DUKE DATA
14
Duke alums in the NBA in
2009-10, tied with UCLA
for most among colleges
$82.0
Combined value, in mil-
lions, of the contracts of
the Blue Devils in the NBA
360
Duke wins since the 1998
A LOOK BACK AT GREAT MOMENTS IN DUKE HISTORY season, most in the nation
Grant Hill in the NCAA Tournament
Grant Hill played in three NCAA title games at Duke and won a
pair of national championships. During those Big Dance runs,
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Grant was a part of two of the most memorable plays in col-
All-time Duke wins in
lege basketball history. FIrst, against Kansas in the 1991 title
Cameron Indoor Stadium
game, the Duke jersey retiree climbed to impossible heights to
convert a stunning alley-oop. A year later, he made the most
famous pass in college basketball history as Christian Laettner
made “The Shot” to send Duke to the 1992 Final Four. In a recent
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interview with the Arizona Republic, Grant was asked whether the
All-time Duke selections
dunk or the pass were more memorable. He responded:
to the annual high school
“That pass to Laettner. The dunk was cool. It was one of
Parade All-America list,
those things where, during the game, I forgot I did that.
including Ryan Kelly and
We had a contest going throughout the tournament, me,
Mason Plumlee
Thomas Hill and Brian Davis, on who could get the most
dunks. We were keeping a tally. I remember when we won
the game, we were on the stand and I had forgotten about 6’8”
that dunk. Brian reminded me, and then they played One Height of Mason Plumlee’s
Shining Moment. I said, ‘Oh yeah. I had that dunk.’ career-best high school
high jump (Mason finished
“The pass, it meant more. It was for a game-winning shot. second in the NCISAA
If we win, we advance. If we lose, we go home. So there state meet)
was a lot more riding on that play. If I had just laid up that
alley-oop, or if it went over my head, it just would have
been another play.
6’9”
“The good thing is, there have been a lot of really good
Height of Miles Plumlee’s
memories. Some like those are played every year. Some
career-best high jump
are just in my head. I’ve been lucky.”
(Miles also placed second
in the state meet)
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