
Duke Blue Devil
Blue Devil fans, you have just found one of the largest selections of Duke University team apparel available. The Blue Devils have one of the most recognizable team uniformsin all of college sports, so unless your going to paint your body blue and white, we suggest getting a hoodie or jersey in your size before you head over to Cameron Indoor Stadium.
In the past 30 years, Duke University has become virtually synonomous with college basketball excellence. In terms of overall college basketball dominance, Duke is the 4th winningest men’s college basketball program of all time.
Under Coach Mike Krzyzewski, the Duke Blue Devils have won 4 National Titles (1991, 1992, 2001 & 2010) and have been the runner-up another 6 times. .
Duke basketball jerseys have become a very familiar sight at the NCAA Tournament with a total of 34 appearances. Duke is not just a team that happens to play well at the end of the season, although they are 1 ahead of rival UNC with 18 ACC Tournament Championships. They are also consistent performes during the regular season having won the ACC regular season title 18 times. So although Duke has one of the biggest home court advantages with the Cameron Crazies (the white jerseys aren’t really that intimidating), they also get it done when they swicth to their blue jerseys and head to UNC, NC State, Wake, Georgia Tech, Clemson and every other ACC and non-conference opponent.
Duke’s reputation as an elite college basketball program was cemented in history in 1992. Not only was Duke was ranked #1 for the entire season, ending with their 2nd National Title, but they also won what many consider to be the greatest basketball game ever played, during the Elite Eight round of the 1992 NCAA Tournament against Kentucky. Wearing their white jerseys, and trailing 102 – 103 in overtime, with a mere 2.1 seconds left, Grant Hill (who was inexplicably unguarded on the end line) made a full court pass to Christian Laettner who drilled a turn around jump shot as time expired. Now known simply as ‘the shot’, it was voted the 5th most unforgettable moment in all of sports in 2006 by Fox/MSN Sports. The game itself, is widely considered to be the greatest basketball game of all time (college or NBA).
The success of Duke basketball goes beyond the blue and white jerseys (and even the black alternate jersey), with 11 players having been selected as the National Player of the Year (most recently JJ Redickin 2005), and with 71 former players being drafted into the NBA. In fact, during the 2008 – 2009 NBA season there were more former Duke players in the NBA than from any other school.
So the next time you’re putting on your favorite Duke basketball jersey in anticipation of watching your favorite team step onto Coach K Court inside Cameron Indoor Stadium, you’ll have the opportunity to witness a modern day tradition of basketball excellence. You will always be a part of that tradition, by showing your support and devotion with your own Duke basketball jersey; even the practice jerseys look great.
Bye the way, did you know that the Duke nickname ‘The Blue Devils’, was taken from a reknowned French WWI alpine light infantry battalion known as ‘les diables bleus’.
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