Ah, Chicago, that toddling town. And it’s presumably somewhat less toddling suburbs. Whatever you call it, the Greater Chicago Area has been pretty good to Duke basketball.
Mike Krzyzewski, of course, is a proud alumnus of the Chicago streets and he’s leveraged his knowledge of his home town into some of the best players in Duke history. Jabari Parker starred at Chicago’s Simeon High School before becoming a first-team All-American at Duke in 2014, his only season at Duke. The following season Whitney Young High School alum Jahlil Okafor led Duke to its fifth and most recent NCAA title.