Duke Set To Open Practice Friday As The Favorite To Win The 2018 National Championship

Duke will have their first practice Friday and opens as the favorite to win the national championship in 2018.

Like 2015 when Mike Krzyzewski won his last national title in Indianapolis by a score of 68-63 over Wisconsin that team was made of mostly freshman including now lone senior Grayson Allen.   This year's team also has mostly freshman.  (8)  Will history repeat itself and will Duke cut down the nets in San Antonio?

Duke Basketball will officially start practice this Friday as the odds-on favorite (6/1) in Vegas to win the National Championship. While Duke's roster is young (11 of 13 scholarship players are sophomores or freshmen), they are incredibly talented as they bring in the nation's #1 recruiting class for the second consecutive year. "according to http://duke.247sports.com/Bolt/Duke-Basketball-opens-practice-on-Friday-as-odds-on-title-favori-108059003

Led by senior Grayson Allen, Mike Krzyzewski's 38th team at Duke boasted depth at nearly every position and brings in the top-ranked power forward (Marvin Bagley), second-ranked point guard (Trevon Duval), third-ranked shooting guard (Gary Trent), fourth-ranked power forward (Wendell Carter) and three four-star players (SG Alex O'Connell, SF Jordan Tucker and C Antonio Vrankovic).