Second Dynasty
The 2001 title. Battier’s legacy. Brand, Boozer, Jay Williams, Deng.
Shane Battier
The No-Stat All-Star. The soul of the 2001 champions.
Elton Brand
From Dunbar Heights to the #1 pick. From Peekskill’s favorite son to the 76ers’ front office. The quiet power forward who changed Duke’s recruiting model forever.
William Avery
Augusta, Georgia. High school teammates with Ricky Moore — who beat him in the 1999 title game wearing a UConn jersey. One of the first to leave early under Coach K. 14th pick. Three NBA seasons. Eight countries. Then came back to Duke at age 40, graduated in 2023, and joined Scheyer’s coaching staff.
Corey Maggette
One of Duke’s first one-and-dones.
Jay Williams
The motorcycle accident that changed everything.
Carlos Boozer
Duke to the Dream Team.
Mike Dunleavy Jr.
The coach’s son who carved his own path.
Chris Duhon
The four-year floor general.
Dahntay Jones
The Rutgers transfer who became Duke’s best player. Defensive stopper. 624 NBA games, nine teams, fourteen seasons. Won a championship in Cleveland. LeBron paid his fines. Married in the Duke Chapel. Now coaching the Clippers.
Luol Deng
From Sudanese refugee to NBA All-Star.
Casey Sanders
Matt Christensen
D Bryant
Andre Buckner
Andy Borman
Nick Horvath
Andre Sweet
The ring is real. So is the rest of the story.
Andy Means
Daniel Ewing
Reggie Love
The two-sport star from Charlotte who walked on to the basketball team, won a national championship as a freshman, led the football team in receptions, and then became the personal aide to the President of the United States — the man Barack Obama called his ‘little brother.’
Michael Thompson
Mark Causey
Shavlik Randolph
The most coveted recruit in North Carolina since David Thompson — a McDonald’s All-American who broke Pete Maravich’s records at Broughton, whose NC State grandfather was a first-round NBA pick, whose body betrayed him at Duke, who scored 55 points in a single game in China, and who lost his brother but never lost his faith.