Who were the most important recruits in Duke basketball history?
I’m going to take a slightly different tack, a bit more subjective, my (hopefully) informed opinion on this topic.
I’m going to go with six important recruits. These aren’t the six best players but rather six successful recruitments that changed the paradigm, that moved the needle, that helped make Duke basketball the program it is today.
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DICK GROAT
Recruiting was a lot different in the 1940s. It was more regional, more recommendation based. Coaches recruited high schools and high-school coaches, not AAU and AAU coaches.