Duke bounced from tourney in OT
(05/20/04 4:00am)
Georgetown had a obvious strategy in overtime, and it worked.
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Georgetown had a obvious strategy in overtime, and it worked.
Four hours and 29 minutes after Duke and Clemson began their NCAA second round match, Phillip King could not even stand.
Competing in a number of meets across the southeast in recent weeks, the track and field teams have continued one of the strongest seasons in recent years. Having already qualified 22 women and 10 men for NCAA Regionals at the end of May, the teams will travel to New Haven, Conn. for the ECAC/IC4A Championships, where the women's team is poised for a top showing.
When ACC officials and athletic directors met a year ago to begin a chaotic process that ultimately resulted in the addition of Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College to the conference, they were in search of increased revenue and greater exposure.
Whatever pull Duke and basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski had that used to keep highly coveted players in Durham seems to have dissipated.
The year in the Tobacco Road rivalry may be remembered for a pair of men's basketball games that were nothing short of breathtaking, but for a group of athletes and the spectators who looked on, there are other events that certainly have certainly already become indelible memories.
When the match was over, the scoreboard didn't indicate it, but the women's tennis team hung tough with the No. 2 Florida Gators (18-0) for four long hours yesterday. Unfortunately for No. 4 Duke (16-2), an inability to pull out close singles matches resulted in a 6-1 loss Thursday at the Ambler Tennis Stadium.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- J.J. Redick drove into the lane, trying to penetrate through a clutter of Connecticut defenders, but before he was able to hoist a shot, the ball was stripped from his hands.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- As the final buzzer sounded last night at the Alamodome, Chris Duhon's career came to a close. The clear leader of the Blue Devils, now for two seasons, will graduate in May, leaving a void in leadership and a hole at the point guard spot.
After playing 143 games in a Duke uniform, senior Chris Duhon is in a position he has rarely encountered. The Blue Devils may be the only No. 1 seed to advance to the Final Four, but Duke (31-5) enters Saturday's 8:47 p.m. national semifinal matchup against second-seeded Connecticut (31-6) as the underdog.
SAN ANTONIO, Tx. – A day before playing in the Final Four, the Blue Devils acted like a team under the stewardship of a man who has been to this stage nine previous times.
The Blue Devils used the Monday after advancing to the Final Four as a day for rest, planning and regrouping. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski gave his team most of the day off, only holding a meeting to brief his players on what lies in the week ahead.
Down the stretch in close games this season, Chris Duhon has stepped up at pivotal moments, often standing several paces behind the three-point arc, and nailing threes. At other times it has simply been the senior's leadership.
Following a season when no team could hold on to the No. 1 ranking for long, when parity throughout the nation created unprecedented instability in the top 25 and when conferences which generally produce several Final Four-caliber squads were uncharacteristically anemic, the 2004 men's draw is wide open.
The women's golf team continued its dominant season with another victory Tuesday at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational. The Blue Devils led from start to finish and ended the 54-hole event with a commanding 33-stroke win, despite challenging conditions.
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- After cutting down the net Monday night in Greensboro, emerging victorious for the fifth consecutive year in the ACC Tournament, head coach Gail Goestenkors clutched the rim and did five pull-ups--one for each league title.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — After cutting down the net Monday night in Greensboro, emerging victorious for the fifth consecutive year in the ACC Tournament, head coach Gail Goestenkors clutched the rim and did five pull-ups—one for each league title.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — After a roller coaster season of mental struggle and resultant lackluster play, Iciss Tillis may have finally turned her senior year around—just at the right time. On an afternoon when Alana Beard scored only nine points, Tillis opened the ACC Tournament with a 26-point performance to lift top-seeded, No. 3 Duke (25-3, 16-1 in the ACC) over the ninth seed Wake Forest (12-17, 4-13) 77-59 at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Through the first half the Duke defense clamped down and goaltender Megan Huether stopped 15 Maryland shots as the women's lacrosse team built a five goal advantage. The early lead was enough to hold off a late Terrapin charge, as No. 4 Duke (3-0, 1-0 in the ACC) opened its conference season with a confidence-building 9-7 victory over second-ranked Maryland (1-1, 0-1) Sunday afternoon in Koskinen Stadium.