As a big Duke fan I totally agree with this post and Gordio's assessment. K has backed off a lot of guys since the Magette fiasco and have not recruited the type of athlete that can win one-on-one battles at crunch time...guys like Grant Hill, Roshawn McCloud, Maggette, Jason Williams etc. Outside of Laettner and Brand, Duke has never had great bigs, just shot-blocker/space-eaters. Zoubek is fine for what he provides (provided he stays out of foul trouble), he was great until getting into foul trouble in the first Mich game at the Garden (the only live Duke game I saw all year). Watching on TV gives you a skewed perspective. The UNC games really show how far above Duke UNC is talent-wise. Duke needs more athletes. They will always get a decent big or two and some great shooters and scrappy points (even tho I am not a Paulus fan), the difference is when Duke recruits the true athletes that can dominate, which they can get, same as UNC/Kansas.
As for the 3 pointers, just compare and contrast the 2 Wake games, game 1 Duke shoots 4-22 and bombs (despite the bs close final score), game 2 8-23 and Duke rolls by 10. You can't just look at shooting percentages, they do not count how the 3 sets up Duke's halfcourt offense. When Duke is making 3's, the whole offense opens up for the halfcourt game of Henderson and Singler to a point.