Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Duke Basketball Stories Ever Told

by Jim Sumner

Overview

In Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Locker Room, readers will laugh, dream, and sweat alongside the players of one of the most successful and storied college basketball teams to ever take to the hardwood. In this treasure trove of Duke history, Jim Sumner brings to life the legendary games and unique players that have come to define this championship team.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683583752
Publisher:	Sports Publishing LLC
Publication date:	03/17/2020
Series:	Tales from the Team
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	1,044,934
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jim Sumner is a historian, scholar, and writer with a passion for southern sports. A graduate of Duke University, Sumner worked as a public historian for the North Carolina Division of Archives and History for thirty years. During that time he helped establish and curate the permanent North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of History. He has received numerous awards including being named a member of the Order of the Long-Leaf Pine, the highest civilian honor available to citizens of North Carolina. He is a columnist for Go Duke: the Magazine, Duke Basketball Report, goduke.com, and the Collegechalktalk.com. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Chapter 1 Setting the Stage 1

Chapter 2 Building the Program 15

Chapter 3 The Bubas Years 39

Chapter 4 The Up and Down 1970s 79

Chapter 5 The Beginning of the Coach K Era 107

Chapter 6 Mike Krzyzewski Reloads 153

Chapter 7 Back to the Top 185

Chapter 8 Continuing the Tradition 195

Chapter 9 The Freshmen Take Over 205