Link below will take you to a Youtube video of a Justise Winslow Highlights reel while playing at Duke.  Winslow will go down as one of my top 5 favorite players of all time (even with only playing 1 year!) at Duke!  Winslow had that "It" factor the "Swag" factor that you don't see that often in players in the game.  Congrats to Justise on helping Duke win its 5th national championship and good luck in the NBA!   


These are 3 pics I took at the Final Four as I was walking toward the court after Duke won the national championship.  I was able to capture a few pics of Justise Winslow celebrating with I'm assuming family.    

If you follow this blog, I just want to say thanks!   I enjoy sharing my thoughts, pics, videos, and experiences of following Duke Basketball.

After coming back from Indy 3 weeks ago... I hit the ground running with working 3 jobs.  I haven't had a lot of time to look back upon what was an amazing experience.  I still have a lot of pics, videos, and an article I want to post about the Final Four experience.  So if you follow this blog... check back as I will continue to update this blog for the weeks to come with my Final Four experience as well as upcoming events. 

GO DUKE!

So it's just over a week after Duke won the National Championship and I'm still enjoying the moment.  I'm not going to be that guy that just moves on to next season worrying about who stays and who leaves Duke and how will next seasons team be.  I have learned over the years of following Duke Basketball that winning a National Championship is a tough..very tough thing for any team to do!   I thought the 1999 team was unbeatable.   I thought the 2002 team with Jason Williams would repeat.  I thought Redick would get a championship with the 2004 Final Four team with the help of Deng and again with the 2006 team as he and the LandLord (Sheldon Williams) were seniors.  The 2013 team was getting close till the Louisville comeback in the Elite 8.  Duke has had some early losses in the NCAA Tourney as well.  

As you can see, winning a National Championship is not an easy thing to do and is not a guarantee.. look at the hype Kentucky got this season..      

With all that said, I will enjoy banner #5 for a long time.  I will be excited for next season, but I want to live in the moment for a while.  And I think Duke fans should too.  

Championship #5 was special as Coach K was able to win it with 3 freshman who saw a lot of starter minutes, a senior in Quinn Cook who had yet been on a team that put up a banner in Cameron, and future breakout players for Duke in Grayson Allen who helped Duke make a comeback in the Championship game.  

I was able to attend the Final Four and it was the experience of a lifetime.  In the near future, I am going to do an article on my experience.  Until then, check out some of the videos below I shot at the Final Four.  

One of my best videos.  I captured the player's facial expressions during One Shining Moment.  

360 view of an empty Lucas Oil Stadium at the Final Four. 

My view of last few seconds of Duke winning its 5th National Championship.

Cameron Crazies chanting "Shots..shots..shots" after Duke won its 5th National Championship. 

A cool moment for me was when K was leaving the media room on a golf cart.. I give him the thumbs up on winning #5 and he gives me the head nod.  

An emotional Quinn Cook in the locker room after Duke wins its 5th National Championship.

My view as Duke beats Michigan State in the Final Four.

360 view of a packed Lucas Oil Stadium after Wisconsin beats undefeated Kentucky 

Wisconsin student section reaction after beating undefeated Kentucky in the Final Four

Want more videos?  Go check out my YouTube channel for more Final Four videos with interviews with the players and more.  

National Champions!!!! DE5TINY!

I haven't updated this blog like I'd like to but so much was happening all at same time. My mind is blown! However go check my Twitter @Skeelow22 for my experience this weekend and Championship game last night!

Soon.. I will be moving all the pics, videos, and my article experience to this site. Over next week check back in here for all that stuff. Until then...

GoDuke! DE5TINY

Time flies as you work the Final Four.. Not enough time to write about the entire experience but I'll put down as much as I can here the next 2 days. Best bet? Follow me on Twitter @Skeelow22 as I'll tweet from press conferences with coaches and players Sunday here in about an hour.

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We got to Indianapolis Friday for the Final Four. We got there in time to drop bags off at the hotel and head down to FanFest. We had an amazing view of FanFest from our room.

Weezer was on stage playing as we walked in Fanafest.

FanFest brought out thousands and thousands of fans to enjoy the experience.

Imagine Dragons closed out the Friday night at FanFest.

After FanFest we walked toward Lucas Oil Stadium to get some night time pics.

I thought my 2x3 feet poster bracket was big for my March Madness Party... Well downtown Indianapolis out did themselves with the skyscraper bracket on the JW Marriott hotel.

Overall this was an amazing evening/night in Indianapolis. Indy is a great place to host the Final Four as everything is in walking distance. Check back here tomorrow for pics and updates from Lucas Oil Stadium.

Go Duke!

Just arrived here in Indy for the Final Four. Hotel has a view of FanFest.. Photo below is of Weezer playing on the stage to the left.

Go Duke!

Shout out to the Hampton Inn in Wytheville, VA for the amazing hospitality. A great place to get a room when you are traveling through Wytheville, Virginia.. Check them out!

Follow this blog as I'll update more on the road to the 2015 Final Four.

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This past Sunday Duke pulled off the win over #2 seed in the South Gonzaga by a score of 66 to 52. It has been the Duke defense (a defense that was not that impressive earlier in the season) that has showed up big time in the NCAA Tourney. Forgotten star Matt Jones had an amazing game scoring 16 points to go along his other teammate from Texas Justise Winslow who had 16 points. Throw in 10 points for Quinn Cook and 15 points for Tyus Jones and you have a balanced scoring effort from the Blue Devils. Potential #1 NBA draft pick Jahlil Okafor had 9 points and 8 rebounds. This Duke team has shown that any guy or guys can step up that night and carry the team if needed.

Coach K looks as fired up as ever with this special group of players.   Over the years Duke has had some amazing teams and some exciting teams to watch.  This years group of players has been easily one of my top 3 teams that I have enjoyed watching play.

I will be heading out to Indianapolis Friday to work the Final Four.  Tune in here or follow  my Twitter @Skeelow22 for pics/updates from the Final Four experience!

GO DUKE!