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C.B. Claiborne On Being Duke’s First Black Basketball Player

Duke BasketballTHE FLATS — Georgia Tech men’s basketball pushed No. 2 Duke to the brink, however a scoring drought over the final three minutes doomed it within the 73-sixty four loss on Wednesday at McCamish Pavilion. As the team came out of the tunnel my daughter exclaimed, There they are…like proper there.” And finally, the second that each lifelong Duke fan waits for…the GOAT comes out of the tunnel and Duke fans stand in reverence. My daughter is speechless as Coach K walks to the bench and on to his customary handshake with the opposing coaches. The sport was up and down, because the Tech crowd seemed to smell blood and was hungry for an enormous upset. However behind the steady hand of Tre Jones and the clutch spectacular play of Cassius Stanley, Duke pulls away and finishes the job they came to do.

SPARKING THE OFFENSE: Tre Jones has either …

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C.B. Claiborne On Being Duke’s First Black Basketball Participant

Duke BasketballTumbling on a two-sport skid, the amply talented 2019-20 Duke basketball group simply lacks the kind of consistent mentality that requires a conscious dedication to both discover and then never let go. The lads’s lacrosse workforce gained nationwide consideration in the 2006 lacrosse incident , the place members of the workforce were falsely accused of raping an exotic dancer at a crew social gathering. The investigation led to the cancellation of the 2006 season and the resignation of coach Mike Pressler Contradictions in the accuser’s many altering tales, unimpeachable alibi evidence offered by the gamers, and misconduct of then-Durham District Legal professional Mike Nifong led to all prices being dropped and the attorney general declaring the players innocent. Nifong was later eliminated and disbarred resulting from his misconduct in the case, and the group members who lost their season were granted another 12 months of eligibility.

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