One of the campus unifying activities here at Duke revolves around the men's basketball program. The men's team was generous enough last year to welcome Nan and I by winning the NCAA men's basketball championship. We even got tickets to one of the games last year. I went over for the celebration after they won last spring. Seeing a game at Cameron Indoor Stadium is quite an experience. The student section is noisy, abusive, and clever. When the conference games start after the first of the year, a tent city rises outside Cameron where students tent out to be in line for tickets to the home games.
This year we are off to a great start being led by a freshman point guard by the name of Kyrie Irving. We're 9 and 0, having defeated a couple of top 10 teams already and being #1 in the polls. Can anybody say "Repeat"? Ah, but the basketball gods have been unkind. Kyrie has injured his big toe and is out indefinitely. We still have a pretty good team, but we'll have to "hit on all cylinders" in every game to make it back to the top. It will be fun to watch.
It remains cold here, mid-30s during the day. Did a little Christmas shopping and took the dogs for a walk over to Eno. Took the night off from out concert tour, to watch the Duke v. Bradley BB game on TV and get ready for tonight's Duke women's BB game against U of Albany - That's right the Great Danes will be at Cameron tonight. - I'll be reporting tomorrow.
What is this "we"?
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