Has anyone ever lead a Duke team in assist and blocks for a season?
I haven't come across anyone who has, but here are some notables.
Sophomore
Josh McRoberts (2006-2007) came close. He averaged 2.5 blocks (
1st) and 3.5 assists (
2nd to Greg Paulus' 3.8 assists).
Senior
Grant Hill (1993-1994) had 5.2 assists (
1st) and 1.2 blocks (
2nd to Cherokee Parks' 2.2). I reluctantly looked at his previous seasons just to be thorough, but, you know, Bobby Hurley.
Sophomore
Kyle Filipowski had 1.5 blocks (
1st) and 2.8 assists (
3rd to Tyrese Proctor's 3.7 and Jeremy Roach's 3.3).
Freshman
Zion Williamson (2018-2019) was
1st with 1.8 blocks and
3rd with 2.1 assists (Tre Jones had 5.3 and RJ Barrett had 4.3).
Freshman
Wendell Carter (2017-2018) averaged 2.1 blocks (
1st) and 2.0 assists (
3rd, after Trevon Duval's 5.6 and Grayson Allen's 4.6).
Sophomore
Shane Battier (1999-2000) averaged 2.1 of each,
1st in blocks and
3rd in assists (well behind Jay Williams' 6.5 and Chris Carrawell's 3.2).
Freshman
Paolo Banchero (2021-2022) had 0.9 blocks (
2nd to Mark Williams, who had over 3x as many with 2.8) and 3.2 assists (
2nd to Wendell Moore's 4.4). Both look like ties, but he had 1 more assist over the whole season than 3rd place Roach and 3 more blocks than 3rd place Theo John.
While the eras and situations are different, I'm pretty impressed that Battier, McRoberts, and Carter each averaged more than 2 blocks and 2 assists per game.