UNC Basketball vs Duke: Game preview, ... Armando Bacot was the team’s top offensive performer. He is also the Blue Devils' all-time leader in free throw attempts (885) and made attempts (713). Though he only played three seasons at Duke, Williams finished his Blue Devil career tied with Gene Banks for No. Dawkins never averaged less than 18 points per game in four seasons in Durham. Always on the floor, fighting for loose balls, or attempting to take a charge, Battier was a three-time honoree of the NABC Defensive Player of the Year award. http://library.duke.edu/uarchives/exhibits/basketball/chronology.html. In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throw or field goal. When the Blue Devils host the Tarheels on Saturday, it will be a perfect representation of a most unusual season. Always an intense, tough-minded player, Hurley went to the Final Four three times, and led the Blue Devils to back-to-back NCAA Championships in 1991 and 1992. Single … He owns the highest per game average for a single season in school history with 26.8 points per game in his senior season. He also became the NCAA all-time three-point field goal record holder with 457 made three-pointers. In National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I basketball, where a player's career is at most four seasons, it is considered a notable achievement to reach the 1,000-points scored threshold. His success helped build the Duke pipeline into Alaska. Hurley didn't make flashy plays or have gaudy stats. J.J. Redick is the ACC and Duke all-time leading scorer with 2,769 career points. JD was a prolific scorer in the 1980's for the Blue Devils. Langdon is one of the best three-point shooters in school history. Ferry scored 2155 points in his career for a 15.1 points per game average. As the highest standing scorer in each of his three seasons, Robertson left his college with the title of all-time leading NCAA scorer. If you wanted to create a scoring point guard, you'd probably come up with someone that played a whole lot like Johnny Dawkins. 4 in school history). The … Duke and NC State, courtesy of Anthony “Cat” Barber (23.5 in 2016) and Anthony “T.J.” Warren (24.9 in 2014), are the only programs that had multiple top scorers in the past 10 seasons. Williams was named ACC Rookie of the Year, Sporting News' National Freshman of the Year and first-team Freshman All-American by Basketball Times. Redick was a two-time ACC Player of the Year (2005, 2006) and a two-time Adolph Rupp trophy recipient. He also scored 1,174 points as a junior. In his junior season,  Williams won each of the major National Player of the Year awards. He is one of twelve athletes who played baseball and basketball professionally. Singler finished his career with 2392 points and a per game average of 16.2 points per game. 2 in free throw attempts (853) and No. Groat was named the United Press International's (UPI) National Player of the Year in 1952. Hill scored 1924 points in his career and averaged 15 points per game in his career. Popular Quizzes Today. Ferry is a Blue Devil legend. Nine of the ten were national player of the year recipients. The Blue Devils have had some very nice scorers in their excellent and enormously successful history. Kelsey Plum became Division I women's basketball's all-time leading scorer in 2017, breaking a 16-year-old record held by Missouri State's Jackie Stiles. All-Time Points Leaders. Redick's scoring totals increased every year as well, but they were never lower than 15 points per game. Of all the greatest rivalries in sports, Duke and North Carolina basketball ranks near the top, but the stakes are a little bit different this year. A threat from the perimeter, Hurt's .393 percent from three-point range was the 10th-best by a Duke freshman in program history. Playing in just three varsity years, Heyman is still No. J.J. Redick was one of the best pure shooters and scorers in ACC history. Some primarily scored from the arc, some a combination, but either way, they all got it done. When Redick graduated, he held the ACC record for most points (which has since been surpassed by Tyler Hansbrough). Laettner is the only player in NCAA history to start in the Final Four all four of his college years. In his junior and senior years, Ferry was named as the ACC Player of the Year, ACC Athlete of the Year, and a consensus All-American selection. Redick is the Blue Devils' all-time leader in career free throw percentage (91.2), hitting for streaks of 54 and 43 consecutive free throws (No. Smith finished 1913 points and a  13.4 point per game average. As a senior, Laettner averaged 21.5 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. 1 & 2 in school history). When you limit a list like this to ten players, there are many deserving people who will be left out. The Duke basketball team is back on the road for yet another tough challenge. Laettner is a two-time All-American selection, the 1991 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player winner and was named the 1992 ACC Player of the Year. In his senior year, Heyman was selected for most of the 1963 national player of the year awards, the 1963 ACC Athlete of the Year and the Final Four Most Outstanding Player award. His .912 career … Suprisingly, Laettner is Duke's all-time leader in three-point shooting, hitting on 48.5 percent of his shots from beyond the arc. Also, thanks to GoDuke.com for their comprehensive stats site. He never averaged less than 13.3 points per game. Watching from floor seats as JJ Redick breaks the all-time leading scoring record at Duke. An over 80 percent free-throw shooter, Smith really hit his stride in his junior and senior seasons. Duke is tied for the fourth-most men's basketball national championships of all time with five and two of those titles were won during the last decade in 2010 and 2015. Despite having played in a mid-major conference, Butler rose to national prominence in the late 1990s. But Hurt scored his first basket with 11:05 to play. Freshmen year he went for over 14 per game and he averaged 21 per game in his sophomore and junior seasons. 2 in assists per game (6.0) and No. He was also named the Southern Conference (league that Duke played in before the creation of the ACC) Male Athlete of the Year in 1951 and 1952, the Southern Conference Tournament's Most Outstanding Player in 1951 and 1952, and the Helms National Player of the year in 1952. 3 in career points scored (2,460) and total rebounds (1,149). Art Heyman was one of Duke's first career double-double guys, and one of the very few who did it from the perimeter. Battier didn't average double figures in scoring for a season until his junior year. Heyman, a two-time All-American selection, is Duke's career scoring average leader (25.1 ppg) and No. Laettner's scoring average grew every year he was at Duke. The others are Chuck Connors, Gene Conley, Bill Sharman, Howie Schultz, Ron Reed, Danny Ainge, Frankie Baumholtz, Dave DeBusschere, Mark Hendrickson and Cotton Nash. But his contribution to Duke's success in his time in Durham is undeniable, helping the Blue Devils win the 2001 NCAA Championship. He was an five-time major league all-star and a two-time champ who played from 1952 until he retired in 1967. With lightning quickness, strength and a good shooting touch, Williams made his mark at Duke. Other Career Records. Rate 5 stars Rate 4 stars Rate 3 stars Rate 2 stars Rate 1 star . He scored 2079 points and averaged 19.3 points per game. To top it all off, Laettner won every 1992 national Player of the Year award known to man as a senior. He put up 20.4 points per game in his final year. Hurley remains the NCAA all-time assists leader with 1076 assists. The bluebloods of college basketball are no longer the bluebloods of college basketball. He was selected as the Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 1992 and a First Team All-American in 1993. If someone is on here that you don't think should be, make your case in the comments box why they should've been excluded. He is No. His best season was junior year, when he scored 17.7 points per game. Kansas dropped out of the Top 25 for the first time in 12 years Monday, with the Jayhawks having lost six of their last 11 games. 3 in blocked shots (254). Here are the 10 best scorers in Blue Devils history. A book has been written about him: "King Kelly Coleman; Kentucky's greatest basketball legend." The consummate team player, Ferry helped lead the Blue Devils to the Final Four three times (1986, 1988 and 1989). NCAA Tournament: 50 Years (126-47), 20 Final Fours, 6 Championships NCAA Champion: 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009 and 2017 Ranked in AP Poll: 51 Times … See how many we have alike. Not surprisingly, four of them are among the top-10 scorers all-time at Michigan. NBA 30 PPG Seasons 151; NBA Top Scorer by Age 130; NBA Every 25 PPG Scorer In History 83; NBA Scorers by Draft Pick 43; Top NBA Rookie Scorers Since 2000 28; NBA Scoring by Letter 27; NBA Top 200 Scorers (2015-16) 24; NHL Top Scorer by Age 20; NBA Most 1,000 pt. Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina Seasons: 111 (1910-11 to 2020-21) Record: 2283-822 .735 W-L% Conferences: ACC, Southern and Ind Conference Champion: 39 Times (Reg. 8 in points scored (2,079), No. ... JJ Redick breaking the all-time scoring record at duke atkin2at. All-time scoring leaders come in all shapes and sizes, as evidenced by the MaxPreps list of the top all-time high school boys basketball scoring leaders from each state. He finished his great career with 2556 points scored. North Carolina Tar Heels School History. Career Points Leaders #51-100. The second chart is a progressive list of the leading all-time NBA scorers. The all-time leading scorer in Kentucky, Coleman was a high school All-American after scoring 1,734 points for a 46.8 point average as a senior. Danny Ferry was one of the most versatile and unselfish players in Duke history, ranking 6th in career points (2,155), 7th in career rebounds (1,003), and 7th in career assists (506)—the only player in the top 10 of all three categories. No shortage of options from which to choose. In 1952, he set the NCAA single season scoring record (839 points; now held by Pete Maravich with 1,381 points). Though he was not known for his shooting, Hurley is Duke's No.6 all-time three-point shooter (40.5 percent, just 0.1 percent behind J.J. Redick). The Blue Devils won 131 games in which Battier saw action, the most by any Duke player. The Blue Devils (7-8, 5-6 ACC) have yet to see a four-game losing streak this season but the team his historically struggled on the road against North Carolina State (8-8, 4-7 ACC). Competitive standing. Duke's success in college basketball is indisputable. If you showed someone Shane Battier's career stat line, they would most likely not be blown away. Redick scored 2769 points and averaged 20 per game for his career. He won every major 2006 national Player of the Year award. Dawkins would have greatly benefited from the three-point line, which was adopted nationally in 1986, the year following Dawkins graduation. 2 in another category. Before looking through this slideshow, think through "your names." Battier finished as Duke's all-time leader in charges taken with 111, 48 more than Billy King who is in second place. Seas. He owns the highest per game average for a single season in school history with 26.8 points per game in his senior season. 4 in career assists (644). 2 in steals (266) and No. Even with all of these accomplishments, Groat is better known for his baseball accomplishments. He never shot less than 36.5 percent from three. If you think that I've missed someone, tell who they are and why they should have been included. Hill is probably the greatest player in school history. One under-21 Duke basketball product is already making NBA bigs look small. He scored 2460 points in his career and averaged 16.6 points per game. He is still the school's leader in field goal attempts (2,019) and made field goals (1,026), and No. In his senior season, Dawkins led the Blue Devils to the 1986 NCAA Championship game and was selected as the Naismith College Player of the Year. A two-time All-American, Dawkins became Duke's all-time leading scorer with 2,556 points, which stood until 2006 when J. J. Redick surpassed it. He won the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) top defensive player award in 1993. Heyman is one of three players in ACC history (along with David Thompson and Tyler Hansborough) to have been selected unanimously to the All-ACC Men's Basketball team three times. McCaffrey is currently 15th on the all-time scoring list but include his 691 points while at Duke, and he would be the all-time leading scorer in Vanderbilt history. Ohio State/Michigan, Yankees/Red Sox, Lakers/Celtics, Bears/Packers. He’s also Duke’s third all-time leading scorer and was the driving force on two national championship teams. Bobby Hurley was not a physically imposing player. He put up at least 20 points in a game 70 times and 20 30-point games (both No. In 1994, Hill was named the ACC Player Of the Year. He finished his career with 2077 career points for a per game average of 14.4 points. Singler scored from freshmen year to senior year. ... Garrison Brooks led all scorers with 26 points. Scheyer could certainly shoot it. Redick is the Blue Devils' all-time leading scorer. A two-time consensus All-American selection and a two time Academic All-American, Battier was named as both the Wooden and Naismith award winner his senior year, as well as being selected as the 2001 Final Four Most Outstanding Player. It started at 8.9 points and peaked at 21.5 points in his senior season. by JDK Plays Quiz not verified by Sporcle . 1 scorer in the paint and ranks No. Hill helped the Blue Devils win NCAA titles in 1991 and 1992, and led Duke to the championship game once again in 1994. Grant Hill is considered by some as one of the best all-around college players in his era. He owns the following NCAA Tournament records: Laettner is Duke's No. 1 in school history). As a senior, Ferry won most of the national Player of the Year awards. Can you name the all-time leading scorers for Duke basketball? In his junior and senior years, Hill was named a consensus All-American selection. So, the Next Ten for Duke would look something like this: Rebounds: 10.9 per game (No. Dick Groat was a pioneer in the modern times of college basketball. 6 in career assists (555). He was amazingly consistent from behind the arc. ), 26 Times (Tourn.) Top Quizzes with Similar Tags. Kennard is amassing James-like accolades, including being named a McDonald's All-American last week. 4 in rebounds per game (10.9). For the second straight time in ACC play, the Duke basketball team is riding a three-game losing streak. A two-time All-American, Dawkins became Duke's all-time leading scorer with 2,556 points, which stood until 2006 when J. J. Redick surpassed it. ... Duke Basketball 59,787 views. Redick is the Blue Devils' all-time leading scorer. Duke prides themselves on defense, especially during the Coach K era, but you've got to put it in the hole. He finished his career with an NCAA-record 457 three-point field goals, shooting 40.6% from three-point range. A well-deserved addition to the list of the top 10 greatest college basketball players of all time, he led Cincinnati to two consecutive Final Fours averaging a total of 32 points and 13 rebounds. Jay was an explosive scorer from the moment he arrived in Durham. Laettner made a ton of other baskets as well.