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Preview: No. 8 Duke vs. Oregon State

Preview: No. 8 Duke vs. Oregon State

It might not seem like that big of a deal for Duke to improve 22 spots in defensive efficiency. “‘What is going to be our identity?’” associate head coach Chris Carrawell said of the preseason question. Duke throttled Jacksonville and USC Upstate early, lost to Kansas because of a slow start and a couple of late-game breakdowns, and then put the clamps on Delaware and Bellarmine — two league champions last season — in the past week.