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Vault Visit | Duke wins their first basketball title

The title came in Coach K's 11th season.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — This year... WFMY News 2 turns 75! So to celebrate... We're opening the News 2 vault. 

And April 1, 1991, was a big day for Duke basketball! The Blue Devils won their first national championship!

After making the final four three years in a row... The Blue Devils finally won it all!

Led by Christian Laettner, Grant Hill, Bobby Hurley, and coach Mike Krzyzewski The Blue Devils beat Kanas 72-65 to win it all. 

The title came in Coach K's 11th season. 

Duke students celebrated in Cameron indoor stadium and all over campus with bonfires and more. 

Of course, Duke went on to win four more titles with the most recent being in 2015.

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