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Ghosts of successful past bedevil the Blue Devils of present

By Dana O'Neil
ESPN.com

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

DURHAM, N.C. -- Mike Krzyzewski isn't going to get a lot of sympathy for this one. During the offseason the Duke coach studied his team, trying to figure out what went wrong in March, the month when the Blue Devils usually blossom but in the past two years have wilted like a bunch of overexposed daisies. There were obvious problems: no post player, crummy shooting, youth. But Krzyzewski believes there was something more going on. "I think your success can become your opponen ...

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