DUKE DATA
34%
Percentage of active
college hoops players
who consider Coach K
the smartest coach in the
game, according to a
recent ESPN survey of 100
players (no other coach
was higher than 14%)
29%
Percent of college hoops
players in the same ESPN
survey who think Duke has
the biggest homecourt
advantage (no other
school had more than 5%)
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Consecutive Duke home
wins against non-league
foes, the longest such
streak in the nation
A LOOK BACK AT GREAT MOMENTS IN DUKE HISTORY
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The Other Maryland Comeback - 2001 NCAA Semifinals
Career games, out of 79,
in which Kyle Singler has
The 2000-01 season included some of the great moments,
scored in double figures
shots, games and comebacks in Duke Basketball history. The
comeback most talked about from that year is the “Miracle Min-
ute,” when Jason Williams led Duke to an OT win at Maryland
after trailing by eight with 54 seconds left.
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There was another Maryland comeback as well, and it came
Consecutive Duke home
with the entire season on the line. 12 minutes into the 2001
wins against unranked
NCAA semifinal, Duke found itself down 22 points. “It’s a
opponents
40-minute game and they beat us for 12 minutes,” said then
freshman Chris Duhon. “If you’re going to beat us, you’ve got to
do it for 40.” The Blue Devils responded in a big way, ultimately
winning the game by double digits, 95-84, in the largest turn-
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around in Final Four history.
Seasons since 1985 Duke
has been ranked in the
For video of the Final Four comeback and other great Duke moments, visit
our new “Retro Duke” feature on DukeBluePlanet.com:
Top 10, including this year
http://www.dukeblueplanet.com/retro-duke.asp
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