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The 1991–92 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team was a Division I college
basketball team that competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Led by All-American
Christian Laettner and Grant Hill, Duke won its 2nd national championship in as many
years to become the first repeating team since UCLA's seven-year dynasty from 1967
to 1973. Although the 1995 Arkansas and 1997 Kentucky teams would come close to
successfully defending their national titles, Duke's feat would not be accomplished
again in college basketball for another 15 years until the Florida Gators did it in 2007.
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The Blue Devils started the season as the defending National Champions, and were
looking to repeat as National Champions for the first time since UCLA did it in 1973.
Losing only Greg Koubek to graduation, Duke retained its core players including
Laettner, Bobby Hurley, and Grant Hill and was able to add recruits Cherokee Parks
and Erik Meek to its lineup.
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The Blue Devils started the season ranked No. 1 and won its first 17 games. Their
unbeaten streak came to an end when they lost a close contest to North Carolina in
the Dean Dome by a score of 75–73. However, Duke would only lose another game
(to Wake Forest 72–68) for the rest of the season and finished the season with a
25–2 record and the 10th regular-season championship in school history.
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Duke entered the ACC Tournament as the No. 1 seed. They defeated North Carolina
in the ACC title game 94–74 to capture their 9th ACC Tournament Championship in
school history. As a result, the Blue Devils received a No. 1 seed in the East Regional
of the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils had little trouble progressing through the
first three rounds, but faced the toughest test of the season in the East Regional Final
against sixth-ranked and No. 2 seed Kentucky coached by Rick Pitino. In perhaps the
greatest college basketball game in history, Christian Laettner hit a buzzer-beating
turnaround jumper on a long inbounds pass from Grant Hill, and Duke got a 104–103
overtime win over Kentucky to earn its fifth straight Final Four appearance.
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Laettner scored 32 points in that game, making all 10 of his field goal attempts
(including 2 three-pointers) and all 10 of his free throws. After defeating an Indiana
team led by Calbert Cheaney, Duke reached the title game for the third consecutive
time to face off against Michigan's Fab Five, led by freshmen Chris Webber, Jalen
Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson. The Blue Devils ended the
Fab Five's dream run in a 71–51 contest to become the first team since UCLA 19
years ago to repeat as National Champions. Bobby Hurley was named NCAA
Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
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