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Tommy Amaker Helped Pour The Cement For Duke’s Foundation As An Elite Program

Amaker left Duke after the 1987 season but his influence is here to this day.

By JD King

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Former Duke player Tommy Amaker blows by NC State’s Vinny Del Negro.

Duke’s had brilliant point guards under Coach K - Tyus Jones, Jon Scheyer, Jason Williams, Chris Duhon (they shared the point), Bobby Hurley...but the model for them all was Tommy Amaker.

The N&O has a column up by Ron Morris who looks back at the role Amaker played in building Duke’s basketball juggernaut.

He was pre You-Tube so it’s harder to find good video of Amaker but if you never saw him, you missed a great defender and a calm, composed point guard.

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