The Duke Blue Devils bucked conventional wisdom by leaving their best player, freshman Jabari Parker, on the bench in the waning moments of their ACC opener against Notre Dame.

Conventional wisdom doesn't like being bucked: Duke suffered its first loss against an unranked opponent this season.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was blunt in his explanation for Parker's late-game absence. “He wasn’t playing well,” Krzyzewski told the media after the game, Bleacher Report - College Basketball
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