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Duke vs. Stanford
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Duke vs. Stanford
Shay Selby has been suspended indefinitely for violation of team rules, women’s basketball head coach Joanne P. McCallie announced Tuesday.
Duke vs. Ohio State
Duke won the last four matches of its season, including an upset victory over Florida State, and their strong play has earned the Blue Devils (21-8) an opportunity to keep their winning streak going into December. Head coach Jolene Nagel and her team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament Sunday night, and they will face 14th-seeded Tennessee (27-3) in a first-round game Thursday at 7 p.m. As a seeded team, the Volunteers will host the first two rounds at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn.
While most people will be enjoying Thanksgiving in the comfort of their own homes, the Blue Devils hope to be feasting on the competition in the Bahamas.
The Volunteers entered last night’s game against Duke having nailed 26 3-pointers in their opening two contests. Unfortunately for first-year head coach Cuonzo Martin, they were stifled on the outside by the Blue Devils’ perimeter defense in the opening game of the Maui Invitational.
After struggling with her shooting early this season, Blue Devil sophomore Tricia Liston appears to have found her touch.
Duke could not come away with a victory in the ACC championship game last Sunday, but their defeat at the hands of the No. 1 team in the nation did not prevent them from continuing their season. The Blue Devils earned an at-large bid to the 16-team NCAA tournament field, and will take on No. 10 Stanford in Norfolk, Va. in the first round of postseason play Saturday at 2 p.m.
The Blue Devils have not lost since Oct. 22, and Friday night they will get a chance to avenge that loss. That defeat came in Chestnut Hill, Mass. against Boston College, and Duke will face the Eagles again in the ACC semifinals at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C.
Duke vs. Shaw
In what should have been an easy exhibition game against a Division-II team, the Blue Devils came out of the gate slowly when they kicked off their collegiate season last weekend.
Duke will continue its tradition of playing top-tier Division II programs in preseason exhibition matchups.
Overtime has not been kind to Duke this season.
The No. 7 Blue Devils upset No. 1 Old Dominion 2-1 in overtime Sunday at the Powhatan Sports Complex.
Building on last weekend’s 3-2 road victories over Virginia Tech and Virginia, Duke returned with a strong home stand, sweeping Boston College Friday and hitting past Maryland 3-1 Saturday in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
College basketball fans could now be treated to a Final Four of Duke, North Carolina, Pittsburgh and Syracuse—in just the ACC tournament.
Top prospects Tony Parker and Alex Poythress are teammates on the AAU circuit, and in late October, they’ll explore the possibility of sticking together as they head into college. John Watson of Scout.com reported Sunday that Poythress, 6-foot-7, and Parker, 6-foot-9, will take their official recruiting visits to Duke together on the weekend of Oct. 29-30.
As the in-game fight between Georgetown’s basketball team and China’s Bayi Rockets attracts international attention, Duke will continue its tour of the country unchanged by the incident.
Tom Emma, the captain of the 1983 Duke men’s basketball team, died on Tuesday morning after jumping off the roof of the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan.
The Blue Devils faced two opponents on the tennis court last Thursday: sixth-seeded Georgia and food poisoning.