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ability, indicating he might be more than a Taylor King-type spot-up shooter. Duke’s backcourt may be thin, but it is actually one of the nation’s best.

Perhaps most importantly, Duke’s of-fense is balanced enough to withstand a disastrous effort from one of its top players come tournament time. Specifi-cally, the kind of effort that doomed the Blue Devils last year—when Gerald Hen-derson went 1-of-14 from the field and Villanova crushed Duke by 23 points in the Sweet 16. With Zoubek’s rebound-ing providing the Blue Devils with many second-chance opportunities, and with the bevy of scorers at Krzyzewski’s dis-posal, this year’s Duke team seems fully capable of compensating for a poor per-formance by one of its best players.

Lastly, Blue Devil fans should thank their lucky stars that the NCAA Tourna-ment selection committee gave Duke such a clear path to the Final Four. A potentially scary second-round match-up against Rick Pitino’s talented Louis-ville team notwithstanding, Duke could draw a plummeting Purdue team lack-ing its most talented player, as well as a No. 2-seeded Villanova squad that has dropped five of its last seven games heading into the NCAA Tournament.

Alternatively, the Blue Devils could face No. 5-seeded Texas A&M in the Sweet 16 and No. 3-seeded Baylor in the Elite 8, which would essentially amount to two true road games since both would be played in Houston, Texas.

However, Duke matches up well against the Aggies’ guard-based lineup, and Blue Devil defensive stalwart Lance Thomas promises to be an imposing matchup prob-

DUKE from page 11lem for Bears center Ekpe Udoh.

Any path to the Final Four is going to be riddled with tough games and many un-certainties, but Duke’s road is remarkably easier than that of Kansas—which the se-lection committee nonetheless dubbed the best of the No. 1 seeds.

With a manageable road to Indianapo-lis and an emerging rebounding force in Zoubek to accompany the Big Three’s of-fensive production, Duke stands a good chance of bringing home the storied pro-gram’s fourth national championship and sending this year’s senior class out on top.

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Duke collapsed when Gerald Henderson struggled terribly against Villanova in last year’s Sweet 16.