Blue Devils take bite out of Vandy on way to Big Apple
(11/25/96 5:00am)
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Two down, two to go.
The men's basketball team got a good taste of Australian rules basketball Saturday night as it defeated the Melbourne Tigers 80-69. The win capped off the two-game exhibition season, leaving the Blue Devils undefeated but in need of improvement.
The football team headed into Saturday's game against Virginia hoping for something which might help jump start what has been a dismal season. Already holding the distinct honor of having the worst start to a season in the history of Duke football, what the Blue Devils went through on Saturday was simply a case of deja vu all over again-a 27-3 loss to the Cavaliers.
The women's golf team added more fuel to the fire this past weekend in its quest to become the nation's No. 1 team.
What started out as a war between teams ended up as a battle between two sensational sophomores this past weekend at the Rolex Fall Preview in Columbus, Ohio.
By Brandon Ehrhart
For the first time in seven long seasons, the N.C. State Wolfpack spent the New Year's holiday in an unfamiliar place-at home.
Hazy memories.
The Blue Devils entered the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships this past weekend hoping to follow up on the women's team's victorious performance of a week ago. After two days, it appeared that Duke might just pull off the repeat, but a final-round 293 combined with a strong finish by archrival North Carolina caused the Blue Devils to slip back into seventh place, 16 strokes behind the first-place Tar Heels.
The men's track and field team scored 21 points at the Atlantic Coast Conference meet in College Park, Md., this weekend.
Tuesday evening was supposed to mark the coronation of the Duke women's golf team as the 1996 Duke Spring Invitational champions. Instead, it proved to be the moment of decapitation.
Kentucky has always been a state known for its basketball greatness and thoroughbred tradition. This past weekend, however, the likes of Adolph Rupp and Secretariat gave way to Johnny Owens and the Duke Blue Devils.
Once again, mother nature reared her ugly head on the Blue Devils.
It's tourney time.
This past weekend, the men's golf team found out the hard way why golf is not a 16-hole sport.
Sounding more like a recruitment letter for a Spanish slugfest, the women's golf team spent the last few days in the land of the sand at the Conquistadors Arizona Invitational.
Snow and golf have never meshed well. Add in a little wind, sleet and freezing rain, and you have yourself a killer combination.
Game commentary
The men's basketball team returned to familiar territory with Wednesday night's 71-57 victory over UNC-Greensboro.
In order to become the best, you've got to play the best.