GREENVILLE, S.C. — Typically in the month of March, you are what you are at this magical point in the season.
You’re what the record says you are. You are what the committee labels you for the only three weeks that matter for basketball programs. You are what you are at the final buzzer as every time you take the court could be your last.
In the curious case of No. 1 overall seed Duke however, it is anything but. It is still a ball of wet clay, far from a fully baked product despite the wealth of talent on hand. In contrast to many of its peers in the NCAA tournament, the Blue Devils are still in the rare process of evolving—something that typically punishes you at this time of year but instead helped send them to the Sweet 16 after an 81–58 win over No. 9 TCU on Saturday night in the second round of the NCAA men’s tournament…