Duke University

Duke University is a private university in Durham, North Carolina.

Athletics

The school's 26 varsity sports teams are called the Blue Devils. They compete in the NCAA's Division I-A Atlantic Coast Conference. Duke's major historic rival has been the Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Blue Devils - NCAA - Atlantic Coast Conference - Tar Heels - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Duke men's basketball is one of the best-known teams in college sport, and its rivalry with North Carolina is similarly praised http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:wnSvYB1jw2wJ:espn.go.com/dickvitale/vcolumn050208-Duke-Carolina-preview.html+duke+carolina+rivalry&hl=en&ie=UTF-8. One of the winningest programs in all of college basketball, the team's success has been outstanding over the past 25 years under coach Mike Krzyzewski. Their successes include making the Final Four five years in a row from 1988 to 1992; winning the ACC Tournament five years in a row from 1999 to 2003; having six players named Naismith College Player of the Year in 20 years; and becoming the only team to win three national championships since the NCAA Tournament field was expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

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Basketball - Mike Krzyzewski - Final Four - 1988 - 1992 - ACC - 1999 - 2003 - Naismith College Player of the Year - NCAA Tournament - 1985

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Former Duke stars such as Grant Hill, Christian Laettner, Elton Brand, and Shane Battier have gone on to play in the NBA. Many of Coach K's assistants, such as Tommy Amaker, Quin Snyder, and Jeff Capel, have become head basketball coaches at other major universities .

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Grant Hill - Christian Laettner - Elton Brand - Shane Battier - Tommy Amaker - Quin Snyder

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While men's basketball is the most famous, women's golf has won as many national championships (three) and has been a dominant team in recent years. The men's soccer was the first team to win an NCAA title, in 1986. Teams that have been ranked in the top ten nationally in the 2000's include men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's lacrosse, and men's and women's golf. Seven of these teams were ranked either first or second in the country during 2004-5. These successes led Duke to being the fifth-highest ranked university in the 2005 Director's Cup, an overall measure of athletic successhttp://nacda.collegesports.com/directorscup/nacda-directorscup-current-scoring.html. Less successful is the men's football team, which has been one of the losingest football programs in Division I-A; over the past twenty years, however, the team has graduated almost every player, every year, a record that is unmatched among Division I football programshttp://www.afca.com/lev2.cfm/603. Overall, 90% of Duke's varsity athletes graduate, the highest percentage of any Division IA school.

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