First Dynasty
Back-to-back titles. The Shot. The Dream Team. The greatest run in program history.
Danny Ferry
The bridge between Foundation and Dynasty.
Quin Snyder
From Cameron to courtside in the NBA. The longest road back.
Alaa Abdelnaby
Duke’s Egyptian prince.
Phil Henderson
Three Final Fours. The dunk on Mourning. Co-MVP with Laettner. A good man with a gentle soul. Gone at 44.
Robert Brickey
King Dunk. Coach K’s Original High Flyer. Three Final Fours. 147 dunks. The letter is still on the wall.
Christian Laettner
The most hated. The most clutch. The only collegian on the Dream Team.
Brian Davis
Laettner’s partner — in victory and in debt.
Bobby Hurley
The kid from the bingo hall who nearly died on a Sacramento road.
Thomas Hill
An Olympic medalist’s son. Two national championships. The guy who burst into tears when Laettner hit The Shot. Now coaching prep school kids in Austin, winning titles of his own.
Billy McCaffrey
Championship hero. Transfer rebel. The ring stayed in the dorm room. He was always a champion.
Grant Hill
The most complete player. The most devastating injuries. The longest arc.
Antonio Lang
The quiet warrior of two titles.
Kenny Blakeney
DeMatha Catholic. Two national championships. Captain. Entrepreneur. Now building Howard into an HBCU powerhouse with Duke Brotherhood DNA.
Cherokee Parks
The last big man of the dynasty years.
Chris Collins
Doug Collins’ son. Bulls ball boy. Mini-hoop with Kobe. Illinois Mr. Basketball. Duke MVP. The man who took Northwestern to its first NCAA Tournament.
Jon Goodman
Greg Koubek
Clay Buckley
Joe Cook
Crawford Palmer
Ron Burt
Christian Ast
Marty Clark
Erik Meek
Kenney Brown
Stan Brunson
Tony Moore
Baker Perry
Joey Beard
He outscored Grant Hill. Then the ground shifted.