How many of you can get this trivia question right?
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Duke and UNC (didn't look it up just a guess). we 've played both on more than one occasion but they want to play in the Meadowlands or MSG
Duke played at RU 1980(?) Coach K's first year IIRC
UNC in early 2k's
I would say Georgia Tech and NC State
UNC in early 2k's
I would say Georgia Tech and NC State
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we played Clemson in the NIT I think it was under Bannon at the RAC
Yeah, I looked on the sports reference site. We played Wake at the RAC in 2015 as well.
Todd billet was at Virginia when we played them around 2002. I think The answer is NC State and GT.
anyone remember the RU Duke game at the Meadowlands in 92 or 93? wasnt it like a 8 point game at the end?
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had we had a good clock operator trained in the ACC we would actually have won that game :)
Duke 88 RU 79...before 19K at the Meadowlands...I remember driving back or going up there in rain/snow on the Turnpike. On talent alone RU has no business being within 20 points in this game
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/13/s...gers-tries-hard-but-yields-to-inevitable.html
COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Rutgers Tries Hard, But Yields to Inevitable
By WILLIAM C. RHODEN,
Published: December 13, 1992
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For the last two seasons Duke has finished as national champion. The Blue Devils began this season by crushing Canisius, humbling the chatty Michigan Wolverines and trouncing Northeastern.
Tonight Duke came out flat in the early going but then ran over Rutgers, 88-79.
The Scarlet Knights fought the noble fight in the first half, outhustling, out-executing and, in stretches, outplaying Duke. Ultimately, they lacked the resources -- and schemes -- to pull off the upset.
Rutgers trailed by only 5 points at the half and ended up losing by 9 before 19,000 fans at Byrne Meadowlands Arena who braved a rainy and windswept evening to see Duke win its 17th consecutive game.
"This was a difficult game for us," said Mike Krzyzewski, Duke's head coach. "They not only played harder than us, but they played better. In the second half, off and on for about 12 to 14 minutes, I think we played very well.
"I thing we learned a lot tonight. We need to run our half-court offense better. We won't always be able to score on fast breaks."
Rutgers's persistent problem tonight was that it couldn't stop Duke's 3-H Club: Hurley, Hill and Hill.
The threesome -- Bobby Hurley, Grant Hill and Thomas Hill -- accounted for 61 of Duke's points and 45 of its 67 shots.
Grant Hill scored a game-high 26 points, Thomas Hill added 19 and Hurley scored 16 and had 11 assists.
Jamal Phillips led Rutgers with 18 points while giving Duke fits inside. Steve Worthy scored 16. Hurley Back in New Jersey
The game was a homecoming for Hurley, the senior point guard who played high school ball for his father at St. Anthony in Jersey City.
"It's always great to get back," he said afterward. "I've played a lot of big games in this arena."
Still, Hurley said he was far more concerned with the here and now -- Duke's quest for a third-straight national championship and discovering, between now and March, what it takes to pull that off.
"Right now, in a lot of areas we're strong," he said. "Our perimeter game is very good, you have players like Grant, Thomas and even myself expanding our roles from what they were last year.
"In some areas, we've still got to improve. Down low we've been hurt. Michigan outrebounded us and at halftime of tonight's game, Rutgers was getting way too many shots at the basket. They outhustled us and outscrapped us."
Rutgers entered the game with three objectives: prevent easy Duke baskets by getting back on defense, especially after missed shots; make Duke play a half-court offense against a set defense, and try not to be too structured on offense. This would allow the players with the greatest athletic talent -- Phillips, Damon Santiago and Steve Worthy -- to create and challenge Duke's athletes.
For the most part, Rutgers succeeded. The Scarlet Knights trailed by 47-42 at intermission and with a break here and there might have held the lead. Unexpected Help
Two players Duke had not counted on confronting also helped Rutgers's cause. Andre Lamoureux and Andrew Kolbasovsky did the gut work on the boards that helped keep Rutgers close. Kolbasovsky had 8 points in the first half, and Lamoureax had 6, also off the bench.
Duke stormed out for the second half, however, determined to establish an inside presence by getting Cherokee Parks, the 6-foot-11-inch sophomore center, and Antonio Lang, the 6-8 junior, involved.
Parks scored Duke's first points of the second half on a power move to the basket, and Lang scored the second 2 as Duke went on a 19-6 run to begin the half. The Blue Devils made the score 66-48 with 14:37 left after an alley-oop dunk by Grant Hill off a pass from Hurley.
Parks finished with 14 points and 9 rebounds, and Lang had 7 points and 11 rebounds as the Blue Devils finished the game with a 49-37 rebounding edge.
"We can definitely play better," Thomas Hill said. "We have to start thinking less of being No. 1 and defending something than just going out and playing the best we can play."
Asked about Parks, Hill said: "He has to start playing his height; he has to start making teams know that he's there."
Photo: Duke's Cherokee Parks and Andre Lamoureux of Rutgers chasing a loose ball during the first half last night at the Meadowlands. (Associated Press)
I remember that game well. The game was on my birthday and we played well but it was a disappointing loss.
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yeah, that game was the first time I left my seat and started towards the exit, figuring the game was lost....I heard some crowd noise and got to see the finish from the concourse, near the RU basket, with the failed shots at the very end.
I always thought that Kelvin Troy had the hardest layups.....he would put it off the backboard with force, causing many of his attempts to rim out.
I remember that Duke game well. I think it was right after Clarence Tillman from Philly and Kentucky became eligible for us. It was a game we could have easily won. It was January 21, 1981 and we lost 53-51.
I was there. I remember that there were a couple of RU students actually rooting for Duke sitting by me. They were Eugene Banks fans. I recall that Banks had a huge tomahawk dunk that caused the traitors to get in my face a bit. It almost got ugly, and I think I would’ve come out on the short end of that.
ACC Team - Last game at the RAC
Florida St - Nov 28, 2017
Wake Forest - Nov 30, 2015
Louisville - Jan 4, 2014
Pitt - Jan 5, 2013
Syracuse - Feb 19, 2012
Notre Dame - Jan 16, 2012
Miami - Nov 21, 2010
No Carolina - Dec 16, 2007
Virginia Tech - Feb 15, 2004
Boston College Univ - Mar 5, 2005
Virginia - Dec 21, 2002
Clemson - Mar 16, 1999
Duke - Jan 27, 1981
Georgia Tech - never played at home
No Carolina State - never played at home
Florida St - Nov 28, 2017
Wake Forest - Nov 30, 2015
Louisville - Jan 4, 2014
Pitt - Jan 5, 2013
Syracuse - Feb 19, 2012
Notre Dame - Jan 16, 2012
Miami - Nov 21, 2010
No Carolina - Dec 16, 2007
Virginia Tech - Feb 15, 2004
Boston College Univ - Mar 5, 2005
Virginia - Dec 21, 2002
Clemson - Mar 16, 1999
Duke - Jan 27, 1981
Georgia Tech - never played at home
No Carolina State - never played at home
Bonus questions: Which 2 teams from the current Big East have we never played at the RAC? Which of those have we never played at all?
I am going to guess we never played Butler or Creighton at the RAC. I will say we never played Butler.
Correct. We played Xavier at the RAC in 1987. We played Creighton in a tournament in Las Vegas 2 seasons ago. We've never played Butler. Obviously we played the remaining members of the current Big East multiple times at the RAC when we were part of the old Big East.
agreed. I think we played crieighton in a holiday tourney in Hawaii way back but not at the RAC
Surprised with Valvano at the helm at NCSU during the 80s that a matchup against Rutgers in Piscataway never materialized. Did they ever play against each other down in Raleigh or on a neutral court while Valvano was coach there?
Brian Ellerbe holds the Rutgers single game assist record with the 16 he had against NC State.
Duke had I think one of the best foul shooters in the nation and he missed shooting into the student section to put us in a position to win the game. I thought it was Darius with a chance at the buzzer. One of the first post Bailey years where the RAC started becoming the RAC.
I think Darius missed the first shot, then Kelvin got the offensive rebound and missed a put back and got another offensive rebound and made the put back but after the buzzer.
That was a painful game to lose
That entire year we lose close games to very good teams
