This Duke team, loaded with sensational freshmen, has been compared to Michigan’s Fab Five who were of course coached by one Steve Fisher, who inherited the program when Bill Frieder took the Arizona State job in 1989, before the season ended, only to be fired by A.D. Bo Schembechler, who thundered that he wanted a Michigan man coaching Michigan.
So Fisher stepped in and led the Wolverines on a magical NCAA run which saw them win the NCAA title.
He was an undefeated coach and national champion in his first season. Only six games, but still cool.