| O. Poss | D. Poss | +/- | Pts | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | FGA | Ast | TO | STL | BLK | ORB | DRB | |
| Henderson | 41 | 39 | +45 | 15/65 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 10/37 | 2/16 | 0/41 | 2/39 | 2/26 | 0/17 | 5/18 |
| Thomas | 41 | 38 | +40 | 9/68 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 3/37 | 1/19 | 0/41 | 4/38 | 0/28 | 1/16 | 1/16 |
| King | 39 | 40 | +38 | 20/66 | 2-2 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 9/33 | 3/16 | 3/39 | 0/40 | 2/31 | 3/13 | 3/23 |
| Smith | 42 | 41 | +33 | 16/66 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 4-5 | 8/35 | 4/17 | 2/42 | 0/41 | 0/35 | 0/16 | 0/25 |
| Scheyer | 51 | 52 | +32 | 13/72 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 8/41 | 6/20 | 0/51 | 2/52 | 1/41 | 0/20 | 4/28 |
| Singler | 45 | 45 | +30 | 15/61 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 7/38 | 2/13 | 3/45 | 1/45 | 3/31 | 5/20 | 3/18 |
| Nelson | 42 | 42 | +29 | 10/56 | 3-6 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 11/36 | 0/14 | 4/42 | 0/42 | 0/29 | 2/18 | 6/17 |
| Paulus | 36 | 36 | +29 | 5/49 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3/32 | 4/14 | 1/36 | 1/36 | 0/23 | 0/17 | 1/14 |
| Zoubek | 37 | 39 | +22 | 6/47 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4/30 | 3/14 | 3/37 | 0/39 | 1/30 | 4/17 | 5/23 |
| Pocius | 24 | 25 | +16 | 10/37 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 5/20 | 2/8 | 2/24 | 0/25 | 0/20 | 2/10 | 2/14 |
| Davidson | 7 | 8 | +11 | 2/18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1/6 | 0/6 | 0/7 | 0/8 | 0/6 | 0/1 | 0/4 |
| Duke | 81 | 81 | +65 | 121 | 23-41 | 16-28 | 27-32 | 69 | 27/39 | 18/81 | 10/81 | 9/60 | 19/33 | 30/40 |
| 0.561 | 0.571 | 0.844 | 69.23 | 22.22 | 12.35 | 15.00 | 57.58 | 75.00 |
For both Henderson and Thomas (and Davidson), the team was a full point per possession better than NCCU while they were on the court. One thing to notice - the possession spread among the players was largely equal - 8 of the top 10 guys played between 36 and 45 possessions a piece, with Scheyer getting a few more and Pocius getting fewer. Once again, the Devils controlled the middle against a smaller opponent - the post players all shot well (11-15 from 2) and the team was dominant on the glass and blocked a lot of shots (9 of just 42 2 point attempts).
One noticeable thing about the substitution pattern from last night's game is that Coach K wanted to get his 1st and 2nd lineups a lot of time together. The starters - Paulus, Nelson, Henderson, Singler, and Thomas - played 26 of the 81 possessions together, essentially 1/3 of the game. Last season, Duke never had a game where one lineup got 1/3 of the floor time together. The "second" team - Smith, Scheyer, Pocius, King, and Zoubek - played 20 possessions together, or about 25%. So over half the game, Duke had one of two set lineups on the floor. Notably, both lineups exceeded the performance of rest of the combinations. The starters' e-margin on the game was a ridiculous 117, and the second team put up a margin of 70. All other lineups put up a collective margin of 57.1 over 35 possessions.
It seems like K is more committed this year to establishing some set lineups and getting players comfortable with one another. Paulus and Smith still have not shared floor time, Scheyer has played a lot more with Smith than with Paulus (vice versa for Nelson), and the post rotations seem to be primarily Singler & Thomas together, and Zoubek & King together. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out over the course of the year.
One final thing of note - Duke's highest possession game last year was 78 (the exhibition against NCCU). Its highest regular season possession game was 75 (twice - Georgia Southern and UNC). So far this year in two exhibition games and a glorified one against NCCU, Duke's average pace is 86.17! A lot of this is inflated by low-level opponents turning the ball over a lot, but Duke has definitely ratcheted up the pace this year. The average will certainly come down, but look for this team to try to play games in the 70-75 possession range, rather than the 64-68 range from last season.
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