Duke celebrates start of hoops practice

Ryan Kelly added 12 points for the White.

Rivers, Cook and Marshall Plumlee were among the centerpieces of a highly regarded five-man recruiting class that is being counted upon to help fill in for two graduated four-year stars and an electrifying point guard whose only season at Duke was marred by a pesky toe injury.

Kyrie Irving's college career lasted just 11 games, but he showed enough skill and potential that he was picked No. 1 overall by Cleveland in the NBA draft. The Blue Devils also must find a way to replace four-year stars Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler, both key contributors to their most recent national title-winning team in 2010 who were selected by NBA teams.

Krzyzewski has a few more weeks to sort out those answers before the Blue Devils have any games that count. Duke plays its first of two exhibition games Oct. 29 against Bellarmine, then tips off the regular season Nov. 11 against Belmont.

"It's our 32nd year" at Duke, Krzyzewski told the crowd at halftime of the scrimmage. "And it feels new all over again."