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The words of a captain
Senior Amile Jefferson is on the short list of 10 Duke players to serve two terms as a team captain during the 36 years of head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Here’s a conversation with the Philadelphia native regarding his role as a 2015-16 captain along with junior Matt Jones and graduate student Marshall Plumlee. How do you view the responsibilities of being a captain the second time around? “For me it’s definitely a change in my thought process of getting outside of myself, being more than just inward. As a captain you have to be able to reach out to everyone, to truly be an extension of Coach and our coaching staff and of Duke in general. You have to emulate all of our standards. Each and every day you have to come prepared, and you have to help the young guys through. And you have to be open. Even though me, Matt and Marshall are the captains, we are still open to what everyone on the team has to say. Everyone has a voice, and from that voice we have a team voice. So for me it’s been about learning to get outside of myself and help others.” What’s the pride factor of knowing you are in a select group of people to be chosen as Duke basketball captains? “It gives me an immense amount of pride to help lead this group and to show them that we can only do something special together. Nothing great will happen alone, especially in this sport. You can’t do anything alone. Instilling in them our Duke standards and making them get on Coach’s bus every day so that we can be better — that’s the biggest part for me. It’s making sure everyone is all in, that we’re listening to one voice and trying to do something special together.”
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What have you learned from being around past captains? “I was fortunate enough to have played with some really great captains. The first ones that come to mind are guys like Mason Plumlee, Ryan Kelly and Seth Curry, and then Quinn Cook. Playing alongside him last year, I thought he was amazing the way he brought it every day and the way he made our team better, the way he was an extension of Coach. And my freshman year, a guy like Mason, he was commitment, he was all in. He had a goal for himself and he had a goal for our team and he was going to see it through. Even though we made it to the Elite Eight, we were worthy of winning (it all) that year. Sometimes it just doesn’t happen, but it’s all about the end of the season and when that time comes that you are worthy of being the champion.” All three of your assistant coaches are previous Duke captains. Jeff Capel, Nate James and Jon Scheyer all served two years in the role. How important is that to the leadership structure surrounding the program? “It’s something unique to our program. It allows guys to always be open and always get better. You always have people around you that you trust, that you look up to, that you know have your back and are good guys, good people, strong. You believe in them. You trust them — in a game, outside a game, in all facets of life. Coach surrounds us with the best and it helps us to be the best.”
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The blur of the Final Four behind him, Allen takes the next steps to stardom By Jim Sumner
ANOTHER SHADE OF GRAYSON Everyone loves a good rags-to-riches story. It’s certainly possible to frame Grayson Allen in that narrative. A recruiting after-thought as a high-school junior, Allen turned himself into a McDonald’s All-American and earned a scholarship offer from Duke, his dream school. Allen played sparingly as a freshman in 2014- 15, an occasional breakout game followed by minimal minutes in subsequent games. After playing three minutes in an Elite Eight win over Gonzaga, Allen got his chance in the 2015 Final Four and played so well that he made the All-Final Four team, keying Duke to its fifth national title. Allen now is in the process of writing the followup chapter in the story, attempting to take the next step, the one into stardom. Allen grew up in the Jacksonville, Fla., area. Before he decided on a college, he had to decide on a sport. Allen was a travel-team-level soccer player growing up, a talented midfielder. “It started off with soccer. I loved soccer,” he says. “But I loved basketball. I made a decision to continue with basketball and really focus on that. I quit soccer around eighth or ninth grade.”
Allen says his sees benefits today. “I’d like to think it helped me out. I think the footwork that soccer requires translates. Conditioning-wise, I was playing soccer games where I never came out.” Allen led the Providence School to a Florida 3A state title as a junior in 2013 and averaged almost 23 points per game as a senior. Allen was a consensus top-30 recruit when he entered Duke but was still overshadowed by classmates Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones, all of whom moved on to the NBA after one season at Duke. Allen knew that he could make a contribution in practice. Winslow has said that no one wanted to practice against Allen and Amile Jefferson uses the word “monster” to describe Allen’s practice intensity. But Allen says coach Mike Krzyzewski cautioned him against assuming he would only be a practice player last season. “I had a talk with Coach K at the beginning of the year and even when I saw we had this deep lineup and there might not be a lot of minutes for me, he told me not to put everything off until next year, that this would be my year.” Allen scored 18 points in Duke’s season-opener against Presbyterian, blending athleticism, intensity and an advanced skill set. But his playing
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time dwindled as the competition stiffened. Allen didn’t get off the bench four times and played four or fewer minutes on 10 other occasions in the regular season. But when the opportunity presented itself, Allen was ready. “For me, it’s always being ready. I was working hard and staying in shape even when I wasn’t playing big minutes. As the season went on, I became more confident in my role. I was okay playing three minutes; I was okay playing 23 minutes.” Allen got 18 minutes against Clemson, when Okafor sat out with a foot injury, and scored 10 points. He scored 27 points in Duke’s regular-season home finale against Wake Forest — knocking down five 3-pointers in the process — and he dropped 15 points on NC State in an ACC Tournament blowout. But he played sparingly in the NCAA Tournament — only three minutes in the Elite Eight victory over Gonzaga. Allen went into the Final Four averaging a modest 3.9 points per game for the season. We all know how that turned out. Nine points and a highlight reel dunk in a semifinal win over Michigan State that was only a prelude to a spectacular Allen-led second-half comeback win over Wisconsin in the title game. Allen’s stats were impressive enough: 16 points in 21 minutes, 5-of-8 from the field. But it was his energy — diving on the floor for loose balls, attacking the basket with a fearless verve that almost defies description — that lingers in the memory,
Allen says it was all a blur. “In the moment, it’s really hard to see, I did this. I did that. I was just trying to make plays, to bring some energy. I didn’t realize what I had done until later, when I kept seeing myself on TV.” Could Allen channel that success into greater success this season? After all, he was never the primary focus of anyone’s defense last season. But with Duke’s four leading scorers gone from that team, Allen would no longer have the luxury of flying under the radar. Allen says he recognized right away that he needed to vary his game. “I still need to do a better job of finding the open guy and reducing my turnovers,” he explains. “Last year I started to drive the ball well but when I drove, I had tunnel vision going to the basket and missing open guys. This year, I need to see the whole floor and find open guys.” Allen showed off his new versatility early, tallying 54 points in easy wins over Siena and Bryant. But Allen followed that scintillating start with a miserable performance against Kentucky, in a high-profile loss in Chicago. “I didn’t make any adjustments in that game,” Allen says. “I was very repetitive in my moves. I confined myself to this one-trick pony, where I was trying to do the same stuff over and over again instead of looking for kicks and using all the different stuff I’ve worked on.” Mike Krzyzewski used tough love on Allen, publicly calling him out for his negative facial language, while critiquing the effort in film work. “It was a rough film session,” Allen admits. “He was just brutally
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honest with me. That’s how he is as a coach and that’s the way I want it. I just needed to make those adjustments, read the defense better. If one thing is not there, I need to see it and go to something else.” Allen responded by scoring 62 points in the next two games, wins over Virginia Commonwealth and Georgetown in Madison Square Garden, to claim MVP honors at the 2K Classic. Particularly impressive was a 32-point performance against Georgetown in which Allen took only a dozen shots from the field; he made nine of them — five from beyond the arc — and made all nine of his foul shots. Krzyzewski noticed. “The response that Grayson had from Kentucky is huge. I think it’s spectacular, to be quite frank with you. A lot of kids would question themselves and he never did. Thirty-two points on 12 shots is just crazy.” Allen is in a curious position, part underclassman still learning his craft, part veteran on a team filled with freshmen. “I’m still learning a lot this year. This is the first time I’ve played big minutes. I learned a lot listening to Quinn (Cook) last year and everything I learned from him, I can pass on to these guys. I’ve come off the bench, not being sure if you’re going to get in the game, how many minutes you’re going to get. I’m still taking in new stuff every day from Amile, Matt, these guys who’ve been in these spots before. I’m still learning and teaching at the same time.” Duke co-captain Amile Jefferson says he likes what he’s seen early from Allen. “I think he’s definitely elevated his level of play. He plays with a chip on his shoulder no matter what. He plays angry, he plays aggressive. That’s a great recipe for success for our group. We love how he attacks, his energy, his oomph. I love playing with Grayson.” The word “energy” comes up a lot in discussions of Allen. This sounds like the kind of praise you hear about a “glue guy,” a complementary player. But complementary players don’t score 32 points against Georgetown, or top the 20-point mark in six of their first nine games as a starter.
At the end of November, Krzyzewski said that Allen was playing as well as anyone in the country but still had another level. “He’s a unique player. He can defend, rebound. He can shoot. He can drive. He can play through a foul. We want him to talk more on defense. But he’s working hard, he’s getting better and his teammates love playing with him.”
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It’s the age-old question asked of any team after an impactful senior graduates or a talented underclassman opts to enter the NBA Draft. Who will lead next year’s team? With the departure of senior captain Quinn Cook and the stellar trio of rookies Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones from Duke’s 2015 title team, Duke faced the same dilemma. Enter Matt Jones. A 6-foot-5, 210-pound junior guard out DeSoto, Tex., Jones saw a huge bump in production from his freshman to sophomore season, increasing his scoring average from 1.8 to 6.0 points per contest while starting the final 13 games of Duke’s championship run. Through the first nine games as a junior, the former McDonald’s All-American was pacing the Blue Devils in three-point shooting (25for-54; 46.3 percent) and ranked third on the squad with 13.3 points per game. But it’s his leadership attributes that has head coach Mike Krzyzewski raving in postgame pressers, constantly calling Jones a “special kind of leader.” It’s also something Jones knew this year’s freshman-heavy unit lacked. “I felt like it was a need for us,” he said. “Quinn was a great leader last year. Every big game — every game, period — it felt like he was ready to play. He was that person, that consistent base for us. I felt that was the role we needed to fill for this year, and I took it upon myself to try to fill that role.” Viewed primarily as a spot-up shooter and defensive specialist during his early years at Duke, Jones wasn’t relied upon to be the leader he is now, nor did he feel that he was fully equipped to handle the role. That
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doesn’t mean that he wasn’t taking notes, however. “I know my freshman year Tyler Thornton was kind of the vocal leader I looked at,” Jones said. “Then last year, Quinn was the really ‘go do it’ leader. I try to model both because I know both were very impactful, not only for our team but for myself. I know how effective those two styles can be. It’s just all based around how the team acts upon what you’re trying to get across. “Coming to Duke, I didn’t feel I was as vocal or physically prepared to be that leader on and off the court,” he added. “I definitely feel like it was an acquired trait. I’m so grateful for the two years that I’ve had up to this point. The teams that I’ve been on, I feel like those opportunities and those challenges have kind of made me into the person I am right now.” Jones’ recent ascension to guiding this year’s squad wasn’t a surprise to some, including his sister, Jordan. It seems leadership is an inherited trait in the Jones family as the All-American and two-time SEC defensive player of the year enters her final season with the Texas A&M women’s basketball team. A year younger than Jordan, Matt had an early role model that helped instill in him the qualities of a leader. “I see how much of a leader she is and I just admire that, and in admiring that, I want to be like that,” Matt said. “When I see myself, I want to see her and how she impacts the game both with her voice and her play.” Growing up with Matt on and off the court, Jordan hinted at one qual-
ity that Duke fans now see every game day: dependability. “Growing up with Matt, he used to be very soft-spoken and play in the background, but he always came out and did what he had to do,” Jordan said. “You always knew what you were going to get from Matt Jones. He was going to come out, he was going to be a great teammate, he was going to be a leader and he was going to be a scorer.” With the pair being only the third brother-sister combination with McDonald’s All-American honors, it’s hard not to credit a strong upbringing for their success. “Our parents really did a great job of telling us to just be ourselves,” Jordan said. “They told us that birds of a feather fly together. And our grandpa really just told us that growing up as a Jones and a Hawkins that the bar was set higher for us. We really just grew up knowing that we didn’t want to fit in with the general crowd; we wanted to separate ourselves and we wanted to stand out in a certain type of way.” Matt echoed his sister’s statement and knows how important his role is to this year’s youthful team. The names and faces may have changed from last year’s title team, but the goal of another championship ring hasn’t. “We have a bunch of new guys, and like she said, it’s not going to be enough for us to try and do just enough. For this team, this group of guys and myself personally, I feel like we have to go above and beyond to get to where we need to go. I felt like that’s what we did last year and
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we can do that this year.” Fortunately for Jones, he doesn’t have to shoulder the load alone. With fellow captains Amile Jefferson and Marshall Plumlee, Duke has a group of veterans that the underclassmen and coaches can lean on for experience, while the three know they can depend on one another as well when searching for answers. “We all can bring different parts of the game that we’re good at,” he said. “I don’t know everything, so I definitely look to those guys to kind of steer me in the right direction, as well. For the younger guys, I feel they have three upperclassmen that have really seen it all and can help them through their journeys.” It’s one thing to lead a team when you’re knocking down threes and locking down opponents on the perimeter. It’s another thing entirely when an injury keeps you on the bench. A precautionary ankle injury held Jones out of this year’s exhibition contest against Livingstone, forcing him to rely on his eyes and voice to create an impact on the game. “It was a challenge,” he said. “The competitive nature in me wanted to be out there and fight with the guys, but at the same time, I knew that I couldn’t sit on the sideline and be idle. I would have to talk to them and stay in their ear because at the end of the day, we still have to grow each and every day. For them, each game is an experience. I knew I had to steer them in the right direction and be that coach further down the sideline.” The experience may very well prove helpful if Jones decides to pursue a coaching career, but Coach K will gladly have his “special leader” healthy and contributing in the box score, as well. Jones’ teammates notice a different energy with him in the lineup on both ends of the floor, something Duke will need to add a sixth banner to the rafters of Cameron in 2016. One thing is for certain, however: Duke’s new leader has arrived.
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Latest bumper crop of top recruits running their own race By Al Featherston For the last two seasons, Duke has brought in the nation’s top-rated freshman class. A year ago, freshmen Jahlil Okafor, Tyus Jones and Justise Winslow — with a late assist from Grayson Allen — led Duke to the 2015 NCAA championship. It’s pretty obvious that four-man class played up to its lofty ranking. But what about this season’s six-man freshman class? The three most productive members of last year’s class — Okafor, Jones and Winslow — have moved on the NBA, leaving coach Mike Krzyzewski to rebuild around four 2015 role players (including the late-blossoming Allen) and the incoming crop of heralded freshmen. Two of the newcomers (Antonio Vrankovic and Justin Robinson) are clearly developmental players. But four freshmen are in the current playing rotation and will ultimately determine the fate of this year’s Duke basketball team. Is it fair to expect the Brandon Ingram, Derryck Thornton, Luke Kennard and Chase Jeter quartet to match the Okafor-Jones-Winslow-Allen foursome? It didn’t take Coach K long to point out the difference between last season’s No. 1 ranked freshmen and this year’s No. 1 ranked freshmen classes. After Duke’s opening game rout of Siena, he pointed to the physical adjustment his kids have to make this season. “That’s the biggest thing our freshmen have to get accustomed to — they’re going to play against people that are more physically mature
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than them,” he said. “That’s the difference between our freshmen last year and this year. Winslow and Okafor were 25 years old maturity-wise physically. And Winslow was probably that mentally too. Then Tyus was just the consummate point guard … steady. “I told you that our freshman class (this year) is different.” But, he quickly added, “They are talented.” The different path that this year’s freshman crop must follow is evident when you look at the first real early season test that each class faced. The 2014-15 group played Michigan State — a team they would see again in the Final Four — in the Champions Classic in mid-November. Okafor was dominant from the beginning, with 17 points on 8-of-10 shooting. Winslow contributed 15 points, six rebounds and three assists. And when the game got tight late, Jones simply took over, finishing with 17 points, four assists and no turnovers. Contrast that showing with the first real test for the 2015-16 freshmen — against No. 2 Kentucky in the Champions Classic. Ingram, the top-rated player in the class, missed five of six shots and finished with four points and one rebound in 19 minutes. Kennard missed all five of his shots from the floor. Jeter had no points and no rebounds, but three fouls in just four minutes of action. Only Thornton had any success and he was hardly dazzling — three assists, four turnovers and seven points in 27 minutes of action. But Krzyzewski didn’t sound discouraged after the 74-63 loss. “All of these guys have to be given an opportunity to grow,” he said,
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including his four veterans, who are all playing new roles this season. “We need to give them time to grow.” Krzyzewski’s freshmen showed growth in the 2K Classic a few days after the Kentucky loss. Duke gritted out tough victories over VCU and Georgetown in New York’s Madison Square Garden — thanks to a spectacular weekend by sophomore Grayson Allen, but also due to the sudden emergence of Thornton at the point. “He’s 18 years old, making his first two starts,” Coach K said. “This kid was really, really good for us. Are you kidding me?” Thornton started against VCU and contributed 19 points (on 7-of-11 shooting), adding four assists and two steals against one of the quickest, most aggressive defensive teams that Duke will see this year. He followed that up with 14 points in 34 minutes against Georgetown, with two assists and two turnovers. “Derryck brought a personality,” Krzyzewski said. “He looked strong and he played that way. Even if there was a mistake, he was never rattled.” That was evident in the final moments of the Georgetown win. After hitting eight straight free throws, he missed two straight in the final seconds, giving the Hoyas a shot to win at the buzzer. But after missing his second free throw, Thornton got back on defense and made the key defensive play to force a contested 3-point try that missed badly. “I’m just here, trying to soak in everything Coach has for us,” Thornton said. “I’m learning a lot every day.” The same applies to Kennard, who played very well in New York, even though he did not shoot that well.
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“He hasn’t shot like he can shoot,” Krzyzewski said after the VCU win. “Luke played a really good game and he didn’t hit a shot. We’re trying to show him, it’s more than hitting shots. He’s a good player and the shots will come.” Jeter has struggled to adjust to the college game. He didn’t play against VCU and managed just five minutes against Georgetown. “He wants to do well so badly that he gets ahead of himself,” Krzyzewski said. “It’s not time to pick the grape,” he said. “He needs more nurturing.” Ingram also struggled after scoring 21 points in 24 minutes against Bryant. He scored just 17 points in the next three games, hitting just 5-of-20 shots from the floor. He bounced back with a much better performance when Duke returned home to take on Yale – indeed, it was the early play of Ingram and Kennard off the bench that finally got the Devils going after a 0-9 start. Then he erupted with 24 points against Indiana and 23 vs. Buffalo, on combined 18-of-30 shooting, to earn ACC rookie of the week honors. “We needed a pop from Brandon and we got it tonight,” Krzyzewski said after the Yale game. “I think he’s just finding his way. I think there’s an evolution with each one of these kids. We just have to be patient up to a point, hard up to a point … but overall, understanding of the process.” Obviously, the Duke coach expects Ingram and the rest of his freshmen to progress over the coming weeks. That happens to almost all freshmen — even last year’s ultra-mature group had to re-learn to play defense after a midseason defensive collapse. It’s far too early to measure the impact of this freshman class — and
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far too easy to be misled by the extraordinary success of last year’s class. But Coach K has had six previous top-ranked recruiting classes. Looking at them, it’s easy to see a variety of contributions, both immediate and long-term: • 1982 — Four freshmen started as freshmen. Johnny Dawkins and Mark Alarie did very well statistically, but it was still an 11-17 season and a last-place ACC finish. But the group matured and became the foundation of Coach K’s dynasty. Just one note about this class: the six-man class ended up scoring a combined 7,537 career points at Duke, the most by any recruiting class in NCAA history. • 1997 — The four-man class included three of the top five prospects nationally in Elton Brand, Shane Battier and Chris Burgess. Georgia guard Will Avery was in the top 20-25 range. Although Burgess was disappointing, the other three were studs. Indeed, this in the only recruiting class in NCAA history to produce TWO consensus national players of the year. • 1999 — Four McDonald’s All-Americans, including Jason Williams and Carlos Boozer. That was the core of a team that finished No. 1 in the AP poll in three straight seasons and won the 2001 national championship. • 2002 — Four McDonald’s All-Americans and it would have been five if Shelden Williams had not missed his senior season of high school. The class also included J.J. Redick. This group formed the core of teams that won three ACC titles, played in the 2004 Final Four and finished No. 1 in the final AP poll in 2006. • 2005 — Josh McRoberts and Greg Paulus started as freshmen on a team that won the ACC and finished No. 1 in the final AP poll. The class fell apart long-term as McRoberts left early for the NBA and two other freshmen transferred. Paulus was the one member of the class to stay four years and even he was hobbled with injuries. • 2014 — Okafor, Jones, Winslow and Allen were the core of the team that won the national title and three of them ended up in the first round of last June’s NBA draft. The fourth (Allen) is likely to end up there as well eventually. Only time will tell where the 2015 recruiting class fits it. The time to measure the class will be in April, and even then, it could be a class like 1982 that pays off in the second, third and fourth season. One of Coach
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K’s favorite sayings is that every player has to run his own race. That’s true of recruiting classes too. “I’m pleased with my group,” he said. “I think they are busting their butts, they’re paying attention. I just think there are these inconsistencies because of the youth in them. It’s just human. We’ve got a lot of growing up to do. That will be a fun thing to do … to grow up with this team.” Just don’t measure this freshman class against last year’s group. That’s an impossible standard.
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y the time the NCAA championship trophy returned to Durham and NBA Draft declarations were made last April, the Duke men’s basketball team didn’t have enough scholarship players on their projected 2016 roster to stage a pickup game. But by the time coach Mike Krzyzewski and his staff returned from the recruiting trail later in the month, the Blue Devils were once again brimming with talent. For the second straight year, Duke signed the nation’s best recruiting class (according to ESPN rankings), fueling optimism for yet another banner season at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke has produced the Wayman Tisdale national freshman of the year the past two seasons in Jabari Parker and Jahlil Okafor. They led their respective teams in scoring and rebounding (Parker at 19.1-8.7, Okafor at 17.3-8.5) before going the oneand-done route into the NBA (Parker as the No. 2 pick in the draft, Okafor at No. 3). Duke could have its third straight national (and ACC) rookie of the year in 6-9 five-star recruit Brandon Ingram, who was recently picked preseason ACC freshman of the year and first-team All-ACC. Duke women’s basketball coach Joanne P. McCallie also assembled the top-rated recruiting class in the 2015 ESPN rankings, on the heels of bringing in the No. 3 class last year, giving the Blue Devil women enough young prospects to contend in the ACC and nationally. Here’s a closer look at the top Blue Devil newcomers.
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INGRAM #14 6-9 / 190 Kinston, NC National Recruiting Rating: No. 3 by ESPN and Scout.com, No. 4 by Rivals.com • McDonald’s All-America • Parade All-America • Led Kinston HS to four consecutive state championships • MVP of state finals • Played in 2015 Nike Hoop Summit for USA Junior National Select Team
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National Recruiting Ranking: No. 11 by ESPN, No. 15 by Scout.com, No. 16 by Rivals. Com
• McDonald’s All-America • Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year • Led Bishop Gorman HS to its fourth straight state championship • Gold medalist at 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championships • Played in 2015 Nike Hoop Summit for USA Junior National Select Team
#5 6-5 / 180 Franklin, OH
National Recruiting Ranking: No. 22 by Scout.com, No. 24 by ESPN, No. 25 by Rivals.com • McDonald’s All-America • Parade National Player of the Year • Won Powerade Jam Fest threepoint shooting contest at McDonald’s All-American Game • Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year in 2014 and 2015 • Moved into second on Ohio boy’s high school career scoring list • Gold medalist at 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championships • Played in 2015 Nike Hoop Summit for USA Junior National Select Team (led USA team with 22 points)
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THORNTON #12 6-2 / 175 Chatsworth, CA
National Recruiting Rating: No. 11 by Scout.com, No 14 by Rivals.com, No. 17 by ESPN
• Reclassified to the Class of 2015 in order to graduate a year early • Played last two years of high school basketball at Findlay Prep in Nevada • Helped Findlay Prep to records of 29-3 and 31-5 • Played at Sierra Canyon HS in California as a freshman • Member of 2014 USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team
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The 8-year line of Plumlees at Duke winds down with Marshall’s fifth year of service By Barry Jacobs
The Plumlee pipeline has worked well for Duke men’s basketball since 2008-09. First it was Miles, then Miles and Mason, then Mason and Marshall. This year it’s Marshall Plumlee’s turn to carry the family banner, stepping into the starting lineup at center for the first time in his career. Leslie and Perky Plumlee, both college basketball players in their day, have no more sons, so it’s the last hurrah for the clan, embodied in Marshall, only now coming into his own. “It’s been a tremendous period of growth for myself personally,” Marshall, 23, says of his Duke tenure. “Getting to play against my brothers and Jahlil Okafor helped myself get better every day in practice. I was here at a time when we lost some big games, but we also won some big games. You learn from that.” During Duke’s Plumlee period, not counting 2015-16, the Blue Devils won the 2010 and 2015 NCAA titles, three ACC championships, 19 NCAA Tournament games and 215 contests overall. From 2009 through 2015, Miles, Mason and Marshall Plumlee combined for 157 starts and 6,464 minutes of action, the equivalent of nearly 162 complete games. The Plumlees became the only trio of brothers on the same ACC roster in 2011-12, and only the third in major-college history, after the Brennans of Villanova and the Bockhorns of Dayton in the late 1950s. Not surprisingly, the Plumlees share certain traits besides standing at least 6-10. (Sister Maddie, a sophomore outside hitter on Notre Dame’s volleyball team, is a comparatively diminutive 6-footer.) All three run the court well, play with determination and are strongest on the boards and defensively. As for scoring, for the most part each operates with more persistence than polish, and each has struggled at the foul line. Each Plumlee took time to become a serviceable ACC player; the 7-foot Marshall redshirted as a freshman when it became apparent he would play but sparingly. Each Plumlee manifested notable physical strength, obviously an important attribute for a post player. Mason was the best all-around performer, starting all but three games
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as a junior and senior. Both years he led the Blue Devils in rebounding. As a senior in 2013 he made first team All-ACC, finished second in the conference in rebound average (10.0) and third in scoring (17.1). Miles and Mason filled key roles on Duke’s 2010 NCAA title winners. Miles started 24 games, averaging 16 minutes. Only senior Brian Zoubek was a better per-minute rebounder on a squad that enjoyed the greatest rebound margin (6.2) of any group of Blue Devils since 1999. Mason saw action in 34 games, averaging 14 minutes and starting once. The most athletic Plumlee, Mason blocked 30 shots, two short of the 2010 team lead and best by far per minute. Back then there was considerable talk, much of it avidly amused, about the informal battles between the brothers away from cameras and coaches. As it turns out, baby brother Marshall engaged in the scuffles too. “I was old enough,” he recalls. “I got in some fights with my brothers. I think all brothers do.” Asked how he fared in sibling combat, Marshall laughs. “I keep that a mystery,” he says. “Maybe that’ll let you know that I lost.” Last year, with both of his brothers playing in the NBA, Marshall appeared in every Duke game as relief for, and occasional accompaniment to, Okafor, as the Blue Devils emerged with coach Mike Krzyzewski’s fifth NCAA championship. Now the player known as “MP3” is a starter and team captain, along with classmate Amile Jefferson and junior Matt Jones, and eager to “pay forward” his seasoning and hard-earned insights. “How can you pass that experience down to the underclassmen?” he asks, knowing the answer. “That’s my job.” One beneficiary of that concern is fellow low-post player Chase Jeter. The 6-10 freshman from Las Vegas says Plumlee has been there for him whenever he’s struggled, trying to keep him from getting down on himself, feeding his confidence. “Just the advice that he has given me has been so beneficial early on,” says Jeter, one of seven McDonald’s
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“Marshall is playing with amazing confidence, offensively and defensively. He’s doing an amazing job protecting our basket.” All-Americans at Duke this season, Plumlee among them. As is customary with Blue Devil veterans, Plumlee takes seriously his responsibility as a leader. “For me, I try to pride myself on leading by example,” Marshall says. That role by team elders is a key component in sustaining the values and attitudes of any successful program. In 2015-16 the task is obviously crucial at Duke, with the majority of the playing rotation comprised of freshmen and sophomores, and few returning starters. “Marshall is playing with amazing confidence, offensively and defensively,” says Jefferson, his roommate. “He’s doing an amazing job protecting our basket. He’s gone for every loose ball, every rebound. His voice is great out there at all times, no matter how loud it is, so it helps our group.” Anyone familiar with Krzyzewski’s approach to playing the game
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knows the importance he places on communication, unvarnished and constant while the game unfolds. That makes Marshall Plumlee’s “voice” particularly welcome, a trait he and his cohorts attribute to a rather unusual source. The history major with the close-cropped hair harbors a lifelong passion for the military, which through Army ROTC he’s managed to blend with his Duke academic and athletic imperatives. “Honestly, my whole life I wanted to be a soldier but I never thought I could with basketball,” Marshall concedes. Early in 2015 he participated in an ROTC contracting ceremony before teammates and coaches on the floor of Cameron Indoor Stadium. Over the summer Plumlee was sent for extended officer training to Kentucky’s Fort Knox. Out of that experience came a newfound sense of command. “Out of my 40 cadets I had, he was maybe in my top four, maybe my
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top three, as far as how he approached things,” his commander, Army captain Justin Anderson, told Amrith Ramkumar of The Chronicle, Duke’s student newspaper. Conjuring the hero of a 1993 movie about an overmatched walk-on who fulfilled his improbable dream of getting to play football for Notre Dame, the officer added, “As far as being a team player, he was the number one guy. If he wasn’t so damn tall, a very close (comparison) would be Rudy. He’s just pure heart.” Those traits were much in evidence as the outset of Duke’s unsuccessful November meeting with Kentucky at the United Center in Chicago. Plumlee, the rare graduate student to play for Krzyzewski, scored the
team’s first nine points in less than four minutes, repeatedly using savvy positioning and relentless hustle to convert offensive rebounds into baskets. “It’s the Marshall Plumlee show so far for Duke!” exclaimed a TV announcer. That scoring came on dunks and layups, as has been the case throughout his career. Jump shots and dribbling in the open court, most any maneuver that takes him away from the lane, are not for Marshall, nicknamed “Bull Dozer” by Cameron Crazies. For the last man in the Plumlee series, the capper on an eight-year run of hustle, that’s more than sufficient.
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6-5 / 200 / Guard Junior DeSoto, TX • One of Duke’s three team captains • Started the final 13 games of the 2015 NCAA championship season • Known for his relentless defensive pressure and ability to knock down long-range shots • Named to NCAA South Regional all-tournament team after dropping 16 points on Gonzaga in Elite Eight game • Hit key second-half threes in several tight contests, including road wins at Wake Forest, Virginia and North Carolina
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7-0 / 240 / Center Grad Student Warsaw, IN • Selected a team captain for his fifth season with the Blue Devils • Has come off the bench for 88 appearances, including all 39 games last year • A vocal, high-energy player who has been a defensive force in the paint • Had his first double-double in NCAA Tournament with 10 points and 10 rebounds vs. Robert Morris • Starred in ACC tourney win over NC State with 6-6 FG shooting, 12 points and 3 blocks • A member of Duke’s Army ROTC program • Brother of former Blue Devils Miles and Mason Plumlee, both now in the NBA 47
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Newcomer Kyra Lambert steps into floor leader role By Brad Amersbach During Duke’s annual Blue-White scrimmage held Oct. 24, even the most ardent fans of the Blue Devil women’s basketball team likely found themselves referring to the roster sheet handed out to each of the spectators in attendance, and with good reason. Six of the 14 members of this year’s squad are freshmen. The departure of two starters, including national defensive player of the year Elizabeth Williams and point guard Ka’lia Johnson, created a demand for additions to bolster the team’s roster, especially on the perimeter. Enter Kyra Lambert, a 5-foot-9 guard out of Cibolo, Tex., who makes up one-sixth of the Blue Devils’ No. 1-ranked recruiting class in the country. With the loss of Johnson to graduation last season, the Duke coaching staff was in search of a guard who could run the offense and facilitate for the Blue Devils. Lambert was the perfect fit. A natural point guard with tremendous speed, Lambert has integrated herself nicely into head coach Joanne P. McCallie’s system, helping guide Duke to a 7-2 record entering the semester exam break. The necessity for Lambert to be on the floor is evidenced by her 258 minutes of action, the third most on the team. That extensive playing time has allowed Lambert to continually develop as a leader on the court.
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“Being a point guard, you have to be very vocal, and I think that is something that’s not hammered in high school — how vocal you have to be when you transition from high school to college,” said Lambert, a starter in every game thus far. “At the point guard position, you have to be the loudest on the court on offense and defense. You have to pay attention to what your coach is saying and relay that to the rest of the team in order to make sure everyone is on the same page.” McCallie acknowledges growing pains are part of the maturation process of any freshman point guard. Lambert’s first true test of the season came Nov. 18, when the Blue Devils faced No. 12 Texas A&M in Cameron Indoor Stadium, a matchup between two top-15 teams. Lambert logged 40 minutes in the contest, shooting 2-of-12 from the field, but she also dished four assists and added three steals in the team’s 72-66 overtime loss to the Aggies. Although the team result marked the first setback of the season for the Blue Devils, more than just the notch in the loss column was taken from the game. “I think (Kyra Lambert) is getting great experience,” McCallie said following the game. “There is something called a learning curve at this level. That’s a lot of pressure, a lot of ball pressure out there. She’s growing, and she’s got to learn how to command with her team. This is not an
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Lambert takes on fellow Texan Jordan Jones, sister of Duke men’s basketball captain Matt Jones
individual sport. You need all the individuals to play at their highest level but connect, and we’re still working on that. We’re not always connecting right, the way we should, so there’s some good lessons here.” It’s this connection with her teammates that Lambert believes is one of the most important traits of a point guard. Understanding how teammates react to specific forms of motivation has allowed her to individualize the way she talks and interacts with each member of the team. Learning about each of her teammates is a process that Lambert started almost immediately after she arrived on campus in late June, when she began taking second-session summer courses. She observed how each of her teammates interacted with one another and reacted when the coaching staff would speak during that time, a period that Lambert feels was crucial in the development of this year’s team chemistry. “I think (arriving early) was really key for our team chemistry,” Lambert said. “During those summer sessions, we grew so much within those two or three months. If we would have just started in August and went straight into the season, we wouldn’t be in the same position we are in now. I think our team chemistry has grown; we’ve developed a lot in a new system with nearly half the team being new.” The team chemistry has been on full display with Duke on the defensive end of the floor this season. Lambert and the Blue Devils’ perimeter defense have held their opposition to just 23.2 percent shooting from beyond the arc, the lowest combined three-point field goal percentage by Duke opponents through the first nine games of a season in the last 15 years. Lambert has helped disrupt the opposing teams’ guards around the arc, registering a team-high 15 steals to help pace the Blue Devils’ average of 9.4 takeaways a game. Lambert has showcased a number of these skills in the early going, fitting balls through tight windows and covering space in seemingly the blink of an eye to disrupt the passing lanes of the opposing team. Although Lambert is lightning quick on the floor and has spectacular court vision, she feels her greatest strength as a point guard is her ability to communicate and create energy for her teammates on the floor. “I think the best way to describe (the point guard position) is it is an extension of the coach,” Lambert said. “You have the coach on the sideline and the point guard is the coach on the floor. Anything the coach on the sideline needs, the point guard relays and implements it into the game. The analogy would be like a quarterback in football. You are directing, making sure everyone is where they should be, while making smart plays.” For a freshman to come in and command a team is a tall task and requires a mature group of upperclassmen to set aside egos in order to allow a rookie point guard to properly run the team on the court. Lambert applauds this year’s group of upperclassmen for the support each has
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provided on a daily basis, allowing Lambert to grow in her role as the team’s point guard. As the season progresses, and the members of the team continue to click, Lambert is excited about the possibilities of this year’s team. “Honestly, the sky is the limit for us,” Lambert said. “We have so much potential and so much talent. As our chemistry and season develops, I think we will all come together, even more than we are now.”
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For the most devoted contributors to Duke Athletics, the Iron Dukes recognizes those Blue Devil fans contributing to the Iron Dukes Annual Fund at our premier levels. A commitment to the Iron Dukes Champions Club or Cameron-Wade Society paves the way for our student-athletes to become champions on the field and in the classroom. CHAMPIONS CLUB ($100,000) FULL SCHOLARSHIP ($69,122) for one student-athlete TUITION ($47,566) for one student-athlete
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