Lack of perimeter depth means new look for Duke 'D'

DURHAM, N.C. – This is the fourth time the Duke Blue Devils have gathered to officially prepare for the 2009-10 basketball season. It says so right there on the practice plan, which was drawn up by Mike Krzyzewski himself this very morning. So it just seems, well, weird that nearly a half an hour of this session is being devoted to deploying the team in a couple of different zone defenses. This is Cameron Indoor Stadium, where so many of the banners were hung by pressure man-to-man. This is Duke, which has built nearly three decades of excellence on denying the wings. This is a team, however, with two 6-10 guys along the baseline (Miles and Mason Plumlee), a 6-8 small forward (Kyle Singler) and a 6-5 point guard (Jon Scheyer). The only comparatively little guy is 6-2 shooting guard Nolan Smith. "We've never had this big of a team with a limited number of perimeter players," Krzyzewski said. "We can't be foolish and try to fit this group into a system t...