Xu and Duke's Joanne P. McCallie spent time collaborating about both basketball and their cultures.
The @DukeWBB team spent most of January collaborating with the Chinese Women’s National Basketball Coach, Limin Xu... their story tonight on @ABC11_WTVD #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/tGRJDBXapV
— Bridget Condon (@BridgetABC11) January 28, 2018
Xu, who only speaks Mandarin, came to Duke with a translator and one of the Blue Devil managers, Mikaela Li, helped with the translation as well.
Retired NBA star Yao Ming helped to get Xu and the Blue Devils together.
Watch the video for a full report.