Freshmen jersey numbers for next year

[Laettner15]

Zion - 1
Reddish - 2
Tre - 3
RJ - 5
Baker - 13

 

[Buzzooka Joe]

Of course it makes perfect sense that Tre would be #3.. but I’m not a fan of Freshmen being able to have numbers of the previous year’s graduating Seniors (Tre getting Grayson’s #3).. I feel like the graduating seniors should get a year of their number being unused.

Then again, there aren’t a ton of numbers to choose from any more.

 

[DukeDenver]

Zion - 1
Reddish - 2
Tre - 3
RJ - 5
Baker - 13

That group of 5 could make the Final 4 IF they play team ball on both ends.

 

[CRAZIE4LIFE]

Not a fan of 3 being filled already, but it is what it is. Nothing to be angry over either.

 

[hart2chesson]

I am just glad 35 is being raised back to the rafters....

OFC

 

[PixelDevil]

Big jersey to fill for # 3.

 

[Ioliva]

I am just glad 35 is being raised back to the rafters....

OFC

I'm not. I'm going to miss watching bags play. Still in shock that he's fallen to a top 5 pick

 

[Mac9192]

I'm not. I'm going to miss watching bags play. Still in shock that he's fallen to a top 5 pick

Yeah, I'm losing sleep over that one myself. Bagley dropping to a top 5 pick is as bad as homeless goldfish.

 

[jnastasi]

That group of 5 could make the Final 4 IF they play team ball on both ends.

Big if. No freshman group has been able to do it at Duke yet and I don’t expect this one to either. Hopefully they can just gel as well as the 2015 group did and overcome those shortcomings.

 

[LouisiAaron]

I'm not. I'm going to miss watching bags play. Still in shock that he's fallen to a top 5 pick

He went from prohibitive favorite to be the #1 pick to possibly outside of the top 3 after averaging 21 and 11. It's truly amazing how that happened. I thought 21 and 11 would be looked at as a great year. Maybe that's not enough anymore smh

 

[Duke1783]

Has it really been over a decade since a new number has gone to the rafters?

 

[Voldukie]

If you were an new recruit and were picking a number (And excluding the retired numbers) What would it be and Why?

I would go with 12 because I was a big Thomas Hill fan

 

[DukeDenver]

If you were an new recruit and were picking a number (And excluding the retired numbers) What would it be and Why?

I would go with 12 because I was a big Thomas Hill fan

Since 7 is not a legal number, I'd go with 53, the largest prime number allowed to be on a NCAA b-ball jersey.

 

[BOOGIEMAN1914]

id go with #42 good big man number.....havent been used since 2010???....bags seems to be slightly dropping just due to draft order and team needs....4/5 to memphis or dallas wouldnt be bad...esp dallas...dsj/barnes/bags would be a good threesome and he could learn some things from Dirk

 

[skysdad]

I was listening to a sports talk radio show today and the c-host was local North Carolina. They were discussing the incoming #'s and one of them said why not just make the #'s 1,2,3,4, 5. They didn't have enough awareness that #4 is unavailable. OFC

 

[DiehardDukeFan4Life]

When looking at the list of retired jerseys, it’s imteres that several of the retired jersey numbers are consecutive or close to consecutive.

#’s in the 10’s: 10, 11
#’s in the 20’s: 22, 23, 24, 25
#’s in the 30’s: 31, 32, 33, 35
#’s in the 40’s: 43, 44

The only retired jersey that doesn’t have a consecutive number retired with it is JJ Redick’s #4.

 

[HogsOfTheRoad]

#3 gets a year off. Give Tre #5 , like someone we’ve seen before. Baker with 13 is funny and clever. After that, I don’t care if they all wear 99. Let’s just win a bunch of games, especially the big ones. I feel like it’s been a few years since we could EXPECT a Duke team to win certain games. I’m all for talented freshmen, but we all know why we’re Duke fans. We need those days to return.

 

[Laettner]

I'm not. I'm going to miss watching bags play. Still in shock that he's fallen to a top 5 pick

Dropping is good IMO, who wants to play for Phx, Sac, Orl , ATL or Mem? Playing at home with crowds of 10k while half root for road team.

 

[tate12]

It has been a while since we had a number retired. I still think Bob Verga and Mark Alarie got screwed but I also think Kyle Singler is being screwed. The guy won a National Championship, is 4th on the all-time Duke scoring list with 2,392 points and 7th on the rebound list with 1,015. He also hustled his butt off constantly and played with integrity. He never took a play off and was a great teammate.

It is past time to hang #12 SINGLER in the rafters.

 

[Canadian Dukie]

It has been a while since we had a number retired. I still think Bob Verga and Mark Alarie got screwed but I also think Kyle Singler is being screwed. The guy won a National Championship, is 4th on the all-time Duke scoring list with 2,392 points and 7th on the rebound list with 1,015. He also hustled his butt off constantly and played with integrity. He never took a play off and was a great teammate.

It is past time to hang #12 SINGLER in the rafters.

No other Duke player who is not already up there deserves it more