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YouTube Gold: Duke’s First Championship

Laettner, Hurley and Hill set the trajectory for Duke basketball

By JD King

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30 JAN 1993: DUKE BLUE DEVILS FORWARD GRANT HILL SHOOTING AGAINST THE MARYLAND TERRAPINS DURING AN
Grant Hill helped lead Duke to the 1991 national title against Kansas.

It’s hard to remember now but in 1991, Duke was seen as a team that was really good but that couldn’t quite get over the hump.

That was the year that it all changed of course. Duke knocked off UNLV in an epic semifinal then took out Kansas and Roy Williams in a superbly gritty championship game.

Everyone remembers the spectacular alley-oop from Bobby Hurley to Grant Hill and it was amazing. There’s a lot more though so let’s get in the Wayback machine and revisit 1991.

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