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It's a glorious time to be a Duke-hater.
The Blue Devils have lost two of their last three at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The first loss, to Florida State on Jan. 21, looks fairly respectable in light of the Seminoles' recent hot streak. The second, to Miami on Sunday, looks awful. A frustrated Mike Krzyzewski seemed at a loss to explain how his team could sleepwalk for 24 solid minutes. "A Duke team should play with energy for 40 minutes," Krzyzewski said. "You go outside right now and look at the banners, there are quite a few up there, and they were not won without energy, without hunger and without people really wanting it. We've wanted it a lot and we've won a lot. We are supposed to play hard and with energy all the time, those are givens."
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