Written by PJ Benasillo at The Sports Quotient
Last year Duke had an incredibly talented group of young freshmen including current NBA players Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow, and Tyus Jones. These core three, were the stars of Duke’s title winning team. However, most people failed to remember the “forgotten fourth” freshman, that is until last year’s title game.
In the final contest against Wisconsin, Duke were down by nine points in the second half and looked to be on death’s door. Grayson Allen responded by scoring six straight points to cut the lead to three. Allen had spent most of the season to that point on the bench, stuck behind senior guard Quinn Cook and sophomore guard Matt Jones. He barely received any playing time. Yet in the title game when it mattered most, Allen came through with 16 points to help push Duke to a title. Coach K had nothing but praise for the youngster after the game, saying, ”We were kind of dead in the water. We were nine points down and Grayson just put us on his back.”
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