How Duke's Vic Bubas went from scorned newcomer to Blue Devils trailblazer
Posted Apr 18, 2018
Lost amid the four ACC regular-season titles, four ACC tournament championships and three Final Four appearances during his highly successful decade at Duke was the unpopularity of Vic Bubas when he arrived as the Blue Devils head basketball coach in May of 1959. Cameron’s gamble in hiring Bubas came without conducting an interview with the 32-year-old coach.
(Durham Herald-Sun)
Related: Other News
Ailing Yaxel Lendeborg did his best, but it was Elliot Cadeau who pushed Michigan to the topMichigan point guard Elliot Cadeau, the player who was presented the MOP trophy, was in the middle of that group hug, and he was bouncing...
Fri Apr 10, 20266 things to know about new Butler basketball coach Ronald Nored, former player on Final Four teams
Butler has hired former Bulldogs player Ronald Nored as its coach. The sparkplug point guard played on Butler's two Final Four teams before becoming a...
Thu Apr 9, 2026
Former UNC guard Lanie Grant commits to TCU
Eight days after announcing that she would enter the transfer portal, former North Carolina guard Lanie Grant has committed to TCU. She made the announcement...
Thu Apr 9, 2026
Michigan won because Dusty May understood better than anyone else how to build a monster portal team
It took Dusty May just two years as a high-major coach to crack the code on how to win it all by building through the...
Thu Apr 9, 2026