Card Gymnasium

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Card Gymnasium
Card Gym
Full name	Card Gymnasium
Location	Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°59′51″N 78°56′29″W / 35.997374°N 78.941392°W / 35.997374; -78.941392Coordinates: 35°59′51″N 78°56′29″W / 35.997374°N 78.941392°W / 35.997374; -78.941392
Opened	1930
Owner	Duke University
Operator	Duke University
Capacity	4,000
Tenants
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball (1930-1939)

Card Gymnasium is a 4,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Durham, North Carolina. It was home to the Duke University Blue Devils basketball team until the Cameron Indoor Stadium opened in 1940.^[1] It is named after former Blue Devils head basketball coach, Wilbur Wade Card.

Notable events

On May 7, 2013 it was honored to host the second round of the epic battle of the fierce basketball rivalry between Duke's and UNC's Economics departments. The first round was at UNC's Woollen Gymnasium where UNC scraped out a victory.^[2] However, the second round was all Duke, where after losing the first game, the Blue Devils pulled away and won the championship, 3 games to 1.

References

↑ ESPN, Editors (2009), ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia, Bristol, Connecticut: ESPN, ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2
↑ http://econ.duke.edu/news/archive/2012/08/14/duke-econ-vs-unc-econ-basketball-game

External links

Venue information

v t e Duke Blue Devils men's basketball

Venues	The Ark (1905–1930) Card Gymnasium (1930–1940) Duke Indoor Stadium (1940–1972) Cameron Indoor Stadium (1972–present)

Rivalries	North Carolina (Carlyle Cup) Maryland Michigan

Culture & lore	"Blue and White" Cameron Crazies Dixie Classic "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" Krzyzewskiville "The Greatest Game Ever Played" Tobacco Road

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

NIT and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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