Bulls' opener ends in delay
Thursday was Opening Day at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Today will be, too, as the game was suspended at the start of the 10th inning because of rain and will continue at 6 p.m.
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Thursday was Opening Day at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Today will be, too, as the game was suspended at the start of the 10th inning because of rain and will continue at 6 p.m.
For the first time since George H.W. Bush was in office, No. 12 Duke lost a conference road match Wednesday, falling to No. 36 Wake Forest, 6-1.
Coming off a victory at the EZ-Go Invitational March 20, No. 11 Duke expected big things this weekend at the ASU Invitational in Augusta, Ga. Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, the only big numbers were the windspeed and their score.
Two opponents, eight races, zero victories.
The men’s and women’s basketball players probably will not have the Director’s Cup on their minds this weekend, but with trips to the Final Four on the line, their success could help Duke to its best Cup finish ever.
All the men’s golf team could do was post a score and wait, hoping that it would be good enough to win the title at the Ez-Go Invitational Sunday in Statesboro, Ga.
At the beginning of the season, there was talk of as many as eight ACC teams receiving bids to the NCAA Tournament. Now, only three teams are locks. But of those three teams, all are potential No. 1 seeds.
If someone were to ask you if the fourth-place team in one of the nation’s best conferences would qualify for the NCAA Tournament, you would say that they’ve sewn up a bid.
All the hard work, all the tough wins, all the emotions of the last four months will boil down to a seed next Sunday when the NCAA Tournament field is announced. The only opportunity remaining for ACC teams to help their own causes is the conference tournament this weekend.
The Blue Devils played their best round of the Puerto Rico Classic Tuesday, but it was not enough to help the team climb up the leaderboard.
On the first day of the Puerto Rico Classic, the men’s golf team posted three solid scores but had to put a 78 on the team scorecard, leaving the Blue Devils 14 strokes off the pace.
After two days of strong winds and high scores, the conditions calmed Tuesday in the final round of the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship.
When 38th-ranked junior Nathan Smith reached the 13th tee Monday at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., he was even for the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship. Six holes later, he was five over par.
With the ACC expanding to 12 teams next season, a number of different basketball schedules have been discussed to replace the double round-robin format used when only nine teams were in the league. .
The Blue Devils should be embarrassed by their performance Thursday night at Virginia Tech. Not because they lost. Not because they had their worst shooting performance of the season. Not even because they lost to a lesser opponent. The Blue Devils should be ashamed because they got outhustled..
The Duke men’s golf team needed 883 strokes in the NCAA East Regional last May. One swing fewer and the team would have qualified for the NCAA Championships.
Before conference play began there were sever ranked ACC teams, now there are only three. With the teams in the middle of the conference beating each other up, the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee will have to decide exactly how to evaluate these teams, which are likely to finish with losing records in the conference.
Coming out of high school, Alison Bales was a project. Now, she’s a basketball player.
If balance is the key to success, the odds are in Duke"s favor tonight.
The top-ranked women"s basketball team did not play like a No. 1 squad in the first half against Georgia Tech Monday night. Struggling early before overpowering their opponent, the Blue Devils outscored the Yellow Jackets 52-23 in the second half en route to an 82-59 victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium.