Duke hoop finds rhythm with three guards; football adds 18 recruits
PHOTO (Duke Athletics): Matthew Hurt drives on Notre Dame. By TOM SHANAHAN They’re some of the top basketball recruits in the nation, but they also are essentially strangers in this oddest of seasons. The COVID-19 pandemic slowed their transition from highlighting individual skills in AAU ball to executing at the Division I college level. The eight days without a game -- following losses at home to Top 10 teams Michigan State Dec. 1 and Illinois Dec. 8 --…