They're fumbling along at 11-18 this year. Another traditionally strong team, Arizona, sits little better at 17-13.
This is a bad year. We get that. But the 2012-13 team had a losing record, went 6-12 in the ACC, and the next year went 32-6 overall and 12-6 in the ACC. This year's team is young, and you can't compare this team to Duke on that basis. Duke has NBA-ready players as freshman; ND does not.
This team will be far better next year. Should win 25 games overall and have a winning record in the ACC, at minimum.