Henderson and Bilas also topped 1,000 points. Dawkins, now the head coach at Stanford, remains the school's second all-time leading scorer with 2,556 points. It helped Krzyzewski reach his first Final Four and national title game while leaving its own stamp on the program. "For guys to really get along with one another, to trust one another, believe in one another, and those things are developed in settings that are not necessarily on the floor."ĭawkins' class built its chemistry through four years of playing together. "People underestimate how important it is for team chemistry," Dawkins said. Dawkins believes that plays a part in helping a team get off to a fast start. Jones, Okafor and Winslow even played together on the under-17 U.S. It's part of the reason why Krzyzewski said this class is advanced. 3 seed in 1984.īut the Blue Devils' current class knew each other before arriving on campus. They ended up being his first NCAA tournament team, too, grabbing a No. Bilas said the players in the 1982 class knew each other only "by name and reputation." He didn't even know what any of his classmates looked like in the days before the Internet and national AAU tournaments made top players easily accessible.ĭawkins said the foreign tour the Blue Devils took to France in the summer between their freshman and sophomore seasons helped them become Krzyzewski's first ranked team. There are some built-in advantages that the players didn't have three decades ago. They're going to be under the microscope much moreso than we ever were." "Media pressures and expectations are far beyond what we ever experienced because it's a bigger deal and Coach K is a bigger deal.
"It's a different pressure that we didn't have," Alarie said. This season's team, a potential top-five candidate and Final Four contender, won't sneak up on anyone. They were also joining a conference that boasted back-to-back national champions in North Carolina and NC State. For starters, the Blue Devils join a team with key veterans like senior guard Quinn Cook and junior forward Amile Jefferson in place.Īlarie said his Blue Devils weren't expected to do much when they were freshmen, as they joined a team that won just 10 games the previous season. "That's the legacy you want to leave here."Ĭoming onto campus the youngsters have considerable hype that Alarie said his class didn't have. "Everything that we do should be with the mindset of trying to hang your banner," Capel said. Duke hangs them only for championships, be it ACC regular season or tournament, a Final Four or a national title. They could earn something not even the '82 class did, though: an NCAA title banner.Ĭapel even told the newcomers that they should go in Cameron Indoor Stadium and take time to sit and observe all of the championship banners. "Not just the caliber of player, but the caliber of person, and that's what we've tried to do over the years is try to replicate that."ĭuke's four-member 2014 class - Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow, Tyus Jones and Grayson Allen - probably won't be around campus long enough to replicate the career achievements of that 1982 class. "That was the class that set the template, the model was established," Krzyzewski said.
Without them, Krzyzewski's tenure could have ended in an early and unceremonious exit from Durham, North Carolina. They accomplished many of Coach K's "firsts," including their run to the 1986 Final Four.
The old standard belonged to Krzyzewski's six-member class in 1982 that included Johnny Dawkins, Mark Alarie, David Henderson and Jay Bilas. But these freshmen could redefine what a successful class means during an era in which few classes finish together. 1 overall class, the fifth during coach Mike Krzyzewski's tenure, won't end up being viewed in that way.
#1982 KENTUCKY BASKETBALL ROSTER UPGRADE#
Hall and the team finished the season with an overall record of 23–8.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĭuke assistant coach Jeff Capel remains so in awe of the Blue Devils' 1982 recruiting class that he referred to its members as the "godfathers of Duke basketball." The 1982–83 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky in the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
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