Where Is The Duke I Knew?

Durham, North Carolina, where gods play basketball. Where have the gods gone? JJ Redick is suddenly mortal, Shelden Williams is putting up numbers but is getting out done by lesser big men, and the supporting cast is unable to do anything on offense? Where oh where have the blue devils gone? I know where.

1. JJ Redick- Coaches have keyed in on how to stop this juggernaut. UNC had Marcus Ginyard almost exclusively chase JJ around all night. Very little focus was put on Ginyard in the offense unless he was wide open. The key to stopping JJ is to have fresh legs and long arms on him at all times to make sure a hand is in his face.
2. Shelden Williams- He has looked great on offense a lot of this year, but only flashes of his defensive abilities have shown up against the ACC's top big men. Cedric Simmons put up a career high 28 points and 9 rebounds and Tyler Hansbrough had 27 and 10. He even gave up 22 to Alexander Johnson of FSU and was out scored by Eric Williams of Wake Forest in both games. I know you are going pro, but don't quit on defense yet, you have a title to win.
3. Supporting Cast- Frankly, this is where Duke suffers the most. JJ Redick has to put up amazing numbers for them to win, because the rest of the team is simply not very good offensively. DeMarcus Nelson could have been that third scoring threat if he had been healthy all season, but he wasn't. Lee Melchionni and Sean Dockery are left to try and score the basketball while the first is a spot up shooter and the later a defense first kind of guy. No wonder JJ takes thirty shots a game, the rest of the team simply has to hard of a time finding the bottom of the basket.