Duke announced today that Semi Ojeleye will transfer from the team. Bret Strelow tweeted the press release which you can view below.
Release from Duke on Semi leaving pic.twitter.com/sFsb5fwsvm
— Bret Strelow (@bretstrelow) December 14, 2014
Ojeleye was the 10th man for Duke and was unlikely to see significant minutes barring injury. The absence of Ojeleye will leave Duke a bit thin in the frontcourt as he was Duke's 4th big. It will likely mean Justise Winslow will slide into the power forward spot a bit more and Duke would have to go small.
One thing will stick with me when it comes to Semi Ojeleye's time at Duke. While at Duke's practice in the preseason Mike Krzyzewski stopped practice to point out a problem he had with Ojeleye's defensive positioning. He told his sophomore forward, and I'm paraphrasing, "You are the best athlete on the team, but unwilling to use it because you're not ready."
