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National Champs!

The too-perfect basketball story with the too-perfect ending is still available on DVD. The real celebration for the new national champion — that's taking place on Tobacco Road. Kyle Singler scored 19 points and Brian Zoubek rebounded Gordon Hayward's miss with 3.6 seconds left Monday night to help Duke beat Butler 61-59, ending the tiny underdog's try for a "Hoosiers" sequel one win short of the Hollywood ending. The Bulldogs had a chance to win it at the end in an amazing sequence that defined this tournament. Gordon Hayward's half-court shot at the buzzer went flying, thudded off the backboard and rim, and out and most of the crowd of 70,930 gasped, "Ohhhh." So close

Duke, Coach K Back in Final Four

Duke and Coach K are back in the Final Four, although it's going to be a new experience to this group of Blue Devils. Nolan Smith scored a career-high 29 points, Jon Scheyer sank five 3-pointers and added 20 and top-seeded Duke restored some order to the topsy-turvy NCAA tournament on Sunday with a 78-71 win over Baylor in the South Regional final. The Blue Devils (33-5) are back in the national semifinals for the first time since 2004, a six-year drought that was the longest since Mike Krzyzewski made his first Final Four in 1986.

Krzyzewski Inducted Into Army Sports Hall of Fame

Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski was inducted in the Army Sports Hall of Fame, along with seven others, during a “black-tie” induction banquet Friday evening at West Point’s Eisenhower Hall. Krzyzewski, a 1969 graduate, was the team captain his senior season and helped the squad to two trips to the National Invitational Tournament. He took [...]

Coach K, Coach Knight Go 1-On-1

Posted on January 15, 2010

Hall of Famers Coach K and Coach Knight talk college hoops with ESPN in Cameron

Coach K and Coach Knight sat down in Cameron before our game against BC to discuss the state of college basketball, adjusting to the college game from high school, Jon Scheyer, Coach K’s college playing career, player development, getting tickets in Cameron, and more. Coach Knight mentored Coach K at West Point and you can tell in the interview the pair shares a tight bond, great respect for each other, and lots of interesting memories (including smuggling Bill Parcells out of an arena after a brawl broke out and Coach K’s phone calls home after tough practices).

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Inside Basketball With Duke’s Coach K to Air on MASN

Posted on December 18, 2009

The highly acclaimed weekly television show “Inside Basketball with Duke’s Coach K” can now be seen throughout the mid-Atlantic region of the country.

MASN, the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, will start airing the show every Wednesday at 12:00 noon starting December 9. The network is available in more than 5.5 million households throughout a seven-state region that includes Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, as well as parts of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

The show features Hall of Fame basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and is produced in a documentary form focusing on the present Duke University basketball team while looking back at 30 years of success by Krzyzewski as the three-time national championship coach at Duke. The program’s 17-episode season runs from December through March.

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Duke Basketball First in Social Media Technology

Posted on December 15, 2009

For Duke University Men’s Basketball fans seeking an easy way to get insider basketball information from Twitter, the Duke Blue Planet TweetMixx Channel – http://www.dukeblueplanet.com/blue-devils-live.asp – was launched as a new way for fans to get streamlined access to aggregated news, conversations and links on the team from the true insiders – players, coaches and in-the-know fans.

Starting today, fans can simply go to www.dukeblueplanet.com and click on the Duke Blue Planet TweetMixx Channel to find the best content streaming in from Twitter, rather than having to conduct multiple Twitter searches for Duke basketball or team content.

“We wanted to give our former and current players, coaches and fans a voice that speaks to the hundreds of thousands of Duke basketball followers, and with the new Duke Blue Planet TweetMixx Channel we’re able to do that and much more,” said Mike Cragg, senior associate director of Duke Athletics. “And, we’re inviting fans to be part of that content. By applying to be part of the “Our Fans” section, we’re offering them the chance to have their relevant tweets broadcast on the Duke Blue Planet TweetMixx Channel, too.”

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