By the time the next edition of March Madness rolls around, it’ll be a decade since Duke’s last national championship. For [autotag]Grayson Allen[/autotag] and Marshall Plumlee, however, the memories will never age.
Allen and Plumlee joined former Blue Devil Ryan Young on a new edition of The Brotherhood Podcast on Tuesday to talk about that run to Duke’s fifth national title.
The Blue Devils defeated Wisconsin 68-63 in the national title game. Allen notably broke out in the game as a freshman, scoring 16 points off the bench and going 5/8 from the floor.
Young asked the two what separated that 2015 team, made up of notable names like Amile Jefferson, Quinn Cook, and Jahlil Okafor.
“I felt like all of the guys were really connected,” Allen said. “There was a legitimate, genuine friendship between everyone on the team, there was a legitimate respect level of each other’s game, and I think that helped with how close our group was.”
Jefferson just won his first NBA title as an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics on Monday.