Duke kept winning to start Manny Diaz's tenure. That's led to confidence for Year 2

Manny Diaz inherited a winning team when he arrived at Duke last year. That created a different challenge than diving into a massive rebuilding job.

Yet the Blue Devils kept winning.

Duke now has 26 wins over three seasons, establishing the kind of momentum only confidence and success can bring entering Diaz's second season.

“The biggest thing we've been trying to impress upon them is that Duke is enough,” Diaz said. “You’re enough. You don’t have to play out of your mind. You don’t need someone else to play poorly if you just be you. That will take care of anything that we encounter.”

The Blue Devils (9-4) return six starters on offense and five on defense as well as three on special teams. They also made a transfer-portal splash by luring Tulane's Darian Mensah as one of the top qu