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Message: [QUOTE="JeremyCuse, post: 3266465, member: 43"] Duke is an odd team in that no matter what happens or how they fair early in the season when you look up in May there they usually are in the quarters. I thought personally last year they overachieved a bit as they took a decent hit offensively to graduation and were just OK at the X and in goal versus their usually really good to great. Duke again will not have a real X type attackmen for the second year straight. Montgomery broke out toward the end of the season so maybe he will lead the pack from the midfield with an up an coming guy like Leadmon and some veterans as well sprinkled in. Robertson and Manown are a real nice 1-2 punch but will be interesting to see who they go with at that third spot. Give Danowski credit he always has his teams there save for that few year stretch after the back to back titles where I think graduation losses finally caught up with them. Duke's in a wired spot in that they have these really loaded offensive classes (historic by some accounts especially if you go by the IL 100) coming in the next two years yet the last few years they have been a defensive squad but lost a decent amount of pieces this past year and will loss Giles-Harris, Upgren, Lindsay, and Smyth after this season. Interested to see how they look this year, I think they are a bit overrated as you noted but it's hard to be overly confident in that statement based on Danowki's track record. ND is going to be fascinating to watch this year with Byrne gone. Costabile is a great player but they lost some real nice pieces on defense and offense so you have to wonder if with Byrne gone and no real "star" presence at attack if they take a bit of a step back. Again ND has been so consistent in the regular season that it may be wishful thinking on my part. Morin and Jackoboice have been good role guys but need to take that next step for them. Cohen and Kielty are two upper level defenders but they lost a lot in Phillips, Crance and Kielty. The midfield is definitely formidable and an all Sr group, that stepback might be next year when they lose the entire midline including Costabile as well as their FOGO, LSM and two more Close Defenders. [/QUOTE]

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