In this episode of Wooden Award Spotlight, Myron Medcalf revisits the unlikely story of Tim Duncan, once a top young swimmer in the Virgin Islands who ended up at Wake Forest thanks to one, fateful game. Duncan probably would have been the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft had he entered it after his sophomore year, but his promise to his late mother to graduate fueled a one-of-a-kind college career.
0:00 Intro
0:28 From the swimming pool to the hardwood
1:33 Wake Forest enters the chat
2:06 Freshman season
2:48 Matching up with Shaq in 1994
3:04 Sophomore season
4:19 Junior season
5:09 A promise and a decision
5:51 Senior season
7:40 Worth the wait
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