Ranking all 40 Duke basketball teams under Coach K

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Duke basketball forward Ricky Price pulls up against Maryland at the 1996 ACC Tournament (Getty Images) /

Scouting Report. 18-13 overall. 37. 434. Pick Analysis. 8-8 ACC. 1995-96 Blue Devils. player

THE TOP CONTRIBUTORS

Junior guard Jeff Capel: 16.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists
Senior guard Chris Collins: 16.3 points, 4.6 assists; 44.1 3-point percentage
Sophomore forward Ricky Price: 14.2 points, 3.5 rebounds; 39.3 3-point percentage
Junior center Greg Newton: 12.2 points, 8.2 rebounds; started all 31 games
Sophomore guard Steve Wojciechowski: 3.4 points, 2.7 assists, 0.9 steals
Freshman center Taymon Domzalski: 6.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 20.5 minutes
Junior forward Carmen Wallace: 6.0 points, 2.8 rebounds; 80.6 free throw percentage

THE SEASON SYNOPSIS

This version of the Blue Devils had less total talent than its 13-18 predecessor. A knee injury forced Trajan Langdon to redshirt what would have been his sophomore campaign (so we don’t count him in the grading below). Cherokee Parks had graduated.

Yet Coach K was back. Chris Collins bounced back — and then some — from an ice-cold junior year. The fire was there. And a five-game win streak to close out February gave Duke basketball faithful hope for March; unfortunately, an 0-3 record from that point forward dashed it.

THE REPORT CARD

18 out of a possible 40 points for WIN TOTAL
1 out of a possible 5 points for TOP 25 WINS (four)
0.75 out of a possible 5 points for WINS BY 25+ POINTS (three)
0 out of a possible 20 points for POSTSEASON NETS
0 out of a possible 10 points for CONSENSUS FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
0 out of a possible 5 points for ALL-ACC FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS
2 out of a possible 5 points for MCDONALD’S ALL-AMERICANS (Collins, Price, Wojciechowski, Domzalski)
0.75 out of a possible 10 points for HYPOTHETICAL HEAD-TO-HEAD STANDING (No. 38)
0 bonus points for WINS AGAINST UNC
TOTAL GRADE: 22.50

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