NCAA Tournament Playalong Thread

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Only counting players that didn't enter the NBA until 1995 since that is when Izzo started you have all of the following that have averaged 10+ PPG in a season in the NBA:

Shane Battier
Carlos Boozer
Elton Brand
Chris Duhon
Mike Dunleavy
Grant Hill
Corey Maggette
Luol Deng

That's a lot more NBA talent than what Izzo has had to work with and that doesn't even include Jay Williams who averaged 9.5 as a rookie before the accident ruined his career.

No doubt that Duke has had more NBA level players but I think the point was that based on their expectations in the NBA compared to how much success the program has had, they haven't reached it. A few players here and there but not the great success people have expected. Personally, I believe that the expectations have been too high and the Duke players have done pretty well for themselves in the NBA.