In honor of Coach Mike Krzyzewski's (Coach K) 880th victory last night putting him number two all-time on the men's basketball win list, here are some, or should I say a lot of pics from my recent visit (Dec. 8, 2010) to basketball's holy land -- Cameron Indoor Stadium on the Duke University Campus in Durham North Carolina.
Whether you are a Blue Devil fan or not, every serious college basketball fan should make a visit to Cameron for game at some point. I am hoping to make this an annual pilgrimage.
I am fan of not only of Duke's basketball program, but Coach K has been an indirect leadership mentor to me. I am sitting in a place of greatness.
I have been a long time Duke fan since 1978 when I followed them make a run to the final four eventually losing the championship game to Kentucky 94-88. The purpose of this visit was belated milestone birthday gift to my mom, who is also long time Duke fan.
The game we attended Duke defeated Bradley 81-48. It was a historic evening as Coach K chalked up win 877 moving him into third in all-time wins.
That night sophomore great Andre Dawkins had a career night scoring 31 points including 8 three-pointers.
Now what makes Cameron Indoor Stadium the number one home court advantage in all of sports is the "Cameron Crazies!"
Our seats gave a great view of seeing an incredible leader in action.
We spent the whole day walking the campus and taking in the mystique of this place and you never know who you might run into. Here I am with all-american, player of the year nominee Nolan Smith.
Later that day we ran into sophomore sensation Ryan Kelly the starting 6 -10 forward.
Then after the game freshman phenom Kyrie Irving who was on his way to being a first-team All-American and no doubt freshman of the year.
This was my second trip to Cameron this year. Earlier this year I attended a game with my son, and when we there there were only three of these now there are four.
Thanks for passing this on I will take a further look at this.
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