Today's edition of The Chronicle features a 20-page supplement with everything you need to know about Duke entering this year's NCAA Tournament.
In addition to bracket breakdowns, graphics and more, here are links to some of the pieces from the supplement with the cover at right:
- Last year, a second-seeded Duke squad lost in the Round of 64 to 15th-seeded Lehigh. The bus ride afterward was silent. Revisiting that loss and what the Blue Devils learned from that shocking upset.
- Like the 2010 Duke basketball team, this year's team is led by three seniors. A look at what that leadership means going into the Big Dance.
- Not so long ago, we were talking about Quinn-sanity. Lately though, it's been more Quinn-cognito—the sophomore guard is averaging just 3.2 assists per game over Duke's last 11 contests.
- Coach K said Duke is "OK" at rebounding. Is that enough for this team to make a run?
- Columnist Chris Cusack writes that as much as people like to say this year's NCAA Tournament field is wide-open, it's really not much different from usual.
In addition to those feature stories, here are some other quirky angles into the Big Dance:
- The instant reaction after the bracket was announced was that the Midwest is the best region. But is it really? Breaking the top teams in each region with different metrics.
- Duke's bench plays just 24.0% of the team's minutes, the 311th most out of 347 teams in Div. I. We compared that to past Blue Devil teams to see what that might mean for this team's Tournament chances.
- Did you know four of the top 10 teams in defensive efficiency are in the Midwest region? That and more funky stats about Duke's side of the bracket.
- What would a strong Tournament mean for Seth Curry, Mason Plumlee and Seth Curry? A bump in their NBA Draft stock.
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