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JOHNNY DAWKINS
Let’s take a trip in the wayback machine, back to March 5, 1982. Mike Krzyzewski’s second Duke season had just ended with an 88-53 loss to Wake Forest in the first round of the ACC Tournament. The loss was Duke’s 17th of the season, a school record. Duke’s best player was Vince Taylor, a senior.
The vultures were circling. Krzyzewski desperately needed a transformative recruiting class.
He wasn’t getting it. He had three commitments by this time--no early-signing date in those days. Bill Jackman and Weldon Williams were the first two commitments.