Sean Dockery for President! Dock hits 40 footer at buzzer against Virginia Tech

The nation was waiting for a moment when the top-ranked Duke Blue Devils would show they had something, anything beyond talent on paper or the ability to win one tough game on the road like their victory over Indiana on Wednesday.

People were wondering if the Devils were good ... and lucky.
Enter Duke senior guard Sean Dockery.

With Duke trailing 75-74 with 1.6 seconds left on the clock to visiting Virginia Tech on Sunday night, the senior from Chicago took a halfcourt pass on the right side from freshman Josh McRoberts, turned, dribbled and leaned into a 40-foot jumper that rattled through the basket to give the Devils a 77-75 victory.

After disengaging himself from a sellout Cameron Indoor Stadium crowd that included two of his cousins and an uncle, Dockery joked that the Devils (7-0, 1-0 ACC) have been practicing end-of-game shots all week.
"And I never hit the shot," Dockery said, "So right now, I'm like 1-for-30."
Good enough. Dockery's shot -- his 19 points were a career high -- and teammate Shelden Williams' 21-point, 19-rebound performance helped offset an All-ACC type game by Virginia Tech forward Coleman Collins.
In fact it was Collins, with a game-high 25 points on the night, who had just put the Hokies up by 1 by rebounding a miss by Zabian Dowdell and scoring on the offensive glass.

The final play was supposed to go to Williams with Dockery screening for Duke guard J.J. Redick as the second option. But when Duke associate head coach Johnny Dawkins saw how the Hokies (5-3, 0-1) were setting up on defense and leaving Dockery open, he called out to Dockery to go get the ball and take the shot.

"Johnny and Sean really combined to make a great play for us," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "I'm glad I was on their bus because the one I was driving was going into the ditch."