Duke's stellar freshmen face another first, which not nearly everyone has been waiting for in the foreseeable future — in case ever — during their most likely brief career at the Institute.

Bounces off costs.

The title game in Maui Invitational, quite possibly, provided a reality test for everyone who waited, actually that blue devils will come out on undefeated — in case if not unconditional —season after one of the best classes of freshmen for almost all years.

Now they are ready to demonstrate what lessons they have learned from their first loss, starting Tuesday night in front of Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

"No one wants to lose, but I definitely think that actually losing this game was a great skill for us," said security RJ Barrett. "The coach (Mike Krzyzewski) said, in fact, that none of his teams remained invincible — he lost with every team. For example, the fact that it is elementary that, in fact what happens in basketball, and we elementary have to learn and go on."

This last group of young blue devils (5-1) conducted a comparison with some of the largest classes of freshmen in a situation of sports, spanning the famous "staggering five" of Michigan in the 1990 — ies, subsequently such as blowing old Kentucky No. 2 rose to No. 1, by providing a pair of superior secondary majors home, after winning 2 games in Maui in the direction of 5-0 starts.

But the loss of Gonzaga, who led the bulldogs to 1st space in the AP Top 25 and threw Duke to # 3, took care of this invincible conversation and recommended why it would be prudent to pump up the brakes on the hype of the train.

"We are trying to learn, any day to flow through a different experience," said Barrett. -

ESPN analyst and in the past, the Institute coach Fran Frashilla believes that these blue devils have " a chance to be the same good as the Kentucky classes in '09 and '11", but showed, in fact, that a number of teams with the same predominance won the NCAA tournament. And no matter how impressive they may be, in order to start their own career at the Institute, how they will respond at the appropriate level, remains inaccurate science.

"We are all waiting for, in fact these 3 freshman Baron will have a tremendous impact on this season," said Frascella. "But the jury is still on the prof potential, due to the fact that almost all the Luggage that talk about these children, said about Eustis Winslow and Jalil Okafor, and their triumph at the Institute is not necessarily translated as almost everyone was waiting in the NBA."

Utah jazz brand new Grayson Allen contains a unique perspective.

He was part of Duke's recruiting class in 2014-15, led by likely one and Don Okafor, Winslow, and TUS Jones, and won the state title. When they left, he got stuck, and his other 3 Baron teams were stacked with one-year-old players who didn't advance like away in an NCAA tournament.

"You hear how people talk, in fact that invincible, they can not be suspended — they have to create everything possible in order to avoid it and continue to improve," said Allen. "If there is anything I have learned in 4 years of basketball at the Institute, the tournament and basketball at the Institute do not bother about who is good in November or December. All (that contains value) - March and 1st week of April. It's pretty unforgivable.

"In this way, they have to make sure that they continue to strive for perfection in the direction of the year and keep their ego in a good space. I don't think any of them actually have a bad ego, but you can hear all these different things about pre-projections, you have to arrange it, you have to arrange it, and you can run out of yourself a little bit. In case if they will become was in elementary remain focused and listen to a trainer, they will become are not bad."

Krzyzewski has learned how to overcome with one and manufactured players, engaging 14 of them through his own program since Kiri Irving started running in 2011. 4 were last year: Marvin Bagley III, Wendell Carter Jr., Gary Trent Jr. and Trevon Duval.

"Don't play for that, actually he wants to be outside," said Krzyzewski about the current group. "To speak for itself that you wish to make, and it's funny, is than any other. They really love a friend of a friend, they love a friend of a friend, and they play hard for example."

Allen said, actually what he tasted this summer. He worked at Duke and played with them in pickup trucks, saying, in fact that Zion Williamson "just to speak with him, just play", and the lawyer point guard Tre Jones-the younger brother of a classmate of Allen "is quite similar to Tisa, and kindness."

But this comparison is completed, he said.

One major difference: his freshman class has the ability to lean on veterans Quinn cook and Amil Jefferson for advice and help. Only one not a freshman to average more than 20 min., it is not wealth, the current blue devils.

"This is the only area, if you had the opportunity to elect powerlessness (this is the Duke's team today), this is experience," said Allen. "They have will be that the children came up and provided leadership. This (leadership) has the ability to go from freshman, or it has the ability to go from juniors and other young men."

If not, then Hoosiers are ready to hang the second loss on Molo