Miles Plumlee

Miles Plumlee
Plumlee playing for Duke in February 2011
College	Duke University
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Sport	Basketball
Position	Power Forward/Center
Jersey #	21
Class	Senior
Height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Nationality	American
Born	September 1, 1988 (1988-09-01) (age 23) Fort Wayne, Indiana
High school	Christ School, Arden, North Carolina
Championships
2x ACC Men's Basketball Tournament (2009 & 2010) 2010 NIT Season Tip-Off 2010 NCAA 2009–10 ACC Men's Basketball regular season
Tournaments
2x ACC (2009 & 2010) 2x NCAA (2009 & 2010)

Miles Plumlee (born September 1, 1988) is a forward/center for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team.^[1][2] As a sophomore, he was a reserve forward/center for Duke's national champion 2010 team.

Family

Miles grew up with brothers Mason (a 6 feet 10 inches (208 cm) forward who plays alongside him at Duke) and Marshall (a 7 feet 0 inches (213 cm) center at Christ School in Arden, North Carolina, and one of the top-rated high school juniors in the U.S.) and sister Madeleine.^[3][4] He and his younger brother, Mason, are the sixth pair of brothers to play at Duke at the same time.^[5]

His parents are Perky (a former Tennessee Tech basketball player) and Leslie (née Schultz) Plumlee (a former Purdue women's basketball player who set the school single-game rebound record with 25).^[6][7][8] The two met at a basketball camp during the summer of 1979.^[9] His grandfather Albert "Bud" Schultz played basketball at Michigan Tech (1944), his uncle William Schultz played basketball at Wisconsin-Eau Claire (1971–72), and his uncle Chad Schultz played basketball at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (1983–86).^[5]

"Through the years, I've watched a lot of basketball," said their then-83-year-old grandfather before they played in the 2010 NCAA Championships.^[10]

High school

In high school at Christ School in Arden, North Carolina, he led the school to a 63–6 record as a junior and senior, was a two-time NCISAA 3A all-state team selection, an Asheville Citizen-Times All-Western North Carolina first team pick as a junior and senior, and also lettered in track as a senior and posted a school record high jump of 6’ 9”.^[5]

College

Plumlee had originally committed to play at Stanford University, but chose to follow his younger brother Mason to Duke, after Stanford coach Trent Johnson left for LSU. After serving a limited role his freshman year at Duke, Plumlee earned the starting center position over senior Brian Zoubek at the outset of the 2009–10 season.

Plumlee scored a career-high 19 points against Wake Forest in January 2010, as he grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds, half of them on the offensive boards.^[11] However, after a strong showing in conference play, Zoubek took over Plumlee's place in the starting lineup in February 2010.

Through April 4, 2010, he led the team with 33 dunks.^[12] For the season, he averaged 16.4 minutes per game, and 4.9 rebounds and 5.2 points per game.^[13] The brothers usually rotated into games together during the 2009–10 season, replacing Zoubek and Lance Thomas, and were often the first two players off the bench.^[6][14]

It is anticipated that in 2010–11 they will both be in Duke's starting lineup.^[15]

See also

• 2009–10 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

References

1. ^ "Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Duke Blue Devils – Recap – January 17, 2010 – ESPN". Espn.go.com. January 17, 2010. http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300170150. Retrieved March 28, 2010. 
2. ^ "Duke's Mason Plumlee out indefinitely with broken wrist". Usatoday.Com. November 12, 2009. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/acc/2009-11-12-duke-plumlee_N.htm. Retrieved March 28, 2010. 
3. ^ "Marshall Plumlee, the younger brother of Miles and Mason, is finding his own way on the court – ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. September 23, 2009. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/basketball/mens/news/story?id=4496541. Retrieved April 5, 2010. 
4. ^ Armstrong, Kevin (April 2, 2010). "After Detour, Duke’s Plumlee Brothers Arrive at Final Four". NYTimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/sports/ncaabasketball/03duke.html. Retrieved April 3, 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} "Miles Plumlee Bio – Duke University Blue Devils | Official Athletics Site". GoDuke.com. September 1, 1988. http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22727&SPID=1845&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=1580059&Q_SEASON=2009. Retrieved April 1, 2010. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Duke has brotherhood with Boilers | The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind". Journalgazette.net. http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100326/SPORTS0303/303269947/1008/SPORTS. Retrieved April 3, 2010. 
7. ^ "Plumlees Relish Chance to Play Together – Duke University Blue Devils | Official Athletics Site". GoDuke.com. http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204822517. Retrieved April 3, 2010. 
8. ^ "Duke prospect Plumlee a big player with small-player skills | Lynchburg News Advance". .newsadvance.com. May 28, 2008. http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/college/article/duke_prospect_plumlee_a_big_player_with_small_player_skills/5250/. Retrieved April 3, 2010. 
9. ^ "Playing Purdue an emotional matchup for Plumlee family | jconline.com | Journal and Courier". jconline.com. March 26, 2010. http://www.jconline.com/article/20100326/SPORTS02010201/3260329. Retrieved April 5, 2010. ^{[dead link]}
10. ^ "Neenah family has close ties to Duke's Final Four basketball team | postcrescent.com | Appleton Post-Crescent". postcrescent.com. March 31, 2010. http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20100331/APC0902/3310302/Neenah-family-has-close-ties-to-Duke-s-Final-Four-basketball-team. Retrieved April 5, 2010. ^{[dead link]}
11. ^ "The Official On-Line Home Of Duke Statistics". GoDuke.StatsGeek.com. http://goduke.statsgeek.com/basketball-m/players/season-highs.php?playerid=2734&season=2009-10. Retrieved April 3, 2010. 
12. ^ "Game Notes: vs. Butler, April 5, 9:21 PM, CBS – Duke University Blue Devils | Official Athletics Site". GoDuke.com. http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204922369. Retrieved April 5, 2010. 
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14. ^ "Sticking Together: Plumlee brothers finding their comfort level with Blue Devils". .journalnow.com. http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/apr/01/sticking-together/. Retrieved April 3, 2010. 
15. ^ "Duke's Kelly enjoying the moment – Duke". NewsObserver.com. http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/04/02/418963/dukes-kelly-enjoying-the-moment.html. Retrieved April 3, 2010. 

External links

• Duke biography

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Name	Plumlee, Miles
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Date of birth	September 1, 1988
Place of birth	Fort Wayne, Indiana
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