Duke started the season at No. 1, but their season ended before the Final Four. The Blue Devils now await the NBA draft decisions from several potential one-and-done freshmen. The team started four freshmen, but they may have played their final game at Duke. An 85-81 overtime loss to Kansas in the Midwest Regional final brought an end to the season for Duke (29-8), and to the four-year college career of captain Grayson Allen. “I’ve learned so much in my four years here, coming out a completely different person and for the better,” Allen said. Players Marvin Bagley III and Wendell Carter Jr., and guards Duval and Gary Trent Jr. have big decisions to make in the coming weeks, as well. Duke finished second in the Atlantic Coast Conference, four full games behind a Virginia team that claimed the No. 1 ranking in the final AP poll. The Blue Devils lost to rival North Carolina in the ACC Tournament semifinals, and reached their third regional final in six years.
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