Ahead of Duke's ACC/Big Ten Challenge tilt against Michigan State in Week 4 of the regular season, Chronicle sports editor Amrith Ramkumar spoke with former Chronicle sports editor and current Wall Street Journal sportswriter Ben Cohen about the state of head coach Mike Krzyzewski's program. The conversation can be found below, along with the topics covered:
1:06—If there is a better sense of whether or not Duke is capable of winning a national championship at this point in the season given the Blue Devils' injuries
3:13—How much Duke has shifted its focus to the end of the season in the one-and-done era
5:35—Whether the Blue Devils' strategy with players has shifted given their recent recruiting success and Duke's annual battle with Kentucky for the country's top recruiting class
9:10—Whether fans might be less attached to more modern Blue Devil team with fewer upperclassmen
12:05—What a hypothetical ideal lineup would look like in the Elite Eight for a healthy 2016-17 Duke team
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