Quote Originally Posted by uh_no View Post
i don't disagree with the thesis, but selectively ignoring the two largest first round upsets in Duke history is a bit disingenuous.
See that's the thing. Having one OAD player doesn't make it an "OAD team." Here is the percentage of minutes played by freshmen in each of the last 10 seasons:

2009: 10.5% (S16)
2010: 14.5% (title)
2011: 10.9% (S16)
2012: 23.8% (1st rd)
2013: 23.6% (E8)
2014: 19.8% (1st rd)
2015: 50.0% (title)
2016: 46.8% (S16)
2017: 33.4% (2nd rd)
2018: 67.5% (E8)

2012 wasn't a freshman-dominated team any more than 2013 was (and 2013 was considered a veteran team). And 2014 had fewer freshman minutes than either.

I agree with Jason that the only years we truly had a freshman-centric team were the last four seasons (and of those four, the team that that did worst in the NCAA tournament was the team that had the fewest freshman minutes).