Official Site of the Blue Devils · Mar 23, 2020
This Week in Duke Athletics History (March 23-28)
March 23
1986 – MEN'S BASKETBALL -- Duke beats Navy, 71-50, in the East Regional final in East Rutherford, N.J. to send Coach K to his first Final Four. Johnny Dawkins scored 28 points, and Duke overcame a 23-point, 10-rebound effort by David Robinson. The Blue Devils downed Kansas in the National Semifinals in Dallas, before falling to Louisville in the National Championship.