Continuing on from my previous post The Epicenter of Collegiate Sports...Feel the Vibe? Part II .....
DUKE University Blue Devils!!!
Basketball:
Duke UniversityBlue Devils is another of the team that make up the renowned Big Four! Their highly electric rivalry with UNC Tar Heels is on-going. Their beloved coach, Mike Krzyzewski, has been at the helm since 1980 and has an extremely impressive record. Under the leadership of Coach K Duke the Duke Blue Devils made the Final Four in 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, and 2004. Some great stats and trivia for the Blue Devils are:
•· Duke has won three NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships and appeared in 14 Final Fours.
•· Eleven players have been named the National Player of the Year, while 71 players have been drafted in the NBA Draft. Additionally, Duke has had 55 All-Americans and 14 Academic All-Americans.
•· Duke is tied with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the most Atlantic Coast Conference championships, with 16 (1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1999 - 2003, 2005, 2006).
•· Duke has also won the regular season 18 times (1954, 1958, 1963 - 1966, 1979, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997 - 2001, 2004, 2006).
•· Duke won Southern Conference championships five times (1938, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946).
•· Duke finished the season ranked No. 1 in the AP poll seven times (1986, 1992, 1999 - 2002, 2006).
•· Duke is second, behind only UCLA, in total weeks ranked as the number one team in the nation by the AP with 110 weeks.
•· The Blue Devils have the second longest streak in the AP Top 25 in history with 200 consecutive appearances from 1996 to 2007. This streak only trails UCLA's 221 consecutive polls from 1966-1980 as the longest of all time.
Football:
The Duke Blue Devils are currently a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The program has no national championships, seven conference championships, fifty-three All-Americans, and no Heisman Trophy winners. The team is currently coached by David Cutcliffe and home games are played at the Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
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