In most respects Duke’s class of 1975 was not especially memorable. They didn’t win any championships, they didn’t win many individual honors and truth be told, they didn’t even win many games.
But they had the most interesting journey of any modern Duke class, a roller-coaster ride that resulted from the intersection of two tracks.
Bob Fleischer, Kevin Billerman, Pete Kramer, Bill Suk and Neil Chinnault played for Duke’s last freshman team, in 1972. The NCAA had decided to allow freshmen eligibility for the 1972-’73 season. Freshmen had been eligible at times in the past, usually during military conflicts when the number of college men was compressed.