Men's hoops `gets monkey off its back'
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Following Duke's 87-74 win over Notre Dame Tuesday night, the men's basketball team was finally able to quiet the talk of "getting a monkey off its back."
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Following Duke's 87-74 win over Notre Dame Tuesday night, the men's basketball team was finally able to quiet the talk of "getting a monkey off its back."
By JOHN SEELKE
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Even legendary football coach Knute Rockne would have been proud of the men's basketball team's 87-74 victory over Notre Dame Tuesday night at the Joyce Athletic and Convocation Center.
WINSTON-SALEM -- The No. 16 men's basketball team was missing several key ingredients in its 74-64 loss to No. 14 Wake Forest in Lawrence Joel Coliseum Wednesday night.
In college basketball, there's nothing better than being on a hot streak, when it seems like every shot thrown into the air falls through the net. Conversely, there's nothing worse than seeing the same score over and over on the scoreboard as your opponent's score rapidly increases.
There's an old phrase in sports which says, "The team that plays together wins together." Saturday night, the No. 21 volleyball team exemplified that adage in its three-game sweep of No. 18 Georgia in a second-round NCAA tournament match at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The women's basketball team is searching for consistency as it prepares to host the Ronald McDonald Classic this weekend.
Just five games into its season, the football team has already learned one of the most important lessons in college football -- success on the field leads to success in the recruiting wars.
Today one phone call could make dreams come true for three Duke baseball players.
There is only one word that can describe the 1994 baseball team -- determined.
The baseball team awoke from it's dream season to find itself in the midst of a nightmare at the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament.
The baseball team achieved Monday what no other second place team in the Atlantic Coast Conference team had previously done -- it was denied a bid to the NCAA regional tournament.
Senior Ryan Jackson owes Major League Baseball a big "thank you" for not picking him in last season's amateur draft.
The dream season continued for the Duke baseball team last weekend.
All winning streaks must come to an end.
The men's track team will be well-represented at the Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association of America (IC4A) meet that will be held this weekend in Fairfax, Va. The meet, considered just a notch below the NCAA championships, brings together the top track stars on the East Coast, ranging as far west as Notre Dame and as far south as Duke.
The men's golf team ended its season in bittersweet fashion Wednesday by capturing the John Ryan Iron Duke Classic held at the Duke Golf Course. The Blue Devils entered the tournament with hopes that they would gain an NCAA regional bid, a hope that ended when bids were announced Monday and Duke was not included.
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What a difference a year can make.