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He finished one point shy of his career high. Could it be that Allen will be the leader for this team this season? Things might be just as hard with leading scorer Rob Poole taking 14 points to graduation while Evan Hymes leaves with his nine points.

But for all the highlights of Duke’s sophomore star, the Blue Devils didn’t see much from their highly touted crop of freshmen. By the end of regulation, the Blue Devils would lead by as many as 29 points; however, Siena would continue to compete and would lose by the final score of 92-74.

It didn’t take long to realize that Brandon Ingram, the only member of Duke’s new rookie class to start against the overmatched Saints, isn’t the second coming of 2015 ACC Rookie and Player of the Year Jahlil Okafor, just as point guard Derryck Thornton isn’t Tyus Jones and Chase Jeter isn’t Justise Winslow. The Bulldogs settled for a third-place finish in the Northeast Conference last season, but have yet to win a season opener since transitioning to Division I during the 2008-09 campaign.TV: 8 p.m. ET, ESPN3ABOUT BRYANT (2014-15: 16-15): The Bulldogs must replace all-conference selections Dyami Starks (18.6 points) and Joe O’Shea (10.5), but return a key cog in preseason All-NEC pick Dan Garvin (10.9 points, team-high 7.9 rebounds and a team-best 1.5 blocks).

Allen – whose hustle Krzyzewski has often credited for sparking the title-game victory over Wisconsin – put on a one-man show in the opener.

“Losing one at the last second is like, ‘Almost there, ‘ versus if you get beat pretty badly, you just want to brush it off and get going”, Reeves said.

“That’s something that I’m always going to look to do, is attack, ” Allen said.

A few spotty outside shooting – they missed 12 of their first 15 attempts from 3-point range – was balanced by that steady diet of drives from Allen, the only member of that freshman class who didn’t turn pro early.

Duke will be at home on Friday night inside Cameron Indoor Stadium where they will look to start their season 1-0 as they take on the Siena Saints.

“We have three ACC games left, and that’s really where our focus is”, first-year Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said. Director of basketball operations Ben Asher was on the Wolfpack’s staff a year ago.

“If you think I wanted Okafor and those guys, the answer was no, ” Siena coach Jimmy Patsos said with a smile. “It’s about making sure (they’re) mature enough to know that”.

Duke: The Blue Devils extended their nonconference winning streak at Cameron to 117.

GOOD LOSSES? All three of Pitt’s losses have come to teams ranked in the top 17 – No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 8 Iowa and No. 17 North Carolina.