I remember a couple of months ago when there were some posts after some tough losses that said that at best Duke was just a good team and not a very good team.

Those posters were harshly criticized by a number of posters with comments , " an overreaction to a loss", " nausea setting in ", "the team is young they will only get better", etc.

Well the results speak for themselves. This year, Duke was just a mediocre team. This team just did not how to win close games, could not shoot free throws, could not defend when it counted in the final moments of games.

This post is not going to place blame anywhere, just to acknowledge that this team was just an OK team.

Will they be better next year? Well they can't be any worse, although I do not know how the deficiences that existed this year will greatly improve next year.

One last thing, let's stop with any Paulus bashing. This kid is one excellent ball player, with heart. He can play on my team anytime.