Located in Durham, North Carolina, the Duke Blue Devils Men's Basketball team plays in the ACC Conference, and is considered to be one of the marquee programs in all of collegiate athletics. Back in 1906, Wilbur Wade Card brought the game of basketball to Duke University, then known as Trinity College, and the school hasn't looked back since. The Duke Blue Devils have enjoyed a celebrated home court advantage at Cameron Indoor Stadium thanks to the wildly excitable fans known as the 'Cameron Crazies'. Completed on January 6, 1940, and at a cost of $400,000 the Duke Indoor Stadium was renamed for former head coach Eddie Cameron (head coach from 1929 to 1942) on January 22, 1972.http://library.duke.edu/uarchives/history/histnotes/eddie_cameron.html

The Blue Devils have been coached by Mike Krzyzewski (pronounced 'shuh-SHEF-skee') since 1981. They have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 33 times, won 3 National Championships under Krzyzewski's tutelage, and have had 14 appearances in the Final Four.http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/5847 By winning on March 1, 2008, Krzyzewski reached 800-wins, just the sixth men's basketball coach in NCAA history to do so.http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=1404187 Despite his continued career, Coach K, as he is affectionately known, was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame after the 2001 season (in which Duke managed an impressive 35-4 record).http://coachk.com/meet-coach-k/on-the-court/

The Blue Devils have a long celebrated history of competition in the ACC. The four North Carolina universities, Duke, North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina, and Wake Forest University are often referred to as Tobacco Road, and have a natural rivalry in the ACC.http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=7407 This rivalry has produced some of the most famous basketball players to ever play. Legendary Duke players have included Christian Laettner, Johnny Dawkins, Shane Battier, Elton Brand, Danny Ferry, Grant Hill, Dick Groat, and Jay Williams, all of whom were former national player of the year winners.http://coachk.com/duke-basketball/duke-players-in-the-nba/

The height of Duke basketball supremacy was when they won back-to-back national championships in 1991 and 1992. The 1991 team is best remembered for its stunning upset of then #1 ranked, undefeated, and defending national champion UNLV in the national semifinals. The 1992 team is best remembered for its overtime victory over Kentucky in the regional finals, capped by Christian Laettner hitting a buzzer beating jump shot.http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/17

The Duke Blue Devils won 29 games in 2009-10, and lost 5. They were ranked 4th overall, won the season, and survived a tough ACC Championship that saw only one (Duke) of the top 6 seeds advance to the semi-finalshttp://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204908152. By winning the ACC Championship for the ninth time in twelve seasons, Duke secured the top seed in the South Regional Division for the 2010 NCAA Division 1 Basketball Tournament.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300730150

Duke was led by guard Jon Scheyer and forward Kyle Singler, who both started all 34 games for the Blue Devils. Scheyer averaged a team-high 18.6 point, and 5 assists per game. His 56 steals, 94 three-pointers, and .875 free throw percentage were also team highs. He was also named to the All-ACC first team, and the ACC All-Tournament first team. Singler averaged 17.6 points and 6.9 rebounds per game and added 28 blocks for the season. He is tied for second with 14 games with 20 or more points. Singler was named the ACC Tournament MVP after averaging 21.7 points and 8.3 rebounds during the ACC Tournamenthttp://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204909452.

• "'Round 1"' Duke faced Arkansas-Pine Bluff, and after taking an early lead, the Blue Devils never gave it up. Final score was73-44.
• "'Round 2"' Exploiting Brian Zoubek's 7'1" fame, Duke enjoyed a huge advantage in size and depth in the frontcourt. Zoubek scored 14 points and added 13 rebounds to help Duke defeat the University of California 68-53 and advance to the Sweet Sixteen.
• "'South Region Semi-Finals"' The top-ranked Duke took on #4 Purdue to see who would advance to the South Finals. On the strength of second half scoring from Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer, Duke won 70-57 setting up an Elite Eight matchup againt Baylor.
• "'South Region Final"' Nolan Smith led Duke with 29 points, helping the Blue Devils return to the Final Four of college basketball's big event for the first time in six years. By defeating Baylor 78-71, Duke became the only #1 seed to advance to the Final Four in 2010.
• "'Final Four"' Jon Scheyer led Duke with 23 points to help beat West Virginia 78-57. They will face Butler for the Championship.
• "'Finals"' Kyle Singler scored 19 points as the Blue Devils claimed the title of 2010 Champions with a 61-59 win. Butler, a team no one expected to be in the finals, made a game of it, and almost took the victory, but missed a last second shot from half-court.