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UNC Basketball: The 10 Duke players UNC fans hated most

By Blake Cockrum

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: J.J. Redick #4 of the Duke Blue Devils walks down the court during their Preseason NIT game against the Drexel Dragons at Madison Square Garden on November 23, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: J.J. Redick #4 of the Duke Blue Devils walks down the court during their Preseason NIT game against the Drexel Dragons at Madison Square Garden on November 23, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 16: Head coach Bobby Hurley of the Arizona State Sun Devils reacts to an official’s call during his team’s game against the UNLV Rebels at the Thomas & Mack Center on December 16, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

Bobby Hurley

Bobby Hurley basically ended up here because of the teams that he played on, rather than who he was as an individual player or person. Playing alongside the likes of Christian Laettner and Cherokee Parks certainly didn’t help his case, but being a Blue Devil of any sort with the kind of success that he had is enough for any UNC basketball fan to dislike him.

Hurley averaged 12.4 points, 7.7 assists and 2.2 rebounds while starting in all but one of the 140 games he appeared in during his four seasons with the Blue Devils. He had a terrific senior season that saw career-highs in points (17), assists (8.2), rebounds (2.6), three-pointers made (88), three-point percentage (42.1) and free throw percentage (80.3).

Along with the national titles that he helped Duke win in 1991 and 1992, Hurley was voted first team All-ACC and consensus first team All-American in 1993. He was also named Final Four Most Outstanding Player when the Blue Devils knocked off the Fab Five the prior season.

That probably didn’t help Hurley’s case, either, as most of America was rooting for teams like UNLV and Michigan in the early-90’s, and it was him and the Blue Devils that kept disappointing them.

Hurley went on to play in the NBA for five years, but his professional career was hindered by a life-threatening car accident that he got into on his way home from a game during his rookie season. He averaged 3.8 points and 3.3 assists with the Kings and Grizzlies.

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