Fansided · Nov 28, 2020
Duke basketball looks to extend remarkable streak
Duke basketball forward Wendell Moore (Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports)
One 20-year streak is at stake in Saturday’s Duke basketball season opener.
Facing a Coppin State program that is coming off an 11-20 campaign, it seems the 41st Duke basketball team under Mike Krzyzewski should have no issue extending one of the legend’s most remarkable streaks.
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See, the Blue Devils haven’t lost a season opener since an 80-79 overtime loss at the hands of then-No. 13 Stanford on Nov. 11, 1999, in Madison Square Garden (that Duke squad then fell again to then-No. 1 UConn one night later before reeling off 18 straight wins).