Episode 210 - Diagnosing Duke's Struggles with Brian Geisinger

The Devil's Den: A Duke Athletics Podcast

Josh, Dustin, and Raul are joined by Brian Geisinger of 247Sports and the Buzz Beat Podcast for a deep dive on Duke's season so far. At 7-3, Duke has gotten off to a slower start than predicted. Brian gives his thoughts on the issues with the team so far and where they can improve.

Topics include:

• Off-ball movement on Kyle Filipowski postups
• How to use Mark Mitchell creatively to offset the way teams are defending him
• Sean Stewart's potential to replace some of Dereck Lively's vertical spacing and rim pressure
• Maximizing Caleb Foster and Jared McCain at the same time
• Foster's impact on pace of play
• McCain's defensive struggles
• Potential adjustments to the defense to improve backline help
• Zone defense vs. drop vs. Kyle Filipowski at the level of the screen
• Expected positive shooting regression
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Lastly, they look ahead to Duke's big matchup with Baylor. Can Duke contain and/or score with the best offense in the country?

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