Head Coach Mike Krzyewski is entering his 29th season leading his Duke University Blue Devils to another shot at the NCAA Tournament and chances are Coach K will get them there.    Over the last 10 years, the Blue Devils have the second longest streak in the AP Top 25 in history with over 200 appearances between 1996 and 2007, second only to UCLA’s 221.

This recruiting season, Coach K recruited Andre Dawkins, a 6’4” Guard  from Atlantic Shores Christian Academy,  6-10 Forward Ryan Kelly from Ravenscroft High school in Raleigh and  6-10 Forward Mason Plumlee (whose brother Miles is a Sophomore on the team).

Look for Coach K to take his team back to the NCAA Tourney and a shot into the Final Four.

A SHORT HISTORY

Duke University is the 4th winningest College basketball program of all time.  They have appeared in 14 NCAA Final Four Tournaments, have won the NCAA Championship three times and tout more former players on NBA rosters than any other school.  On top of all that, Duke has produced 55 All-Americans and 14-Academic All Americans and are tied with the North Carolina for the most ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) with 17.   A record number of players (71) have gone on to play in the National Basketball Association.

The Blue Devils basketball organization have won three NCAA Tournaments (1991, 1992 and 2001) and were tournament Runner Up six times (1964, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1999).  They have made it into the NCAA Final Four fourteen times, the NCAA Elite Eight seventeen times and the NCAA Sweet Sixteen twenty-four times.   The team has made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament thirty-three times.

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