With training sessions scheduled for the Carol Morgan School courts in Santo Domingo, Duke University Blue Devils announced it will play two exhibition games against the Dominican Republic National Team. The first will be in Santiago on 20 August, the second in Santo Domingo on 23 August 2017. The team travels to Santo Domingo on 17 August and will return to North Carolina on 24 August. It will be Duke’s first international tour since 2011, when the Blue Devils visited China and Dubai.
Blue Devils coach is Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K), who has lead the US Dream Team to three consecutive basketball Olympic gold medals (Beijing, London and Rio) and the past two world cups (Turkey and Spain).
14 June 2017
