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Duke Basketball
In Durham, North Carolina, on Tobacco Road, lies one of the top college basketball institutions in the country: Duke University. It’s located within a few miles of three other national powerhouse basketball schools. ... What has Duke done to make it so great?
Union Institution was established in 1838, and the name wasn’t changed to Duke University until 1924. Wilbur Wade Card introduced basketball to Duke in 1906. ... Duke had the states’ first 20-win season in 1917.
After Coach Card, Duke had ten different coaches in fifteen years. ... In Coach Cameron’s very first year, Duke advanced to the tournament championship game. ... Today, Duke plays in the Cameron Indoor Stadium, which was named for the great coach. In Cameron’s second year, Duke had its first All-American player, and in 1940 Duke won its first Southern Conference championship. There was no early dominant team and Duke was the twelfth team to win the title in the first nineteen years of the league.
Approximate Word count = 750
Approximate Pages = 3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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