Love him or hate him, there’s no denying that Christian Laettner was a college basketball superstar. A center for the Duke Blue Devils from 1988 to 1992, he is regarded as one of the best players in the history of the NCAA. He remains the only college player to start in four consecutive Final Fours, and he helped Duke to win its first two NCAA championships. And he was the only college player to be chosen for the USA’s 1992 Olympic “Dream Team.”
Before all that, though, he was just a kid at Buffalo’s Nichols School. Here’s a quick look back:
