Duke’s basketball museum is a stone’s throw from Cameron Indoor Stadium and it isn’t large enough to display all the blueblood baubles. There are more in the office of the man who oversaw the collection of those prizes for 42 years. What would be another program’s crown jewels adorn lesser-traveled hallways and underexplored corners.
Almost every square inch of real estate on his walls reflects an astonishing American life. There are awards of brass and bronze and glass and wood. Photos of him in jubilant victory with players and earnest gratitude with those who serve their country surround the room. There’s an end table with a perfect angle to shoot video supporting a heavy trophy and a cut-down net from some previous conquest. He says it’s okay to just move those out of the way.
