Ranking all 40 Duke basketball teams under Coach K

THE TOP CONTRIBUTORS

1. Junior center Christian Laettner: 19.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.9 steals, 1.1 blocks
2. Sophomore guard Bobby Hurley: 11.3 points, 7.4 assists, 1.3 steals; 40.4 3-point percentage
3. Freshman forward Grant Hill: 11.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.4 steals
4. Sophomore guard Thomas Hill: 11.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.5 steals
5. Sophomore guard Billy McCaffrey: 11.6 points, 1.9 assists
6. Junior forward Brian Davis: 7.6 points, 4.1 rebounds
7. Senior forward Greg Koubek: 5.9 points, 2.9 rebounds

THE SEASON SYNOPSIS

Coach K’s first championship squad may rank the lowest of the five here, but that doesn’t make it any less special. In fact, without the 1990-91 Duke basketball team’s determined revenge effort against UNLV in the Final Four matchup, who knows if the program would have ever won its first natty.

The key to the equation, of course, was the addition of freshman Grant Hill to the already superb duo of Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley. With Hill’s athleticism and smooth aura, the Blue Devils were able to rid Coach K of the stigma for not being able to win the big one. Simply put, by getting over the hump in Indianapolis, they further set the stage for all the good times in Durham that have followed.

THE REPORT CARD

• 32 out of a possible 40 points for WIN TOTAL
• 2.5 out of a possible 5 points for TOP 25 WINS (10)
• 2.25 out of a possible 5 points for WINS BY 25+ POINTS (nine)
• 15 out of a possible 20 points for POSTSEASON NETS (Final Four, NCAA Champions)
• 0 out of a possible 10 points for CONSENSUS FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
• 1 out of a possible 5 points for ALL-ACC FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS (Laettner)
• 3 out of a possible 5 points for MCDONALD’S ALL-AMERICANS (Koubek, Laettner, Palmer, Hurley, McCaffrey, G. Hill)
• 8 out of a possible 10 points for HYPOTHETICAL HEAD-TO-HEAD STANDING (No. 9)
• 4 bonus points for WINS AGAINST UNC (two)
• TOTAL GRADE: 67.75