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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;INDIANAPOLIS\u2014The flurry of Duke dunks came with a speed that matched their fury.&amp;nbsp;Tyus&amp;nbsp;Jones\u2019s no-look pass to&amp;nbsp;Jahlil&amp;nbsp;Okafor, who slammed the ball home with one hand, started the onslaught.&amp;nbsp;Justise&amp;nbsp;Winslow flushing home from the baseline continued it. That set up a knockout blow from Grayson Allen, the unlikeliest candidate, who thundered home a tomahawk dunk off a long rebound of his own miss. Allen\u2019s celebratory scream earned him a cold look and stern warning from the official.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Duke\u2019s cluster of dunks came during a three-minute span early in the second half that blew open its Final Four game against Michigan State. And it showcased the strut and swagger of a new era of Blue Devils Basketball. In No. 1 Duke\u2019s 81-61 cakewalk over the No. 7 Spartans, these looked like Blue Devils of yesteryear, the dominant teams of Bobby Hurley and Christian&amp;nbsp;Laettner&amp;nbsp;or Jay Williams and Shane Battier. They trapped on defense, rattled Michigan State with their physicality\u2014how often does that happen?\u2014and cruised to a victory coach Mike&amp;nbsp;Krzyzewski&amp;nbsp;deemed the best Duke had played in this NCAA tournament. That\u2019s quite a compliment, considering the Blue Devils have won by an average of 17.6 points per game.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But there\u2019s a distinct difference in this Duke team compared to its championships predecessors. And that was illuminated by one freshman delivering a half-court, no-look pass and his three classmates rattling home dunks that blew away the sold-out crowd at Lucas Oil Stadium and left Tom&amp;nbsp;Izzo&amp;nbsp;without any answers.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;MORE CBB: Duke advances to Coach K's ninth national title game&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And as Duke prepares to play Wisconsin on Monday night for the national title, it can thank an unlikely inspiration for its new identity\u2014Kentucky coach John&amp;nbsp;Calipari. The Wildcats\u2019 undefeated season ended on Saturday night at the hands of Wisconsin. But Duke is in position to win its fifth national title under Coach K because he has borrowed&amp;nbsp;Calipari\u2019s&amp;nbsp;blueprint for building programs.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Four of Duke\u2019s eight recruited scholarship players are freshmen. At least two of them, 6\u201911\u201D center Okafor and 6\u20196\u201D wing Winslow, are locks to be top-10 picks in June\u2019s NBA draft. A third freshman, the 6\u20191\u201D guard Jones, could end up in the draft as well. In four of the past five seasons, John Calipari\u2019s Kentucky program has reached the Final Four, and it has become apparent that no foil has shaped Coach K\u2019s program more than Coach Cal. Even if this seems to pain the Duke staff to admit. While Duke hasn\u2019t been averse to one-year players over the years\u2014Corey Maggette, Luol Deng and Kyrie Irving among them\u2014the Blue Devils have never systemically relied on freshmen the way they have this season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consider Duke\u2019s 2010 championship team\u2014no player on the roster left college early for the NBA. Five years later, this Duke team could beat that 2010 team by 20. Gone are the players like Nolan Smith and Kyle&amp;nbsp;Singler&amp;nbsp;who spent four years in Durham and developed into late first-round picks. Those players are nice, but the game and culture has changed thanks to Kentucky\u2019s turnstile. And everyone is scrambling to catch up, even if they are a bit hesitant to admit it. \u201CWe really haven't looked at anybody and said, \u2018We have to do it like someone,\u2019\u201D&amp;nbsp;Krzyzewski&amp;nbsp;said. \u201CIt's just who you end up having the opportunity to recruit.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They may not have looked&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;at&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;anyone, but they certainly look&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;like&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;someone. They are just as reliant on freshmen as Kentucky, which could end up with three one-and-done players season\u2014Trey Lyles, Devin Booker and Karl-Anthony Towns.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But Coach K denied any notion that the Blue Devils\u2019 evolution has any copycat characteristics. The two seasons in which Duke has relied heavily on a single one-and-done freshman\u2014Austin Rivers in 2012 and Jabari Parker in 2014\u2014they finished as victims of second-round NCAA tournament upsets to No. 15 Lehigh and No. 14 Mercer. \u201CI'd rather have a veteran team who is really good,\u201D Krzyzewski said. \u201CThe talent, you have to go after the best players. I mean, we have an opportunity to get some of them, so that's what we should do.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;\u200B&lt;strong&gt;MORE CBB: Wisconsin ends Kentucky's perfect season&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Krzyzewski has assembled a talented young team. Winslow continued his transcendent NCAA tournament, scoring 19 points on six shots. Okafor scored 18 points and looked at times like he was toying with Spartans, holding the ball over his head and directing traffic in the low post. Coach K\u2019s freshmen didn\u2019t really look at all like freshmen, which is a place Calipari has made his comfort zone and Krzyzewski is apparently finding his way to. \u201CSince we've been on campus, coach never treated us like freshmen,\u201D Winslow said. \u201CI think that's why we've been playing so well lately.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some of Duke\u2019s new look can be attributed to the evolution of college basketball in general. Agents are involved with talented players when they are underclassmen in high school, and a stigma has become attached to staying in school too long. The days of those old guard Coach K ideals\u2014learning as you grow up\u2014are becoming as antiquated as the phone book. \u201CThe culture has changed,\u201D Duke assistant coach Jeff Capel said. \u201CGuys don\u2019t stay in school as long as they once did. There\u2019s a rush for guys to feel like they have to leave. In some cases, guys may not feel like they want to, but they feel like they have to. That\u2019s the difference.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u200BKrzyzewski maintained that that his reliance on freshmen has come more from opportunity than envy. Some of that can be tied to USA Basketball, as Krzyzewski can easily monitor if players like Okafor, Jones and Winslow can handle Duke\u2019s culture and demands as they move through USA Basketball\u2019s youth system. Even if he\u2019s not coaching them. \u201CThere seem to be more guys like that,\u201D Krzyzewski said of talented recruits ready to handle Duke. \u201CIt just worked out that way.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The good news for Duke is that it will be playing for the national title on Monday night. The bad news is that it could really take a precipitous dip next season. If Jones leaves, the Blue Devils could be downright dismal. The easy analogy would be Kentucky\u2019s 2013 team that lost at Robert Morris in the first round of the NIT. Duke brings in two solid recruits in 6\u201910\u201D center Chase Jeter and 6\u20195\u201D guard Luke Kennard, who aren\u2019t good enough to be considered one-year players. The loss of Cook to graduation and the inevitable departure of Okafor and Winslow to the NBA leaves Duke with some nice players, but a roster that wouldn\u2019t likely put it in contention in the ACC. And that\u2019s the danger of the one-and-done game\u2014it leads to a constant scramble and roster churn.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But that\u2019s a conversation for the off-season. Right now, Duke has a dominant team that rekindles memories of the iconic Blue Devil teams of years past. And on Monday, we\u2019ll find out if Duke\u2019s new philosophy can deliver a familiar result.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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