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1961–62 Duke Blue Devils Men's Basketball Team
The 1961–62 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University in the 1961–62 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Vic Bubas and the team finished the season with an overall record of 20–5. References Duke Blue Devils men's basketball seasons Duke Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobi ... 1961 in sports in North Carolina 1962 in sports in North Carolina {{collegebasketball-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Bubas
Victor Albert Bubas (January 28, 1927 – April 16, 2018) was an American college basketball coach for Duke University and the first commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference.''The News & Observer'', ''Vic Bubas, coach of Duke's first ACC champion basketball team, dies at 91'' by Steve Wiseman, April 16, 2018 Retrieved Apr. 16, 2018.Legacy.com, Woody Funeral Home – Huguenot Chapel, Victor Bubas Obituary, April 17, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Shabel
Frederick A. Shabel (March 20, 1932 – February 26, 2023) was an American sports executive and college basketball player and coach. He was the Connecticut Huskies men's basketball head coach from 1963 through 1967. Early life Frederick A. Shabel was born in Brooklyn, New York, or Richmond Hill, New York, on March 20, 1932. He moved to Union City, New Jersey, at a young age and attended Union Hill High School. He earned all-state honors playing on Union Hill's basketball team. Shabel matriculated to Duke University, where he played on the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball, men's basketball team from 1951 to 1954. ''The Hartford Courant'' described him as the back-up man to Dick Groat. Shabel then served in the U.S. Air Force from 1954 to 1956, and was a First Lieutenant at the time of his discharge. He served for the Ninth Air Force based out of Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina. He was a player-coach for the Shaw AFB basketball team which won its district and ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |