The 2001 national championship team is one of the best teams in Duke Blue Devils history. It was a team that was strong from top to bottom, and they entered the season with high expectations. However, the team didn’t cruise on the way to a title. There were several moments during the season where the prospects of winning that third national championship looked bleak. We even reached a point where the DBR Forums back then had a thread name summing up how they felt: “It’s Over.”
Still, this team overcame that adversity and 2 of the greatest comebacks in NCAA history and won that national title.