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For the first time all season, Mason Plumlee did not start Saturday. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski has tinkered with his lineup all season, starting eight different units, yet Mason had been the only player to have his name called before every tip.
The following is the second story in a two-part series that examines the relationship between Duke athletics and Title IX since 1972. Part one reflected on the history of the University’s compliance with Title IX, and part two analyzes how Title IX currently affects the athletic department.
To understand a team it takes a look beyond the typical numbers.
The past two seasons, Duke and Notre Dame have played four times. Although the Blue Devils fell in both regular season matches, they made their victories count with a 6-5 overtime victory in the 2010 national championship game, and a 7-5 win in last year’s national quarterfinals.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — With the final seconds ticking off the clock, Austin Rivers had already played the game of his life on the season’s biggest stage. But the Blue Devils still trailed by two, and the 6-foot-4 freshman stood dribbling on the right wing, guarded by 7-foot senior Tyler Zeller.
In 2007, Duke fell to North Carolina both times they met. In 2010, the Blue Devils won both meetings.
After suffering a crushing loss Sunday in front of the Cameron Crazies, the Blue Devils look to rebound in front of a crowd that will be far less friendly—that of the Dean E. Smith Center.
It took a trip to China. It took 23 games, 920 minutes of regulation and five more of overtime. It took the Blue Devils losing two of the last three games at Cameron Indoor Stadium, after they had won 45 consecutive there since 2009. And it took Duke’s 78-74 loss to Miami, their first home overtime game since edging out the Hurricanes in extra time in 2009.
Two years ago, the Blue Devils won the national championship. Last year, they made it to the semifinals.
A watery-eyed Austin Rivers slumped off the court on Saturday after Duke lost 76-73 to Florida State at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Miles Plumlee, the lone senior on this year’s team, was the only Blue Devil to enter Saturday’s game against Florida State knowing the feeling of losing at Cameron Indoor Stadium. After Michael Snaer knocked down a 3-pointer as time expired to give the Seminoles a 76-73 victory, the entire Duke team knows that same feeling.
In a world with Words with Friends, some still play Scrabble in person.
Instead of basking in Duke’s 61-58 victory with teammates in the locker room and speaking to the press about how the No. 8 Blue Devils overcame tenacious first-half defense to beat the No. 16 Virginia Cavaliers, Mason Plumlee practiced foul shots. After playing 33 grueling minutes guarding one of the premier candidates for ACC player of the year, Mike Scott, Mason Plumlee practiced foul shots.
Duke women’s basketball has retired only two jerseys in its history, those of Alana Beard and Lindsey Harding. But there is one player who stands out as a prime candidate to add her jersey to Cameron’s rafters.
PHILADELPHIA — The Owls entered the Wells Fargo Center quietly—through the Philadelphia subway system. They hardly left the court in silence, however, surrounded by hordes of their fans who stormed the floor to celebrate with them.
NEW YORK — On Washington’s first possession of the game, Mason Plumlee made a statement about who would rule the paint. Facing the physically daunting Huskies, who feature four players 6-foot-5 or taller and grab over 10 more rebounds per game than the Blue Devils, Duke’s junior forward blocked two consecutive Washington shots with authority.
NEW YORK – On Washington’s first possession of the game, Mason Plumlee made a statement about who would rule the paint. Facing the physically daunting Huskies, who feature four players 6-foot-5 or taller and grab over 10 more rebounds per game than the Blue Devils, Duke’s junior forward blocked two consecutive Washington shots with authority.
Watching her former team compete against Stanford for the national championship last Saturday, Carolyn Ford saw something familiar. The 2005 ACC defensive player of the year noticed all the Blue Devils had markings on their arms.
Three days, three games and three wins. And for the fifth time, the Blue Devils can call themselves the champions of Maui.
Duke finished off its regular season schedule playing two out-of-conference opponents at home two weeks ago, tying Elon in double overtime and defeating Mercer. The Blue Devils knew it was important to prepare for postseason play by competing against non-ACC foes, with games in which they would be unfamiliar with the opponent and have little time to prepare.
