No consistent reason why I favor some guys over others but time spent at Duke doesn't usually matter to me. Now obviously I loved the typical guys like Hurley, Christian, Grant, Battier, Boozer, etc etc etc all the way up to our more recent star players but here are some guys I loved as much or more so than the legends.
Guys I loved and wanted on the court from day 1 and my faith never wavered. These guys I can't explain what it really is I liked but I just did:
Marshall Plumlee
Quinn Cook
Some guys I have an extreme bias for and these tend to be my most loved because in my mind they were better than the numbers said they were. These guys I thought were either under utilized, struggled with injuries or just were not meant for the style we played at the time.
Ryan Kelly
Mason Plumlee
Brian Zoubek
Derryck Thorton
Some i just try to forget were even here...
Josh Hairston
David McClure
Greg Paulus
Lee Melchionne
Some guys I didn't like but just grew on me because of their 4 year stay.
Tyler Thornton
Amile Jefferson
As for the early exits I loved these the most.
Kyrie
Rivers
Oak
Deng
McBob
Hood
I got others but I need to be on my way now.
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge" -Stephen Hawking