2 | monDAY, november 18, 2013 The Chronicle www.dukechroniclesports.com MeN’S BASkeTBAll MeN’S BASkeTBAll Young Duke squad shows its growth Okafor and Jones commit by Bobby Colton The ChroniCle it’s easy to forget how young this Duke team is. last season Seth Curry, ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee—a trio of seniors—led the way for the Blue Devils in scoring. This year, only four scholarship players are in their junior or senior season. The 201314 Duke team is one that will grow as the season progresses—and that’s exactly what was on display during Friday night’s 97-64 victory against Florida Atlantic. “This is not like having ryan and [Mason] and Seth, where they already knew who they were,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “And so there’s a lot of growing that needs to take place.” The Blue Devils (2-1) were propelled by three players who did not play a minute of collegiate basketball one season ago. Freshman Jabari Parker, redshirt sophomore rodney hood and graduate Andre Dawkins gave the owls’ defense fits all night with their ability to not only knock down shots, but also with the ease with which they penetrated into the lane. Parker has shown little signs of youth offensively, becoming the first freshman to score 20-plus points in each of his first three games under Krzyzewski. But for hood and Dawkins, things haven’t come quite so naturally. heading into his first season of action with the Blue Devils, expectations for by Andrew Beaton The ChroniCle be aggressive regardless of whether i have a good shooting game or not,” hood said. “i let my teammates down the last game by not being aggressive.” The Blue Devils don’t always call plays, but rather players make reads into an action and reacts based on it. reviewing tape of the Kansas game, hood revealed to Duke lost to Kansas in the Champions Classic but won big-time Friday afternoon as Jahlil okafor and Tyus Jones committed to the Blue Devils and head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Their announcements, which took place simultaneously at their respective high schools, were televised live on eSPnU. okafor, who attends Whitney Young in Chicago, and Jones, who attends Apple Valley in Minnesota, had stated their intentions to be a package deal for a long time. The other frontrunner for their services was Kansas, with Baylor as the only other school that they were both considering. okafor was in attendance Tuesday as the Jayhawks beat the Blue Devils 94-83 in Chicago. “Duke University,” Jones said as he put on a gray Blue Devil hat. “[Coach K is] a legend. he’s coached for many years and he’s arguably one of the greatest of all time. he’s a great basketball mind and i feel like i’ll be able to learn a tremendous amount under him.” See M. BASKETBALL, page 8 See COMMITS, page 8 chRiS DieckhaUS/The ChroniCle Redshirt sophomore Rodney Hood scored 28 points in 26 minutes in his third game as a Blue Devil, a 97-64 win against Florida Atlantic. hood were sky-high. The 6-foot-8 forward was not only anointed one of Duke’s two go-to players by Krzyzewski, but was also named a team captain. it’s easy to forget that hood is playing his first meaningful basketball in more than 18 months. That rust manifested itself against Kansas Tuesday, when a tentative hood attempted just eight shots in 38 minutes. “That’s my motto from here on out—to ISIS 640: History and Future of Higher Education A Spring 2014 Duke University course Professor Cathy N. Davidson John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies Wednesdays, 3:20-7:00 pm PhD Lab In Digital Knowledge, C106, Bay 4 Smith Warehouse, 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham In this course we will learn about the features of higher education that were designed specifically to prepare workers and leaders for the Industrial Age, and we’ll strategize ways that, together, we can change learning—inside of school and out—for the world we live in now—and even to help improve our world. The course will be “co-taught” virtually with classes and instructors at Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, and Harvard as well as with a MOOC expected to draw tens of thousands of people from around the world. 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