Jack White and Javin DeLaurier: "We have a collective goal to win a National Championship"

Two of Duke’s three captains represented the team at ACC Operation Basketball in Charlotte.

Javen DeLaurier talked about the always high expectations for Duke basketball.

“I don't think we really look at it in that way,” he said. “For us, it's more of us setting goals and knowing whether or not we can achieve them, and for the guys who have come back, we've been on some teams where we've been a play or two away from that Final Four. And so whether or not we lived up to expectations, I don't think we look at our season as having been that. We look at it for the body of work that we've done. But at the same time we carry that disappointment and we think about it every day.”

Jack White added, “I feel like anything from the outside, outside of our team, outside of our group, coaching staff and players, in terms of the expectations that are put on us, we don't really pay too much attention to it. It is what it is, but at the end of the day, I think as a group we have a collective goal to win a National Championship every year, and that's what we're focused on, in our preparations for the season and throughout, that's our focus.”

White also talked about this year’s freshmen.

“I think first of all, coming off a leadership role from last year, I think it's helped us feeling comfortable coming into our senior year with that same role, and obviously with a fresh group of guys coming in, just really excited to learn from them, learn with them, and compete with them. I think our experience last year is going to help us with that.”

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