Ranking all 40 Duke basketball teams under Coach K

THE TOP CONTRIBUTORS

1. Senior forward Danny Ferry: 22.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.6 steals; 42.5 3-point percentage
2. Junior guard Phil Henderson: 12.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists
3. Junior forward Robert Brickey: 11.0 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.1 steals, 2.2 blocks
4. Freshman center Christian Laettner: 8.9 points, 4.7 rebounds; 72.3 field goal percentage
5. Senior guard Quin Snyder: 7.2 points, 6.2 assists, 2.0 steals
6. Junior forward Alaa Abdelnaby: 8.9 points, 3.8 rebounds; 63.4 field goal percentage
7. Senior forward John Smith: 7.0 points, 3.3 rebounds; 47.2 3-point percentage

THE SEASON SYNOPSIS

As a Duke basketball senior, Danny Ferry was magnificent, as evidenced by his program-record 58 points in a 117-102 win at Miami in December of the 1988-89 season. Watching that must have paid dividends for then-freshman center Christian Laettner. However, while it was impressive that Ferry led the Blue Devils in the scoring department by 10 points, it was also telling of a weakness.

Despite no other frequent high scorers, Duke still clawed its way past No. 1 seed Georgetown and into the Final Four. Gritty. Tough. Floor-diving specialists. That, though, was not quite enough, and the sail ended in a 17-point loss to Seton Hall.

THE REPORT CARD

• 28 out of a possible 40 points for WIN TOTAL
• 1 out of a possible 5 points for TOP 25 WINS (four)
• 3.25 out of a possible 5 points for WINS BY 25+ POINTS (13)
• 5 out of a possible 20 points for POSTSEASON NETS (Final Four)
• 2 out of a possible 10 points for CONSENSUS FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS (Ferry)
• 1 out of a possible 5 points for ALL-ACC FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS (Ferry)
• 3.5 out of a possible 5 points for MCDONALD’S ALL-AMERICANS (Ferry, Snyder, Abdelnaby, Henderson, Koubek, Laettner, Crawford Palmer)
• 6 out of a possible 10 points for HYPOTHETICAL HEAD-TO-HEAD STANDING (No. 17)
• 2 bonus points for WINS AGAINST UNC (one)
• TOTAL GRADE: 51.75