have been all season, and you have to be able to rebound and defend, he said. You have to shut down for a couple minutes...and maybe get a second shot, and all of a sudden you win the game because of those two minutes you put together.

Deacons decimated by NBA Draft MARYLAND from page 17

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Al-Farouq Aminu will have less help this year with Jeff Teague and James Johnson gone to the NBA.

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After a highly successful season in which they reached the NCAA Tourna-ment and lost in the ACC Tournament fi-nals, the Seminoles aim to prove that they are not one-season wonders.

This season however, Florida State will not have departed point guard Toney Douglas, taken 29th in the 2009 NBA Draft. Douglas leaves a huge scoring hole, having averaged 21.5 points per game last season. Douglas was also the only Seminole to average more than nine points per game last year.

Head coach Leonard Hamilton is not expecting any one player to step up.

I want to have a lot of different guys aver-aging double figures, Hamilton said. The go-to guy might just be the open guy.

Sophomore center Solomon Alabi, who led the team in rebounding last season with

5.6 rebounds per game, also feels the team is ready to deal with Douglas departure.

Alabi led the ACC in blocked shots last year, just the seventh freshman in confer-ence history to do so, and was was named to the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List.

And with five freshmen having played last year, the Seminoles feel the experience the current sophomores gained will mean they will avoid a drop in performance this year.

We now have experience under our belt, sophomore Chris Singleton said. Watching Toney motivated us to be able to do the same things.

The strong showing by the Seminoles last season surprised many fans and raised ex-pectations, but the players believe this team is prepared to deal with the added pressure.

Ever since we were little kids, we just wanted to play on the big stages, and here we are, Singleton said.

With go-to scorer gone, Noles hope to keep pace

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by Jason PalmataryTHE CHRONICLE

With the last two seasons coming to the same disap-pointing endNCAA bubble team to NIT participantVir-ginia Tech is hoping to leave no doubt in the selection committees mind as to its Big Dance readiness this year.

In order to get to the NCAA Tournament this March, the first order of business is finding a way to replace the scoring of graduated swingman A.D. Vas-sallo. The forward averaged 19.1 points per game as a se-nior last year and was always the player that the Hokies turned to when they needed a big basket down the stretch.

The team does return sev-eral proven scorers, however, namely junior guard Malcolm Delaney and junior forward Jeff Allen.

Delaney was named to the preseason All-ACC first team after pouring in 18.1 points a night last season. Delaney, who has played point guard the last two years, will likely start there again in 2009-2010, although head coach Seth Greenberg would also like to get him some time at shooting guard.

To free Delaney up to use his playmaking ability at the two-guard spot, incoming

Hokies not satisfied with NIT

freshman Erick Green will have to step up and prove he can handle the duties of primary ball handler for 15 to 20 min-utes a night.

Hes tough, Greenberg said of Green. Hes just got to be more aggressive and understand that you cant let down.

Another player expected to increase his production is sophomore Victor Davila, who has shown flashes of potential to this point in his Virginia Tech career. Davila, a bruising 6-foot-8 forward, contributed primarily as a rebounder and defender as a freshman, but his ability to complement Allen as an interior scorer will be crucial to the Hokies success this year.

Allen provided Virginia Tech with a strong post presence in 2008-2009, but

often lacked the help to push the Hok-ies over the top against the conferences best teams.

In addition to creating more bal-ance on offense, Greenberg is stressing the importance of improving upon his teams middle-of-the-road defensive sta-tistics this year.

Were not playing with McDonalds All-Americans yet, Greenberg said. Were not a team that should rely on outscoring people. Were a team that needs to rely on getting stops.

If the Hokies are able to pick it up on the defensive end, they return enough pieces to surpass their projected finish in the ACC and possibly secure a Tournament berth. If not, they could be looking at the NITagain.

Deep Eaglescould struggle without Rice

by Patricia LeeTHE CHRONICLE

One thing Boston College head coach Al Skinner seems to keep emphasizing is the idea of successa successful basketball team, a suc-cessful season and successful players.

And with one senior, seven juniors and three sophomores returning this year, the Eagles should have no problem building momentum and having that success in the ACC.

The nice thing about it is that we have so many guys coming back, so I think were in a good place, Skinner said. Were hoping we can accelerate things a little bit and that we can be better earlier on than we would have been last year.

Though the Eagles lost their star player, Tyrese Rice, to graduation, Skinner said the team is prepared for the change, especially from an attitude standpoint.

The guys are really prepared to take on the responsibilities that are necessary for us to be successful, he said. It was great for us last sea-son because [Rice] gave the young guys a good idea of how to be successful, and I hope we can continue to build on that this year.

Breaking away from tradition, Boston Col-lege did not sign any new recruits to the team. Rather than bringing in someone new who might not have the opportunity to play, the Ea-gles wanted to focus on working more as a unit

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