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Over the past few years, the Duke program has turned into one of the most three-point happy teams in the nation. When they are having a bad shooting night from behind the arc, though, they struggle to score.
That is what happened in their loss to Michigan yesterday. Duke made just seven of 33 from behind the arc (they started the game 3-for-27). This was their third straight loss in a game where they failed to hit at least 25 percent from downtown. Look at their three-point shooting in their losses last year:
Pittsburgh: 4-of-19
Wake Forest: 8-of-28
Miami: 15-of-37
North Carolina: 10-of-29
Clemson: 6-of-26
West Virginia: 5-of-22
Just like last year, Duke can look like one of the best teams in the nation -- when those threes are falling. When they aren't, there as mediocre as anyone.
In their near-loss to Rhode Island earlier in the year, Duke hit just 4-of-17 from behind the arc.
They just don't have a way to score in the paint. Their big men aren't gifted offensive performers and they don't drive to the basket enough. Falling in love for those long-range shots meant Duke went to the line just six times against Michigan. In that loss to North Carolina last year, they went to the line just nine times (they did go to the line 32 times in their NCAA Tournament loss to West Virginia).
Big men Lance Thomas, Miles Plumlee, Brian Zoubek, David McClure and Olek Czyz average a combined seven free throws a game. None of those guys went to the line against Michigan.
Duke needs to find some sort of balance. Yes, life is great when you are hitting a good percentage of all those threes you're throwing up there. However, Blue Devils fans saw what happens when the season wears on and those shots aren't going in.
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