Top four takeaways from Duke basketball win over Kansas

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 05: Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski reacts to a call in the second half against the Kansas Jayhawks. The Blue Devils beat the Jayhawks, 68-66, in the first game of the Champions Classic from Madison Square Garden (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

Second takeaway: The Duke offense still needs a lot of work

It is still early but the concern with this team coming into the year was the offense and that was evident last night. The half-court offense was non-existent at times and prevented the Blue Devils from taking advantage of the 28 Kansas turnovers — only turning those into 29 points.

There was a lot of standing around at times and a lack of ball movement forced Duke basketball sophomore point guard Tre Jones to try and create something by himself, oftentimes leading to a bad shot or a turnover.

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A huge question mark is going to be if the Blue Devils are going to be able to score enough when the opposing team isn’t turning the ball over at such a high rate because they are not going to force nearly 30 turnovers every single night the play.

I do expect a lot of wins this season to be like the one we all witnessed on Tuesday night, with the Duke basketball players grinding out victories and keeping the scores of most games in the 60s.

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But now it is time to move on here to a confession. I must admit to being wrong — or so it seems from Tuesday night and the exhibition wins — about two of the Duke basketball freshmen leading up to the season…

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