What are the top 10 shots ever by a Duke player

[df64]

GAAP, I agree on the long road, but we "only" have 5 titles.

Not 1 shot, but Grayson's flurry deserves to be in there. And, if that shot vs Kansas dropped, that would deserve to be in there too.

 

[topps coach]

I think that is more of a question of who is the second best shooter in Duke history. Redick is so far out in front of everyone there (and everyone in ACC history as well).

I think Langdon is #2, and after that I think there are a several guys how could take those last three spots. I am not old enough to have seen pre-K guys to know where a guy like Verga would fall.

May be my memory is faulty but seem to remember Tate as a mid range shooter.He Imo is underrated as as one of our time best scorers

 

[timo0402]

GAAP, I agree on the long road, but we "only" have 5 titles.

Not 1 shot, but Grayson's flurry deserves to be in there. And, if that shot vs Kansas dropped, that would deserve to be in there too.

I’m still sick to my stomach that didn’t go. I can remember where i was standing and my stomach sank.

 

[christophero]

Grayson's dunk in the semis was pretty darn epic.

 

[BlueDevilStop]

Great memories reading through these replies...so many fantastic moments.

 

[christophero]

Not a shot but a play. I am watching Duke/MSU in the final four in 99. Battier misses a 3, and then gets a charge on the guy who was defending him running back down the court after his miss. Just an incredibly smart play. That team was amazing; it stinks that they lost in the finals as they were almost a perfect team.

 

[skysdad]

Not a shot but a play. I am watching Duke/MSU in the final four in 99. Battier misses a 3, and then gets a charge on the guy who was defending him running back down the court after his miss. Just an incredibly smart play. That team was amazing; it stinks that they lost in the finals as they were almost a perfect team.

Yup. Battier was one of a kind. Duke will never get another player like him. OFC

 

[christophero]

My favorite player ever.

 

[geddoughton23]

The Laettner Shot to beat UConn to advance to the 1990 Final Four was as good as I've seen. The uconn defender had his hand all over the ball. Somehow he got the shot off

 

[timo0402]

The Nolan Smith 3 against Baylor in the elite 8 after the offensive rebound. That was an iconic shot with Nolan’s and K’s slap five, when it went down.

 

[topps coach]

Such a great thread but it is also impossible to rate because there have been so many great shots and memories for this program including before K

 

[christophero]

Has Tre's shot against UNC been mentioned? The missed foul shot and jump shot. And Moore's put back.

 

[youngman42]

Hurley 3 is #2 given the circumstances.

You could make an argument that it's #1, in a general does-Duke-become-Duke-if- he-misses-that-shot sense.

But I'd still have it at #2. The Laettner shot was generationally dramatic and it set the stage for Duke to firmly entrench itself as the best program in the country, a position we've yet to relinquish.

1. Laettner shot from free throw line to beat UK In Regional Final
2. Banks jump shot to sent UNC game in 1981 to OT
3. Rivers shot over Zeller to beat UNC
4. Capel shot in 1995 from mid court to send UNC game to OT
5. Hurley 3 to clinch game vs UNLV
6. Grant Hill skying for ally oop versus Kansas in 1991
7. Laettner hitting game winning clutch jumper after in bounds vs UConn in 1990
8. Seth Dockery with 1.6 seconds to go catching inbounds pass from McRoberts and takes 1 dribble to hit last second shot to beat Va Tech
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Great thread. Just to clarify, Hurley's 3 did not clinch the game vs UNLV but brought Duke back into it. They were down 76-71 when he hit the 3. Arguably as big in that game was Brian Davis' And-1 to put Duke ahead 77-76.

These are my favs:
1. Laettner, UK 1992 is clear. After that?
2. Crazy Battier tip-in vs Arizona 2001 toward the end of that game.
3. tie: Davis' And-1 / Hurley 3.
5. Laettner buzzer beater vs UConn (this is #2 in some ways for me but the others helped secure national titles. But this may have been important to his confidence in the UK game).
6. Jones' 3 pointer vs Wisconsin.
7. Dunleavy's fast break 3 vs Arizona mid-late 2nd half. He hit several big shots but that one was a big momentum shot.

 

[skysdad]

Great thread. Just to clarify, Hurley's 3 did not clinch the game vs UNLV but brought Duke back into it. They were down 76-71 when he hit the 3. Arguably as big in that game was Brian Davis' And-1 to put Duke ahead 77-76.

These are my favs:
1. Laettner, UK 1992 is clear. After that?
2. Crazy Battier tip-in vs Arizona 2001 toward the end of that game.
3. tie: Davis' And-1 / Hurley 3.
5. Laettner buzzer beater vs UConn (this is #2 in some ways for me but the others helped secure national titles. But this may have been important to his confidence in the UK game).
6. Jones' 3 pointer vs Wisconsin.
7. Dunleavy's fast break 3 vs Arizona mid-late 2nd half. He hit several big shots but that one was a big momentum shot.

Really like your picks youngman. There have been so many great baskets by some of our greatest players. Big time players make big bsskets but every now and then one of our lesser known players make big ones like Robbie West vs. cheater u and who can forget David McClure' s big basket to beat Clemson in the ACC tourney. I had forgot that Jon Scheyer made the pass to him and McClure delivered. OFC

 

[geddoughton23]

I always liked Thomas Hill. I don't recall a specific shot, but he had a great knack for making shots as Duke was bleeding the clock late in games

 

[Voldukie]

1) Laettner kills Kentucky
2) GHill Lob from Hurley
3) Duhon Coast to Coast vs Heels
4) Agent 0 over Zeller
5) Capel Runner to force OT vs Heels
6) Laettner FT ICY vs undefeated UNLV
7) Tyus Stones vs Whiskey
8) Magic Mike D vs Zona
9) Tre Stones us Holes
10) Laettner kills Uconn

 

[geddoughton23]

1) Laettner kills Kentucky
2) GHill Lob from Hurley
3) Duhon Coast to Coast vs Heels
4) Agent 0 over Zeller
5) Capel Runner to force OT vs Heels
6) Laettner FT ICY vs undefeated UNLV
7) Tyus Stones vs Whiskey
8) Magic Mike D vs Zona
9) Tre Stones us Holes
10) Laettner kills Uconn

Great list. I hated the Capel shot. My friend was in the Marines at Camp Lejeune. I helped him move. He asked me to take care of his kid sister because he was exhausted from the move, and he had to be on base at 5 am. She was stunningly beautiful and enjoying the attention she receiving. Somehow I escorted her home. She married a Marine eight months later and was divorced within two years