Duke’s Brotherhood
Where Are They Now?
The complete documentary profile series covering every significant player across eight eras of Duke basketball. How they got to Duke. What made them special. What happened after. Where they are now.
What we’re watching this April
Will Flagg or Knueppel be Duke’s 5th NBA Rookie of the Year?
Four Blue Devils have won it. Two of them had to share it. Now two more — drafted back-to-back at #1 and #4 last June — are in the closest ROY race in years.
The next Duke team is already taking shape.
Roster moves, returning players, the freshman class, and the early outlook for Jon Scheyer’s fifth Duke team. Updated as the offseason unfolds.
Eight Eras of Duke Basketball
Foundation
Coach K builds from scratch. The Godfather Class arrives. Duke becomes relevant again.
First Dynasty
Back-to-back titles. The Shot. The Dream Team. The greatest run in program history.
Transition
Coach K’s back surgery. The 4-15 season. The players who stayed when Duke was mortal.
Second Dynasty
The 2001 title. Battier’s legacy. Brand, Boozer, Jay Williams, Deng.
Between Crowns
The longest title drought of the K era. The players who kept Duke in the conversation.
Resurgence + Title
The 2010 and 2015 championships. Coach K’s 4th and 5th rings.
One-and-Done Superteam
The most NBA talent ever assembled in college. No titles. Coach K’s farewell.
Scheyer Era
The post-K era begins. Cooper Flagg. Can the Brotherhood continue?
Recently Updated
Tyler Thornton
The DC kid recruited as Duke's insurance plan for Kyrie Irving — and stayed for four years anyway. The 6'2" defensive specialist who never averaged more than 3.7 points a game and yet, in the most important regular-season Duke vs. North Carolina game of his junior year, drew this Coach K quote: "I think the hero for us this game was Thornton. He would not let us lose." A four-year letterwinner, two-time ACC Tournament champion, 2013-14 captain in Jon Scheyer's first season on Duke's coaching staff, the player on the floor when Kevin Ware suffered the most infamous leg injury in NCAA Tournament history — and the assistant coach Scheyer hired back to Duke in May 2025.
Amile Jefferson
The Philadelphia kid who was the last big recruit of 2012 to commit, the patient five-year Blue Devil who broke his right foot in practice, took a medical redshirt, and came back to captain the Tatum-Giles freshman class. A 2015 NCAA champion as a player, a 2024 NBA champion as a Boston Celtics assistant coach, and the only player in Duke history to be named to the All-ACC Academic Team four times.
Matt Jones
DeSoto, Texas product. McDonald's All-American. The role player who started the 2015 NCAA Championship Game at small forward as a sophomore — three weeks after his coach dismissed Rasheed Sulaimon and one month after Jahlil Okafor's ankle sprain forced Coach K to slide Justise Winslow to power forward and Jones into the starting lineup. A 6'5" two-way wing who scored 16 points on 4-of-7 from three in the Elite Eight to send Duke to the Final Four (at NRG Stadium in Houston, near home), made the 2017 Great Clips Three-Point Shooting Championship eight-man field as a senior, was a two-time team captain, made the ACC All-Defensive Team his senior year, played in 143 games (8th-most in Duke history at the time), and now works in commercial real estate in the Bay Area.