Written by Nicole Auerbach at USAToday.com
Nine months removed from cutting down nets in Indianapolis, Duke doesn’t look like the Duke that America is used to seeing.
The Blue Devils have lost four of their last five Atlantic Coast Conference games, the latest defeat coming at Miami on Monday. Duke, ranked 20th in this week’s USA TODAY Sports coaches poll and 24th in the AP poll, is in danger of being unranked for the first time since 2007 when both new rankings come out Monday.
Barring a dramatic turnaround that would need to begin even before injured senior Amile Jefferson returns sometime next month, the Blue Devils don’t look like a team that will challenge for the ACC title this season.
USA TODAY Sports spoke with three ACC coaches on Tuesday to find out exactly what ails Duke, and if Jefferson’s return alone will right the ship. The coaches spoke on the condition of anonymity because they did not want to talk publicly about another team in the conference.
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