Alaa Abdelnaby was an unusual Blue Devil.
First, he is almost certainly the only Egyptian to ever play in the ACC and if he’s not, then he’s surely the only native of Alexandria to play in the conference (Egypt, not Virginia).
Second, when he got to Duke, he was obviously talented, but he was strikingly immature. That’s not so unusual. Lots of college freshmen are immature. But he was clearly immature and took a while to grow up.
He also partied pretty heavily. It’s again not unusual for a college player to party; it is a bit surprising for a Muslim.