When he was kicked out of Duke's basketball program in January, Rasheed Sulaimon became the first player to ever suffer such a fate under Mike Krzyzewski. The Hall of Fame coach had seen a handful of transfers come and go across 35 years at Duke, but he'd never booted a player, let alone dismiss one in the middle of a season.
Duke didn't miss a beat, going on to win another national championship while Sulaimon stayed on campus, on pace to graduate early, and watched as his friends achieved the ultimate college sports dream.