March 24, 2008
Our dreams of making it to the final four for the 2008 season, came crashing to a hault on Saturday with a loss in the second round to West Virginia. My only regret was not being able to watch Duke’s last game of the season and get to thank Demarcus Nelson.
The 2008 ACC Defensive Player of the Year and first team All-ACC performer, Nelson finished his career with 1,334 points, 606 rebounds, 222 assists and 145 steals. He is just one of six players to score 1,300, grab 600-plus rebounds, dish out 200-plus assists and generate 125 or more steals in Duke history, joining the likes of Christian Laettner, Danny Ferry, Shane Battier, Grant Hill and Mike Dunleavy.
Nelson is the only player under 6-5 in Duke history listed as a guard to grab 600 or more rebounds, and of course I have to mention his arms. When I talk about basketball arms - Demarcus originated all that for me.
Best of luck in the NBA to you DN!
March 31st, 2008 at 3:03 pm
sorry about dukes loss come on with the ROCK CHALK JAYHAWKS won in 1988 and going to win in 2008. GO KANSAS