About Duke Blue Devils Baskeball

The Duke Blue Devils Basketball team is one of the numerous varsity sports teams, representing Duke University. The men's basketball team bearing this name is among the well-known teams in University sports. Being the fourth-winningest University basketball team throughout the history, the team has made multiple victories in the period of the past 25 years with the assistance of head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who is often referred to as 'Coach K'.

Duke University was the winner of 3 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball tournaments and was in 14 Final Fours. 71 players became members of the NBA Draft. Besides, Duke basketball team had an Academic All-American on the team 14 years. Duke basketball team took part in 16 Atlantic Coast Conference competitions in the years 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006. It is the greatest number of competitions in comparison to all other teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Blue Devils became winners of the regular season 18 times, namely in 1954, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006. After UCLA, the Duke Blue Devils is ranked as the leading team in the US by the Associated Press. The team was also named in the Top 25 in the poll 187 consecutive times, the second largest period in the history. The period began at the preseason poll of 1996-1997 and is only behind UCLAs 221 consecutive polls from the years 1966-1980.

The most prominent basketball players to receive the year honors are among others: Art Heyman (1963), Johnny Dawkins (1986), Danny Ferry (1989), Christian Laettner (1992), Elton Brand (1999), Shane Battier (2001), Jason Williams (2001, 2002), and J.J. Redick (2006). Atlantic Coast Conference players of the year include Art Heyman (1963), Jeff Mullins (1964), Steve Vacendak (1966), Mike Gminski (1979), Danny Ferry (1988, 1989), Christian Laettner (1992), Grant Hill (1994), Elton Brand (1999), Shane Battier (2001), and J.J. Redick (2005, 2006). Atlantic Coast Conference Rookies of the year are Jim Spanarkel (1976), Mike Gminski (1977), Gene Banks (1978), and Chris Duhon (2001).

The previous coaches who worked with the team for at least 5 years are: Wilbur Wade Card (1906-1912) , the first coach of the team; Eddie Cameron (1929-1942), his name was given to the Cameron Indoor Stadium, the venue for the team; Gerry Gerald (1943-1950); Harold Bradley (1951-1959); Vic Bubas (1960-1969) , who helped the team in getting two Final Fours and a runner-up award; Bill Foster (1975-1980), who advanced the basketball team to the National Championship game and an Elite Eight.

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