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Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg detail what's changed for Duke in ACC Tournament

IMG_6598by:Nick Kosko•03/11/23•

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The Duke Blue Devils are one win away from an ACC title under first-year head coach Jon Scheyer. ESPN’s Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg revealed what changed throughout the end of the year and the ACC Tournament.

Simply put, everyone is healthy and the Blue Devils might be playing their best basketball at just the right time. That’s a recipe for a dangerous team.

With a win over Virginia in the ACC Championship, Duke would continue quite the year.

“Well, I think they have everybody healthy now and have had everybody healthy for quite some time and that’s been really good for their continuity,” Bilas said on SportsCenter. “You have Dariq Whitehead on the floor who can stretch the floor, he’s their best three point shooter. Tyrese Proctor when he took over the point guard position, I mean, he’s just 18 years old and he should still be in high school. 

“That’s really helped Duke because it took Jeremy Roach off the ball. He can be more of a weapon offensively and Derek Lively II, his rim protection, the lob threat that he is, his athleticism. He’s a game changing player. Kyle Filopowski has been great all year long. But they’re playing without fear on the offensive end. Like they’re taking shots without worrying about missing out and they’re making a high percentage of them.”

Greenberg mentioned the Blue Devils’ balance getting better and ultimately making the team borderline great.

“Their offense has caught up to the defense,” Greenberg said. “I think that’s really important. But when you talk about roles, I think you can assign a role but you have to have those players, champion role. And these guys have bought into what they do well, and I think Jon Scheyer’s done an absolutely terrific job. Elite defensive team, but now they’re also an elite offensive team because of the role definition, because obviously Proctor has his hands on the ball as an initiator. And now the depth has been developed … The pieces fit, they’ve got great trust.”

Duke is 25-8 under Scheyer this season. En route to the title game, Duke took down Pittsburgh and and upset top seed Miami to make the finals.

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Duke squares off against Virginia in the ACC Championship Game Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET.