There Are Two Former Blue Devils That Make The Most Sense To Run Back The Brotherhood Run With.

Duke closed the inaugural Brotherhood Run with a 93-56 rout of Howard inside Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday.

Given the wide network of former Blue Devils that went on to become college basketball head coaches, it made sense to arrange an on-campus MTE that brings some of those alums home.

This year, it was Niagara coach Greg Paulus, who was a memorable guard in Durham from 2005-2009, and Howard's Kenneth Blakeney, who was part of Mike Krzyzewski's first two NCAA Tournament championship teams in 1991 and 1992. 

But if Duke wanted to host a second-annual Brotherhood run, what schools are most likely to get the invitations?

One of the first schools you might consider is Pittsburgh, which is led by Jeff Capel. However, the Blue Devils already will face the Panthers in ACC play. That would also rule out scheduling Jai Lucas, who was hired off of Jon Scheyer's staff last year to lead Miami.

Also, while it weren't for regular-season games, Duke did schedule both Johnny Dawkins' UCF Knights and Bobby Hurley's Arizona State Sun Devils for preseason exhibitions the last two seasons. So given the recency of those trips, we'll rule them out, too. 

CHRIS COLLINS, NORTHWESTERN

Since the year 2000, Collins has coached at two places. He was a Duke assistant for Krzyzewski for 13 seasons and is now in Year 13 as the head coach of Northwestern.

Collins has never faced the Blue Devils while leading the Wildcats, though. Quite remarkably, the two programs never scheduled each other or even had a run-in in the old ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

The last time Duke met Northwestern, it was Collins' senior season with the Blue Devils in 1995-1996 and Duke won in Chicago, 87-56.

TOMMY AMAKER, HARVARD

Smilar to Collins, Amaker has built a long tenure at a respected academic institution — He's currently in his 19th season leading Harvard — yet he has yet to meet Duke.

The two programs last met in 1991. However, Amaker did face— and beat — the Crimson in all four years of his playing career at Duke.

One factor that might complicate bringing back Amaker is the reporting that revealed Duke's administration wanted to hire him to succeed Krzyewski, but the Hall of Fame coach wanted Scheyer to lead the program instead.