Originally Posted by Anonymous
"Programs lose impact players every year. The top programs bring in impact players every year that is why they are consistently the top programs. Duke has been off from where they were but they are still a very good program. IMHO Duke will be back in the Top 20 at the end of the season. We all know the teams that bring in the top recruits just about every year and has been Duke is one of those programs. Maybe they missed on 2 or 3 studs in recent years but they are still an excellent program. If Duke did miss out on a few players during the early recruiting craze it was because Duke was trying to hold off not because top players do not want to go to Duke. Not saying that Duke didn't bring in good players just saying that having just 1 or 2 additional studs would have had Duke back in the Top 20. Do you really believe that Duke is going to fall off the map and no longer be a consistent Top 10 -15 program?"

Why would you think Duke would be a consistent top 10-15 program as their recent history tells you otherwise and as pointed out they lost their two best offensive players and two best defensive players.Not only is your post difficult to understand its also clueless. Duke missed out on exactly zero recruits because they in fact were recruiting as early as everyone else, to say otherwise is just false.There are many top players who have zero interest in going to Duke for many different reasons just like any other school. "Do you really believe that Duke is going to fall off the map and no longer be a consistent Top 10 -15 program?" They already have and are in fact no longer a consistent to 10-15 program.


Duke finished last year 21st in the coaches poll. Every school looses top players.... the key is recruiting and Duke tends to do a pretty good job when it comes to recruiting. Duke plays a tough schedule and they were very competitive with some of the best teams in the country last year. Everything is in place for Duke to get back to being a top 10 -15 program. We all know not every top recruit will choose Duke but history tells us that a lot of them will. Not sure why the blip but I suspect they will be back.