- Kyle Singler
Kyle Singler (b. May 4, 1988 in Medford, Oregon, United States), is a college basketball player for the Duke Blue Devils.
- Elton Brand
Elton Tyron Brand (born March 11, 1979 in Peekskill, New York) is an American All-Star professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers and the USA National Team.
- Grant Hill
Grant Henry Hill (born) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Phoenix Suns. He is 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in). Hill was one of the best all-around players of his generation, often leading his team in points, rebounds and assists. His stint in the league has been hampered by career-threatening injuries, notably towards the late part of his career. He is married to R&B singer Tamia.
- Carlos Boozer
Carlos Austin Boozer, Jr. (born November 20 1981, in Aschaffenburg, West Germany (present Germany)) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. Boozer was a two-time Parade All-American in high school, leading the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears to back-to-back state titles. He then played collegiately for Duke University, helping the team win the 2001 NCAA basketball tournament.
- Jay Heaps
John F. Heaps IV (commonly known as Jay Heaps; born August 2, 1976 in Nashua, New Hampshire) is an American soccer player, who currently plays right back for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. Heaps played college soccer at Duke University from 1995 to 1998, spending most of his time playing forward. Heaps was named first team All-ACC all four of his years, was a three-time finalist for the Hermann Award, …
- Sean Dockery
Sean Dockery (born January 5 1983 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former college basketball player. He was a point guard/shooting guard for the Duke University Blue Devils. He is currently a player for the Fort Worth Flyers of the NBA Development League. While attending Julian High School in Chicago, Dockery was a spectacular athlete who was regarded as one of the nation's top high school point guards in the country.
- Corey Maggette
Corey Antoine Maggette (born November 12, 1979 in Melrose Park, Illinois, U.S.) is an American professional basketball player, positioned at small forward for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. He excelled at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois, where he was an All-American in basketball and also an Illinois high school state track finalist in long jump and triple jump.
- Shelden Williams
Shelden DeMar Williams (born October 21, 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. Williams, a former Duke University star, was selected by the Hawks with the fifth pick in the 2006 NBA Draft. His jersey number, 23, was retired by Duke University on January 28, 2007. His size (6'9", 250 lbs.), aggressive style of play, …
- Lee Melchionni
Lee Melchionni (born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on September 30, 1983) is a former collegiate men's basketball player in the NCAA. He played with the Duke Blue Devils and was number 13. Melchionni played primarily at the forward position.. Melchionni comes from a family rich with talented athletes. His father, Gary Melchionni played basketball with Duke and was team captain.
- Lance Thomas
Lance Thomas (born April 241988 in Brooklyn, New York) is a forward on the Duke University's men's basketball team. From Scotch Plains, NJ.
- Shane Battier
Shane Battier , now 23 years of age, is already an accomplished individual. Battier graduated from Duke University in May 2001 with a degree in Comparative Religion, and with an NCAA championship.
- J. J. Redick
Jonathan Clay "J.J." Redick (born June 24, 1984 in Cookeville, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player at the shooting guard position. He was selected 11th overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2006 NBA Draft. In his collegiate years, Redick played for Duke University and became the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time leading scorer. His jersey number, 4, was retired on February 4, 2007.
- Christian Laettner
Christian Donald Laettner (born August 17, 1969 in Angola, New York) is a former Dallas Mavericks player who has played 13 seasons in the NBA on six different teams. He started for the 1991 and 1992 NCAA champion Duke University Blue Devils. He is considered one of the greatest collegiate players of all time.
- Greg Paulus
Greg Paulus (born July 31986 in Medina, Ohio) is a starting point guard on the Duke University's men's basketball team.
- Luol Deng
Luol Deng (born April 16, 1985 in Wau, Sudan) is a British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls, where he plays small forward.
- Brian Zoubek
Brian Henry Zoubek (born April 61988 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Center on the Duke University's men's basketball team.
- Daniel Ewing
George Daniel Ewing, Jr (born March 26, 1983 in Milton, Florida), is an American professional basketball player. He is currently a free agent, most recently having played with the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. A 6'3", 185 lbs. shooting guard from Duke University, Ewing was selected by the Clippers in the second round (32nd overall) of the 2005 NBA Draft. Ewing played for four seasons at Duke under coach Mike Krzyzewski from 2001-2005.
- Demarcus Nelson
DeMarcus De’Juan Nelson is a Guard on the Duke University's men's basketball team.
- Quin Snyder
Quin Snyder is the current head coach of the NBDL's Austin Toros. He is also the former head men's basketball coach of the University of Missouri. He is also a former assistant coach at his alma mater of Duke University. Snyder was also the son-in-law of legendary coach Larry Brown. He resigned during the 2006 season, although some believe he was forced out by athletic director Mike Alden.
- Tommy Amaker
Harold Tommy Amaker (born June 6, 1965 in Falls Church, Virginia) is the former head coach of the University of Michigan men's basketball team, and current coach of the Harvard men's basketball team. He took the job in Michigan in 2001, after being the head coach at Seton Hall University. Prior to that, he served as an assistant coach at Duke University under Mike Krzyzewski from 1988-97. Amaker was a star point guard at Duke.
- Billy McCaffrey
Billy McCaffrey (born May 30 1971 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is a former American professional basketball player and college basketball star. He is also former interim head coach at St. Bonaventure University. McCaffrey began his college career at Duke University where as a sophomore he was the team's second leading scorer during its 1991 NCAA Championship season. He scored 16 points in the 1991 title game win over Kansas.
- Shavlik Randolph
Ronald Shavelick Randolph (born November 24 1983 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American National Basketball Association player. On August 5, 2005, the 6'10" (2.08 m) Randolph was signed to a free-agent contract by the Philadelphia 76ers. Randolph played for Duke University from the 2003 season through 2005.
- Danny Ferry
Daniel John Willard (Danny) Ferry (born October 17, 1966 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American former professional basketball player. Ferry currently works as the General Manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers franchise of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also spent the majority of his playing career with the Cavaliers and is the all-time leader in games played with the team with 723.
- Bobby Hurley
Robert (Bobby) Matthew Hurley (born June 28 1971 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a former professional basketball player.
- Chris Duhon
Chris Nicholas Duhon (born August 31, 1982 in Mamou, Louisiana), is a professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA. Duhon was a guard for the Duke University men's basketball team from 2000 to 2004.
- Josh McRoberts
Joshua Scott McRoberts (born February 28, 1987 in Carmel, Indiana) was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 37th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. McRoberts, a 6-10 power forward/center, played his college ball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team during the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
- Dahntay Jones
Dahntay Lavall Jones (born December 27 1980 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. Originally a student at Rutgers University, Jones transferred to Duke University to play with his boyhood Jersey friend Jay Williams who encouraged him to join him in Durham, North Carolina. He was selected by the Boston Celtics in the first round (20th overall) of the 2003 NBA Draft, …
- Martynas Pocius
Martynas Pocius (POAT-SOOS) (born April 28, 1986) is a Lithuanian college basketball player for the Duke Blue Devils. He is a sophomore who plays shooting guard and small forward. Pocius from Vilnius, Lithuania, plays for the Lithuanian national team. He receives limited minutes, though often provides an offensive spark coming off the bench. He flashed his potential during a first-round loss in the ACC tournament against North Carolina State, …
- Jay Bilas
Jay Bilas (b. December 24 1963 in San Pedro, California) is an American lawyer and basketball analyst for ESPN.
- Greg Newton
Greg Newton (born September 7, 1974 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) was center for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team from 1994-1997. Newton was Team Captain in his senior season. He was a member of the Canadian National Team, that finished seventh in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Newton averaged 7.6 points per game for his career. When Tim Duncan was told that Newton had called him soft, …
- Johnny Dawkins
Johnny Dawkins (born September 28 1963 in Washington, D.C.) is a former star college basketball player at Duke University and point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers and is currently the associate head coach at Duke. He played basketball at Mackin High in Washington, D.C. before enrolling at Duke University. At Duke, he became the team's all-time leading scorer with 2,556 points. This record stood until February 19, 2006 when J.J. Redick surpassed it.
- Lefty Driesell
Charles "Lefty" Driesell (born December 25, 1931) is a retired college basketball coach. Driesell grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, where he attended Granby High School. The famous left-hander attended Duke University from 1950 to 1954, playing basketball under coach Harold Bradley. He began his coaching career as a junior varsity coach at Granby High School in Norfolk in 1954, and then took over as varsity coach the next year.
- Jay Williams
Jason "Jay" Williams (born September 10, 1981 in Plainfield, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player. He last signed with the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League, but was waived on December 30, 2006 to rehabilitate a nagging injury. Even though his first name is actually Jason, he asked to be known as "Jay" upon joining the National Basketball Association in 2002.
- Chris Collins
Chris Collins is a basketball player and coach from Northbrook, Illinois. He is the son of former NBA coach Doug Collins. Collins awards in high school included Illinois Mr. Basketball, McDonald's All American, and McDonald's All American 3 point champion. After graduating from Glenbrook North he went on to play at Duke University. Collins received many honors for his play at Duke and was named to the All-ACC rookie team as a freshman in 1993.
- Gary Melchionni
Gary Dennis Melchionni (born January 19 1951, in Camden, New Jersey) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. He is a former Phoenix Suns guard and a former All-American Coast Conference performer while he was with the Duke Blue Devils. He is also the father of former Duke forward Lee Melchionni.
- Billy King
Billy King (born January 23, 1966) is the team president for the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers. King grew up in Sterling, Virginia where he played basketball at Park View High School, and received a scholarship to play at Duke University. King joined the 76ers on June 2, 1997, as Vice-President of basketball administration. On May 19, 1998, he was promoted to General Manager, and on April 5, 2000, …
- Mike Gminski
Mike Gminski joined CBS Sports in 2004. This is his fifth year as an analyst for CBS Sports' coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. He currently serves the same role for Fox Sports Net on their coverage of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball. Gminski spent eight years as a commentator for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets.
- Mike Dunleavy Jr.
Michael (Mike) Joseph Dunleavy, Jr. (born September 15 1980 in Lake Oswego, Oregon) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA. He is the son of long-time NBA player and current Los Angeles Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy.
- Art Heyman
Arthur Bruce Heyman (born June 24, 1941 in New York, New York) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6' 5" guard/forward, after attending Oceanside High School in New York, Heyman starred for Duke University in the early 1960s, where he scored 1,984 career points and averaged 25.1 points per game. As a senior in 1963, he earned the AP National Player of the Year award, the ACC Player of the Year award, the Oscar Robertson Trophy, …
- Jon Scheyer
Jon Scheyer (born August 24 1987) is a guard on the Duke University's men's basketball team. He is noted for his exceptional 3-point range shooting, and his performance in big games. Scheyer is a rangy, slick passer. He is also a good defensive rebounder.