UNBELIEVABLE BELIEVERS THE TROPHY HOISTER
Brian Zoubek became the team’s official hoister of championship trophies in Maui and continued this honorable role through the 2010 Final Four. Below are the trophies Brian and the Devils raised over the past four years (2009 NIT Season Tip-Off not pictured).
Champions of the 2007 Maui Invitational and the 2008 2K Sports Classic
“I don’t think our seniors could have predicted this, anywhere near this kind of success through our career, just based on how our freshman year went. It just proves that if you keep with it, you keep your head down, keep working at it, good things will come if you put in the work.’’ BRIAN ZOUBEK
SEEK YOUR POTENTIAL Coach K, after Duke reached the Sweet 16 this year:
ACC Tournament champions in 2009 and 2010 (Atlanta and Greensboro)
"I'm very happy with what this team has done so far, because I think it has played as close to its full potential as any team can. I think basketball fans appreciate that kind of effort when they see it. I know our fans do."
The team's bond off the court contributed to Duke's selfless, hard-working, and motivated brand of bas- ketball on the court in 2009-10. The squad's first big milestone on the season came in New York City over Thanksgiving when the Blue Devils defeated Arizona State and No. 13 Connecticut to win the NIT Season Tip-Off. The victory over UConn was particularly meaningful because the team established its identify with defense and rebounding. Against an athletic and sizable Huskies squad, Duke controlled the glass and the paint, hauling in 21 offensive rebounds and a season-high 52 boards in the game. "They banged us inside, and you got a choice,"
UConn coach Jim Calhoun said afterwards. "You bang back and get the ball or get banged. That was the cause of it. They're a physical team. They go after the loose ball. A few times when they were up 18, they went down to the floor to get the ball and we didn't." After the win over Connecticut, Duke had several other key regular-season victories further confirm- ing that the Devils could beat anybody if they stayed committed to defense and rebounding. Duke pounded No. 15 Gonzaga 76-41 again in NYC, limited a ranked Clemson team to 50 PPG in a pair of victories over the Tigers, whipped Maryland 77-56 in Cameron in Coach K's 1,000th Duke game, and earned a share of the ACC regular-season title. The Blue Devils also suffered several defeats where the defensive effort wasn't sufficient and the team was outplayed. Most notably, No. 7 Georgetown lit up the Duke defense like a Christmas tree in an 89-77 win in front of President Obama in Washington, DC. The group had learned to
2010 South Regional champs (Houston) and 2010 national champions (Indy)
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