At one time before the season being touted as the ‘Dream Team’ with the nation’s top-ranked high school recruits Jayson Tatum and Harry Giles joining a group who already had Grayson Allen and Luke Kennard, Duke was nearly a unanimous preseason no. 1 and heavy front-runner to win the National Championship.
Nine losses and a stunning second round exit later and the Blue Devils cemented arguably one of the most disappointing seasons in recent memory.
Ben Maller takes it a step farther, proclaiming the 2017 Devils as one of the biggest failures in NCAA history, as the group with 9 McDonald’s All-Americans was able to advance just one round in the Tournament.