Much was made of the willing acceptance of roles by Duke's 2010 players, particularly seniors Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek. But Duke's reserve freshmen clearly learned their limits as well. Ryan Kelly (a turnover every 28.4 minutes in 227 minutes played) and classmate Andre Dawkins clearly valued the ball in their time on the court, understanding theirs was to offer what they could with minimal risk.
| HANDLED WITH CARE | ||||
| Most Minutes Per Turnover, 2010 (ACC Regulars, Minimum 300 Minutes Played) | ||||
| Min. Per | Player | School | TOs | Mins. |
| 47.3 | Jeff Jones | V | 12 | 567 |
| 40.6 | Jerome Meyinsse | V | 17 | 690 |
| 36.9 | Tyler Roche | BC | 15 | 554 |
| 31.8 | Andre Dawkins | D | 15 | 477 |
| 31.3 | Dino Gregory | M | 16 | 500 |
| 26.5 | Will Graves | NC | 33 | 873 |
| 26.4 | Jordan Williams | M | 31 | 817 |
| 26.3 | Victor Davila | VT | 30 | 790 |
| 25.9 | Adrian Thomas | Mi | 28 | 726 |
| 25.8 | Corey Raji | BC | 30 | 774 |
Three ACC players' 2010 totals in turnovers illustrate the limitations of rendering stats by per-game average. FSU's Xavier Gibson had 41 turnovers in 411 minutes over 32 games, 1.3 turnovers per outing. Boston College's Joe Trapani likewise had 41 turnovers but over 888 minutes, clearly a sign of greater caution and control. And N.C. State's Scott Wood had 41 ballhandling errors in 1029 minutes over 36 games, 1.1 per contest, quite impressive considering he was a freshman playing a perimeter position.
Only Maryland and Duke had better ratios of assists to turnovers than Virginia, which also had the ACC's most modest scoring offense and lowest field goal accuracy in 2010.
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