Kids At Heart
(04/22/15 10:34am)
"How much would you kill to be [22] years old and in your third year of covering a major college basketball team?"
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"How much would you kill to be [22] years old and in your third year of covering a major college basketball team?"
I first had the idea for this column immediately after Countdown to Craziness way back in October. I again felt an urge to write it after he scored 18 points in 18 minutes against Presbyterian. His 27-point outing against Wake Forest was nearly the impetus I needed to finally put pen to paper.
HOUSTON—If you blinked, you may have missed when Quinn Cook became one of Duke's best defenders.
HOUSTON—"It's like a sigh of relief to be able to feel good about yourself on the offensive end and not be that liability anymore."
HOUSTON—"We have eight guys. Come on. Four of them are freshmen. It's the youngest team I've ever had."
HOUSTON—With all the hoopla about NRG Stadium being a killer for 3-point shooters, Duke surely wasn't deterred in the first half, using its outside touch to open up a 31-26 lead over Gonzaga at the intermission.
HOUSTON—The similarities between No. 1 seed Duke and No. 2 seed Gonzaga are plentiful. That is just another reason why there is so much intrigue in the South Regional Championship game that will take place Sunday evening.
HOUSTON—We've all seen the new ESPN 30-for-30 film entitled Everybody Hates Christian Laettner.
HOUSTON—There's just something about NRG Stadium that makes it impossible to make 3-point shots.
HOUSTON—Before there was Jabari Parker and Justise Winslow masquerading as power forwards to give Duke an extra perimeter player on the floor, there was Ryan Kelly, the White Raven.
HOUSTON—Small-ball has been Duke's calling card for a little more than a month now. Since Matt Jones joined the starting lineup Feb. 21 against Clemson, the Blue Devils are 9-1, with the sole loss coming against fellow Elite Eight team Notre Dame in the ACC tournament.
HOUSTON— Friday night was the Justise Winslow show at NRG Stadium as the freshman phenom led all players with 21 points and 10 rebounds in his hometown as the No. 1 seed Blue Devils topped No. 5 seed Utah 63-57.
HOUSTON— After getting off to a slow start from the field thanks in part to the quirky black curtain behind the basket, the top-seeded Blue Devils rattled off a 8-0 run late in the half to build up a 27-22 lead against fifth-seeded Utah going into the half.
One-and-done has been the fad in college basketball in the last number of years. But while programs have had their share of regular-season success using the strategy, there have been few that have cut down the nets in April.
Villanova Wildcats
Ole Miss Rebels
Duke Blue Devils
Belmont Bruins
CHAPEL HILL — An 0-for-12 stretch and a 6:57 scoring drought would have been enough to sink even the most talented of Duke teams on the road at the Dean E. Smith Center, but at the end of the day it was the Blue Devils' two point guards who were walking arm-in-arm with smiles stretching from ear to ear after the final buzzer sounded.
CHAPEL HILL—After getting off to a roaring 14-6 start, Duke's offense sputtered and the Tar Heels settled down and made sure this contest didn't go the way of the way of the Wake Forest game earlier this week, taking a 33-31 lead into the locker room at the Dean E. Smith Center.