Duke Basketball opens the season Saturday with an exhibition game against Winston-Salem State.
The Rams are coached by Cleo Hill, Jr., and if that name sounds familiar, it’s because his father was a legend for Clarence “Big House” Gaines in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s.
The younger Hill has done well too. He’s only two years in but so far he’s 31-25 - keep in mind the Covid disaster - and won the CIAA tournament last year.
This year he has 11 new players though and that’s a lot to figure out.
He told Journal Now they’ll be defense-first and he has some size too.