Duke’s Most Shocking NCAA Tournament Defeats: Which Collapse Against UConn Still Haunts Fans?
Tatum, Kennard and Grayson Allen have gone on to enjoy successful NBA careers, but their time together in college was less than ideal.
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Duke was ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Poll with Allen as a National Player of the Year contender and Tatum and Harry Giles looming as the program’s next great freshmen. The best Duke teams under Mike Krzyzewski combined NBA lottery-bound freshmen and veteran leaders, and this one definitely fit the bill.
It was curious, then, that this team didn’t really get going until Kennard, a five-star recruit in his sophomore year, stepped up as the team’s first option on offense and became an All-American. That reworking seemed to save Duke’s season, until it fell apart against a South Carolina team ready for everything they had.


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