DUKE AT THE
MEADOWLANDS
5-0 in the Elite Eight ... 8-1 Against Ranked Teams
10 MEMORABLE MEADOWLANDS MOMENTS
great Duke teams and players
have enjoyed trips to New
1. 3-24-90 | No. 15 Duke vs. No. 3 UConn (Elite 8, W 79-78 OT) Jersey. In total, the Blue Devils
Alaa Abdelnaby gave Duke 27 points and 14 boards, and two of
have brought Top 10 teams into
Christian Laettner’s 23 points came at the buzzer in this Elite Eight
15 of the 19 games in the arena,
thriller that sent Duke to the Final Four for the third straight year.
and each of Coach K’s jersey
retirees (nine) and National
2. 3-23-86 | No. 1 Duke vs. No. 17 Navy (Elite 8, W 71-50)
Players of the Year (seven)
Johnny Dawkins made sure Coach K would reach his first Final Four,
contributing 28 points and seven boards against a Navy team led by
played in the arena while in
the Admiral, David Robinson.
college.
One such player was
3. 3-26-89 | No. 9 Duke vs. No. 2 Georgetown (Elite 8, W 85-77)
Christian Laettner, whose
In a Laettner performance that may get overlooked due to his many buzzer-beater against third-
other big moments, Christian scored 24 points and pulled down nine
ranked UConn in the 1990
boards as a freshman to lead Duke past a second-ranked George-
NCAA Tournament at the
town squad that featured Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo, and
Meadowlands sent Duke to
Charles Smith.
the Final Four. With the No.
15 Blue Devils trailing 78-77
4. 3-26-88 | No. 5 Duke vs. No. 1 Temple (Elite 8, W 63-53)
Danny Ferry scored 20 points and Billy King played relentless de-
in overtime, Laettner grabbed
fense on Temple star Mark Macon, limiting the Owls’ all-time leading
the in-bounds pass and hit a
scorer to 13 points on 6-of-29 shooting. Duke beat No. 1 Temple to
double-clutch shot at the horn
reach the Final Four for the second time in three years.
for his 22
nd
and 23
rd
points in
the game. Another memorable
5. 3-21-99 | No. 1 Duke vs. Temple (Elite 8, W 85-64)
Laettner outing in New Jersey
11 years later, Duke and Temple met again in the Elite Eight at the
came during the 1989 Big
Meadowlands, and Trajan Langdon (23 points) and Elton Brand (21
Dance, when a young freshman
points) made this one easier for the top-ranked Blue Devils.
from Angola, NY recorded
his season-high 24 points
6. 12-18-01 | No. 1 Duke vs. No. 7 Kentucky (W 95-92 OT)
It took OT to settle the 2001 Jimmy V Classic as Jason Williams poured
and grabbed nine boards to
in a career-high 38 points to lead No. 1 Duke past No. 7 Kentucky.
propel No. 9 Duke past No. 2
Georgetown 85-77 in the Elite
7. 12-10-05 | No. 1 Duke vs. No. 2 Texas (W 97-66)
Eight.
In a No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown, J.J. Redick picked a good time for Duke fans will not soon
perhaps the finest outing of his career, scoring 41 points and leading
forget Jason Williams’ game
Duke past Texas.
against No. 7 Kentucky in a
regular-season, non-conference
8. 12-22-98 | No. 2 Duke v. No. 3 Kentucky (W 71-60)
battle in the 2001 Jimmy V
In another Meadowlands matchup between two of the most storied
Classic. The New Jersey native
programs in history, Elton Brand scored 22 points and grabbed eight
boards to lead Duke past No. 3 Kentucky.
erupted for a career-high 38
points (12-21 FG, 7-10 3pt) to
9. 3-24-88 | No. 5 Duke vs. Rhode Island (Sweet 16, W 73-72)
lead the top-ranked Blue Devils
Rhode Island tested fifth-ranked Duke in this Sweet 16 matchup but
past No. 7 Kentucky 95-92 in
Robert Brickey hit four key free throws down the stretch to help se- overtime.
cure the win for the Blue Devils.
The single-game scoring
record for a Blue Devil in the
10. 12-20-08 | No. 6 Duke vs. No. 7 Xavier (W 82-64)
Meadowlands came in 2005
Jon Scheyer scored 11 of his 23 points in the first four minutes of the
when J.J. Redick put on a
game as Duke raced out to a 31-point halftime lead against seventh-
clinic in a heavyweight clash
ranked Xavier.
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