Al Featherston has an article up at the Duke Basketball Report today that just might be his best yet.
It’s a great look back at Duke’s football and basketball history and the paths they took to get where they are today – the two most disparately successful programs in Division 1 today. Featherston points out that in the early 80s, not only was Duke’s football team better than their basketball team, but you could argue that the program was better as well.
Featherston contrasts the change in fortunes with Virginia’s, which has largely mirrored Duke’s – football up and basketball down.
I don’t want to hog all of his glory, but he looks at changes at many other programs and discusses the relationships between winning and facilities (a recently popular topic) and winning and coaching hires.
Seriously, if you are a fan of the ACC, you don’t have to be a Duke fan, give his one a read.