The only close contest was in the semifinals when Caddo put up a fight but still fell, 45-39. Esparza finished with 46 points in the three games. Led by Kenna Esparza’s 17 points, Purcell demolished first round foe Dickson, 71-27. It was the second straight Madill Winter Classic title for Toney Cooper’s Dragons. Since then, it's been graffiti-like in how the room has been colored up.Coach Toney Cooper’s Dragons went 3-0 at the Madill Tournament bringing home the championship trophy in grand style. Then, at some point after that, the first message was pressed up against the wall. More than 30 years ago, one person who was acting as the devil, or perhaps a cheerleader who encouraged it, decided to take some athletic tape and make an addition to Duke's mascot uniform. Part of the charm of the room is how its origin story isn't entirely known. Band uniforms, tubas, sousaphones, clarinets, a drum kit - all the music stuff occupies one half of the room, while the headbands are plastered basically everywhere else. Over the past 25-30 years - no one's really sure when - it became the dressing room for the mascot, in addition to the band storage area. This used to be the university's baseball locker room, but that was generations ago. Most of the ones in our current room are 15 years or younger." "So naturally, after it caught on here, we started saving them. "The story is that it started after Jim McMahon started making his whole headband thing big in the 80s," the Devil mascot, who is not allowed to publicly identify himself, told CBS Sports. Behind it, the coolest room tied to Duke hoops and Cameron Indoor Stadium. A big blue bin filled with Duke intramural pinnies rests next to an unmarked door. Opposite the equipment room, dip down nine more steps, and there it is. Pass that door, take a right, then a quick left, and now you're next to the equipment/laundry room, where game-ready jerseys are dangled on a rolling cart, being photographed. Still, it remains labeled in faded black lettering as "BASKET BALL DRESSING" with a the "020" still showing on the wood. (Duke AD Kevin White made the overriding call.)Īs you break into the bowels of Card, you pass the old Duke locker room on the left, which hasn't been used for those purposes in eons it's now basically a broom closet. The Duke team found itself huddling in this space just last season, after Mike Krzyzewski failed to keep practice going while tornado warnings hit Durham County. Now it's completely empty, save for white piping that lines the wall. The rowdy Duke band used to store its instruments and equipment in this narrow hallway, a 25-yard safe space that connects Cameron and Card. Drop 21 steps below, and head through the underground passageway that doubles as a bomb shelter. If you keep walking another seven or eight paces, you'll leave the cherished and cozy 77-year-old basketball tabernacle, exiting Cameron and walking right into diminutive Card Gymnasium, the original home of Duke basketball.īut we're not stepping out, we're going down. As you duck out under section 9, push through the old wooden doors, passing the Legacy Room tucked away on your left. Get down to floor level at Cameron Indoor Stadium, then make your way toward the northeast corner's exit.
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