Carter Boyle

Many university campuses around the country feature iconic landmarks. Harvard has Harvard Hall, MIT has the Great Dome, and most state universities have classical buildings called “Old Main”. In contrast, despite its beautiful Collegiate Gothic architecture, the campus of Duke University is also known for something traditional yet transient at the same time: the tent city that Duke students call Krzyzewskiville. How did K-Ville come about? Lining up for tickets has always been a tradition among college students in schools with traditionally excellent sports teams. At Duke, for example, students used to wait for hours to get tickets for games against UNC; some brought sleeping bags. In 1986, though, a group of students decided to reserve their places in line by putting up tents outside Cameron Indoor Stadium. What started as just four tents became a whole campsite of 75 tents in just two days. The phenomenon was featured on NBC News, and after a huge win over the Tar Heels, tenting f...

Duke basketball is synonymous with Coach K who is the public face of Duke basketball. With forty seasons, twelve Final Fours, and five NCAA championships under his belt, Coach K is the type of person Duke fans wish would stay forever. However, at 72, the iconic coach is not getting any younger; sooner or later, the school has to look for a replacement. Luckily, Coach K’s coaching tree is very extensive, with nine head coaches in NCAA Division I and one in the NBA. When the time comes to name Coach K’s successor, they might not have to look further than these three names. 1) Jeff Capel (Pittsburgh). Capel’s ties to Duke and Coach K are extensive. He was a part of the 1993 team that lost to Arkansas in the NCAA championship game and served as an assistant to Coach K from 2011 to 2018. He also served as the de facto head coach whenever Coach K was out. Before coming back to Durham, Capel was named VCU’s head coach at 27 and coached an Oklahoma team led by Blake Griffin to the Elite Eigh...