Duke and Kentucky will play in a few weeks, thus renewing one of the country’s most intense (although the teams don’t meet too often) rivalries.
We’re used to thinking of it in the light of Christian Laettner’s gutting heroic shot (if you’re a Duke fan) to beat Kentucky’s Unforgettables (entirely understandable that they felt gutted. That team went far beyond what anyone could have expected of it).
Duke and UK have a much more involved history though.
Duke went into Lexington and nabbed the great Jeff Mullins from right under the Baron’s nose.
In 1966, Duke might have won the national championship if Bob Verga hadn’t been sick.