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OOM 2.0
Cameron Indoor Stadium’s Defense
Room, the last gathering spot for the Blue
Devils before hitting the floor, has a new
look. The room was renovated in late
February and now includes displays for
Duke’s record nine National Defensive
Player of the Year trophies, photos of
each current player playing D, motiva-
tional quotes from Coach K, and images
of former Blue Devils Shane Battier and
Shelden Williams.
Since the National Defensive Player of
the Year award was introduced in 1987,
six different Duke players have combined
to win the nine NDPOY awards (five
more than any other school). Hopefully
the updated Defense Room will help
inspire a record 10th winner for the Blue
Devils (and some big defensive stops and
takeaways that lead to fast breaks and
scoring runs).
Kyle Singler on the Defense Room
“The Defense Room helps get us in the right
mindset before a game. Duke’s success is based
on defense and it’s a nice place to remind us of
that before a game. It always feels good to walk
in there.”
What goes down before a game in the D Room
“We’ve done a few things this year. We’ve done
some chants and switched them up. Our recent
one is pretty good, I can’t go into too much de-
tail, but we get in a circle and Nolan is usually in
the middle screaming out some particular words
to get us hyped. This one is working so we will
stick to it.”
QUICK HITTERS
WELCOME CHARLIE WOJO! On March 16th at 5:30 AM, another Blue Devil joined
the family as Charlie Wojciechowski was born! Mom Lindsay and dad Steve are fairly
tired but doing great! Charlie’s brother Jack is reportedly in good spirits as well!
BACK THE BLUE DEVILS Nike has launched a unique promotional campaign
around March Madness where Duke fans can pledge their Facebook status to the Blue
Devils. For more, visit
DukeBluePlanet.com and
NikeBasketball.com.
LAETTNER TO HOOPS HALL Christian Laettner is among four college basketball
greats who will be inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. The
induction will take place the day before the 2010 CBE Classic begins in K.C. (Nov. 21).
2010 CBE CLASSIC UPDATE Duke will participate in next season’s CBE Classic,
which culminates with championship rounds in Kansas City on November 22-23rd.
Joining Duke as host sites are Marquette, Kansas State and Gonzaga
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