Duke was morphing into a good team even before K got back on the bench. Their defensive approach they used last night against UVa was the same one they used against us and it works very well for them against many teams--UNC included. They put a soft press on teams and make them use some of the shot clock to both get it across mid-court and also into their offensive set. Then the teams are almost panicking to get even a shot off. UVa, which lacks quality seasoned offense since Brogden, Gill & Tobey are all gone, now have only Perrantes and he is forcing the issue instead of letting "Man-Bob Guy" & Diakite get more in the flow. They also are giving up 2nd half leads on D so they seemingly don't have their usual depth to play their style of bump & grind on both ends. They may not make the 2nd week of the NCAA's.
All that said, Duke is hitting their stride and finding themselves with folks getting healthy, including Coach K, and they have 3 offensive loads to stop in Kennard, Allen and Tatum and all the freshmen are finding their niche. I can see them getting to the 3rd week of the NCAA's. [with Nova, Zags & somebody from the PAC-12]