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    Here Comes Duke: The Drive for Five: The Official Men's Basketball Championship Book of Duke Athletics
    Here Comes Duke: The Drive for Five: The Official Men's Basketball Championship Book of Duke Athletics
    Here Comes Duke: The Drive for Five: The Official Men's Basketball Championship Book of Duke Athletics
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    Here Comes Duke: The Drive for Five: The Official Men's Basketball Championship Book of Duke Athletics

    By Duke Athletics and The Herald-Sun

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    The 2014–15 season will be etched in the memories of Duke fans forever. The Blue Devils won the program’s fifth national championship and Coach Mike Krzyzewski collected his unprecedented 1,000th career win. Freshmen Jahlil Okafor, Tyus Jones, and Justise Winslow led Duke to a 28–3 regular season record, including seven wins over ranked teams. Here Comes Duke is the official championship book commemorating the Blue Devils’ amazing journey. Featuring more than 100 exclusive photographs from Duke Athletics and expert analysis from the Herald-Sun, fans will relive this unforgettable season, from early wins over Michigan State and Wisconsin to midseason struggles against NC State, Miami, and Notre Dame to the final seconds in Indianapolis. This commemorative book also includes a foreword by senior Quinn Cook and feature stories on Krzyzewski, Cook, Okafor, Jones, Winslow, Grayson Allen, and more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTriumph Books
    Release dateAug 1, 2015
    ISBN9781633194298
    Here Comes Duke: The Drive for Five: The Official Men's Basketball Championship Book of Duke Athletics

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      Here Comes Duke - Duke Athletics

      SEASON IN REVIEW

      ADAPTABILITY KEYS DUKE’S TITLE RUN

      By John Roth

      Amile Jefferson (left) and Justise Winslow (right), surrounded by teammates, friends and family, await their NCAA seeding fate on Selection Sunday. Duke learned that it would play as a No. 1 seed for the 13th time in program history later that afternoon. (Raashid Yassin/Duke Blue Planet)

      Mike Krzyzewski paused just inside the locker room door to absorb the scene unfolding before him, his Blue Devils a boisterous bundle of elation, excitement, emotion. Quinn Cook, their de facto elder statesman, wedged his way into the middle of the black-and-blue, sweat-drenched uniforms and raised his voice to be heard above the celebration.

      Duke is never the underdog, he barked as his teammates clustered even tighter around him. Hey, look, look — family on three. One, two, three — FAMILY.

      Krzyzewski soaked in this unifying moment, the beaming smile of a proud parent enveloping his countenance. The Hall of Fame eyes that had witnessed almost a thousand college basketball victories and countless locker room huddles gleamed with the euphoria of both triumph and togetherness — and what they might portend for the journey ahead. It was a face nobody saw, but a face that visually articulated the thought Krzyzewski would verbally express months later about that night: We knew getting on the bus to go to the plane that this could be a real special group.

      No one would have been shocked if Duke had fallen to Wisconsin on that bone-chilling December night in Madison. The Badgers were an established veteran team, ranked No. 2 in the country and coming off a Final Four season. They featured a dynamic 7-footer in Frank Kaminsky, who would become the consensus national player of the year, and they were hosting the Blue Devils in their rambunctious Kohl Center, where their winning percentage stood on par with Duke’s at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke was also highly ranked at No. 4 in the polls, obviously talented but considerably less experienced. Krzyzewski was starting three freshmen who were playing in their first true road contest, and his returnees were coming off a season in which they’d fallen to Mercer in their NCAA Tournament

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