2008 Woodie Awards
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Faster-paced offense drives Duke
SHAW 55 DUKE 134
by Archith Ramkumar in M Basketball
With just over 11 minutes left in Duke's exhibition versus Shaw, forward Kyle Singler received a behind-the-back pass from fellow freshman Nolan Smith and finished the play with a thunderous dunk.
Less than 15 seconds later, off a Shaw turnover, Smith found Singler on another no-look pass.
Williams commits to Blue Devils
by Meredith Shiner
Head coach Mike Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils staff got an unexpected but welcome treat Wednesday night when their phone rang and it was Elliot Williams.
The five-star point guard, who is ranked 16th in the class of 2008 by scout.com, gave his verbal commitment to Duke two days earlier than planned, but according to the 6-foot-4 recruit, Krzyzewski didn't mind the early call.
