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In the first half of Tuesday’s season opener, the Blue Devils looked like a team that had never played together before. They couldn’t link passes together, didn’t communicate well and failed to muster any real threats against James Madison’s goal. It took two walk-ons who have lived, played and grown together since the day they were born to help Duke figure out how to work as a unit.
With 1:31 remaining in last year's contest against Virginia Tech, Duke had the ball and a chance to do the unthinkable- shock the perennially powerful Hokies in the hostile confines of Blacksburg, Va.
On paper, it seems like preseason championship hype should be swirling around the upcoming Duke campaign. The Blue Devils return eight starters from a team that was regularly ranked among the top programs in the nation and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament. Head coach Beth Bozman and her team certainly believe this could be their year.
As Duke walked off the court last March after losing in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the program left behind the last remnants of its most successful era and began treading into an uncertain future. Gone are all those who played in the 2006 National Championship game. Gone is the coach who led them there. Gone are departed seniors Abby Waner and Chante Black and their six combined All-ACC selections. The Blue Devils need to look to new leaders and new stars.
Through the first round and a half of the NCAA Championships at the Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio, the Blue Devils are in eighth place with a score of 14-over par. Weather delayed play for nearly five hours on Wednesday, and darkness forced the players to leave the course with several holes remaining in their rounds.
CHAPEL HILL - In the first half of its Monday night win, North Carolina seemed like it kept trying to give Duke its first victory in the Tobacco Road rivalry since 2007.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - It was a night when Duke's stars could have propelled the Blue Devils to the top of the ACC.
