For a lot of people, Duke before Coach K is kind of obscure. It’s as if Duke Basketball started in 1980.
Coach K would be the first to point out that he built on what others accomplished and while the Bill Foster era was brief, just six years, it was, on balance, a blast.
And a big part of the fun was Mike Gminski, who came to Duke as a 16-year-old prodigy that most people weren't recruiting since he was listed as a junior.
When he got to Duke, one teammate said he filled the entire doorway - at 16.