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jimlsumner

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No. If you're thinking of the Dixie Classic, Duke wasn't one of the teams that beat Oscar Robertson and Cincy.

Believe it or not but Duke didn't play Cincy until Gminski's senior year.

People keep coming up with great guesses.
 
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Nah. Princeton never came close to being ranked number one. They were unranked all of 1965, their Final Four year.

I'll give a hint that should make it a lot easier.

The team that Duke beat was not in the same conference as Duke at the time of the game in question.

However, this team was in the same conference as Duke five years earlier.
 
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No. We've established that the game preceded Duke's wins over UCLA in 1965-'66 and Duke and SC were in the same conference until SC left in 1971.

To sum up.

Regular-season game.
Not an ACC team
Prior to 1965-'66
Led by a basketball immortal
Previously in same conference as Duke

Trust me, you'll recognize the team and player.
 
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harttochesson said:
Clarification:
Are you reaching back into the old Southern Conference days when Duke was a member??

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The ACC was formed from the Southern Conference. But the Southern Conference didn't go away. One team that remained in the Southern Conference was a perennial hoops power while still a member of the Southern Conference.

I'll give another hint. The first game Duke lost as a number one was to the same school.
 
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jimlsumner said:
The ACC was formed from the Southern Conference. But the Southern Conference didn't go away. One team that remained in the Southern Conference was a perennial hoops power while still a member of the Southern Conference.

I'll give another hint. The first game Duke lost as a number one was to the same school.
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Yes I knew the origin from the OLD SoCon...

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Your question seemed to ask whether Duke was in the SC at the time. I was trying to suggest that Duke was not. At that time.

There's really only one SC school that didn't join the ACC that fits the hints I've given.

When someone figures it out, it will be a SMH moment.
 
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jimlsumner said:
Your question seemed to ask whether Duke was in the SC at the time. I was trying to suggest that Duke was not. At that time.

There's really only one SC school that didn't join the ACC that fits the hints I've given.

When someone figures it out, it will be a SMH moment.
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So this could have occured in the 50s...

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Yep. I actually narrowed the time frame down. The team was in the same conference as Duke five years before this game. Duke was last in the SC in 1953.
 
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I'm getting in a little late and may not be totally on board but is the Duke player in the question Dick Groat. OFC
 
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No. The first Number one ranked team defeated by Duke included one of basketball's greatest ever players, college and pro.

There is no Duke player in question.
 
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skysdad

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Been racking my brain and I'm gonna say Jerry West and W.V. although I don't think W.V was ever ranked #1 but it was a long time ago. OFC
 
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We have a winner. On January 27, 1958, Duke beat Jerry West and top-ranked West Virginia 72-68.

The game was played at Duke. West had 20 points and 14 rebounds.

West Virginia was 14-0 going into the game.

This was not only the first time Duke beat a No. 1 team, it was the first time any ACC team did so.

If you're wondering about the 1957 title game,North Carolina was ranked No. 1 and Kansas was ranked No. 2.

And Bucky Waters and WVU returned the favor in 1966, knocking off No. 1 Duke 94-90. That game was played in Charleston, W. Va.
 
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Sky I would say same thing because Jim said this team also knocked Duke off when the Devils were #1....This was in Durham on a Monday nite IIRC...

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5 players from Duke have won gold medals in Olympic basketball. Name the players and the year they won gold. OFC
 
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Jeff Mullins-1964
Tate Armstrong-1976
Christian Laettner-1992
Grant Hill-1996
Carlos Boozer-2008

Boozer was also a member of the 2004 team but that team won bronze, not gold.
 
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We'll keep it Duke-centric.

The first Duke recruiting class to have three McDonald's All-Americans.

And their names of course.
 
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skysdad

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jimlsumner said:
Uncle was a Parade All-American. But he never made McDonald's. :)

It's not that hard. A three-player class and all three made All-ACC at least once. So, we're not talking obscure folks here.
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LOL. I couldn't help it. I looked it up. There are several with three and I counted about 58 McDonald's A.A. with Gene Banks being the first and Vince Taylor the second. I believe the rest are Coach K's. That's AWESOME! Good luck guys. OFC
 
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Wojo, Langdon, and Price were all McD AA's in 1994. Surely that wasn't the first class to feature three though, right?
 
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That is correct.

Duke had put together a number of doubles.

1985-Ferry, Snyder
1986-Henderson, Abdelnaby
1988-Laettner, Palmer
1989-Hurley, McCaffrey

But Langdon, Price and Wojo was the first triple.
 
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I'll stick with the current trend of Duke questions ... and McDonald's All-Americans.

Name the two players in the last Duke class that didn't include a McD AA. Also, what year did that happen?
 
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It's been five hours and nobody has given it a shot.

The thread could be running out of steam.

But the answer is Billy King and Kevin Strickland in 1984. But Strickland was a Parade All-America so Duke did have an All-American in that class. But not a Mickie D.
 
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