Resurgence + Title
The 2010 and 2015 championships. Coach K’s 4th and 5th rings.
Kyle Singler
Four years. 148 games. The kid from Medford who stayed, won a championship, and built a tournament that outlasted his career.
Miles Plumlee
The first Plumlee. The one whose feet broke the ink pad. The trailblazer who went across the mountains so his brothers would know the way.
Mason Plumlee
Three brothers. Seven seasons. One driveway hoop in Warsaw. All three won championships at Duke. The ink pad was too small for the first son’s feet.
Seth Curry
The other Curry.
Austin Rivers
Doc’s son. The Shot at Carolina. The kid who spent 707 games and eleven years proving he was more than a last name.
Quinn Cook
Four years. One ring. Two more in the NBA.
Marshall Plumlee
The youngest brother. NCAA champion. 29 NBA games. Then he became a Ranger, deployed to Afghanistan, and went to Harvard Business School.
Jabari Parker
The kid from the church gym. Sports Illustrated cover. Four state titles. Two torn ACLs. Tears of gratitude in Barcelona.
Rodney Hood
Both parents played at Mississippi State. Childhood neighbor: Paramore’s Hayley Williams. Two-time Mississippi Gatorade POY. State champion. Coach K’s fourth-ever transfer. Brought chitterlings to Duke from Thanksgiving in Meridian. Left-handed stroke as smooth as anything in the ACC. 23rd pick. Eight NBA seasons. Ruptured his Achilles chasing a dream. Married a Duke women’s basketball player. Retired November 2024. The Deep South never left him.
Grayson Allen
The hero. The villain. The shooter. Four years at Duke, 1,996 points, a national championship, three trips, and a $70 million redemption arc.
Jahlil Okafor
One year. One ring. Then the NBA broke him.
Tyus Jones
Hit the biggest shot of 2015.
Justise Winslow
The glue of the 2015 title team.
Casey Peters
Andre Dawkins
The purest shooter on a championship team — and the hardest story in the Brotherhood.
Ryan Kelly
The Ivy League kid who won a national championship, married a Cowher, played for the Lakers, and found his best basketball in Japan.
Todd Zafirovski
Tyler Thornton
Josh Hairston
Four years, 121 games, 26 charges taken. The UNC fan from Fredericksburg who chose Duke, did the dirty work nobody else wanted, played alongside four future NBA All-Stars, then circled the globe before becoming an agent at Klutch Sports.
Michael Gbinije
Sean Kelly
Rasheed Sulaimon
Amile Jefferson
Alex Murphy
Semi Ojeleye
Parade National Player of the Year. 23 games at Duke. AAC Player of the Year at SMU. NBA playoff warrior. European champion.