Defensive prowess powers Blue Devils
WINSTON-SALEM - Coming off the most hyped matchup of the season Thursday at North Carolina, Duke could have come out flat against ACC bottom-dweller Wake Forest.
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WINSTON-SALEM - Coming off the most hyped matchup of the season Thursday at North Carolina, Duke could have come out flat against ACC bottom-dweller Wake Forest.
In 2005-06, Duke basketball was defined by two scoring options and a thin bench. After comfortable wins in the first two rounds of the CBE Classic, this year's team is beginning to step out of that shadow and develop its own identity.
Last season, expectations were relatively low for a talented but young North Carolina squad. This year, it's a different story in Chapel Hill.
After an outstanding regular season that included wins over ranked opponents South Florida, Virginia and arch-rival North Carolina, No. 9 Duke enters the ACC tournament as the top seed in the nation's toughest conference.
Duke continued its unbeaten October with an easy 5-0 defeat of North Florida Tuesday night at a chilly Koskinen Stadium. The victory was the sixth straight for the No. 5 Blue Devils (13-2-1), making this the team's longest winning streak of the season.
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams kicked off the new season in style as both recorded victories Saturday at UNC-Wilmington's Seahawk Natatorium.
Two goals in two consecutive second-half minutes sealed a 4-1 victory for No. 5 Duke Tuesday night against Alabama A&M at a rainy Koskinen Stadium.
The ninth-ranked Duke men's soccer team, flying high after two consecutive wins, will travel to Raleigh to take on N.C. State Sunday at 2 p.m.
Unlike its thrilling last-minute victory over Boston College Thursday night, Duke didn't need a flying header to beat N.C. State Sunday.