Blue Devils douse Demon Deacons
Men's Basketball Game v. Wake Forest
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Men's Basketball Game v. Wake Forest
Despite Duke's loss to underdog Creighton in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Nov. 22, the Blue Devils' season was far from a disappointment.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - When Indiana capped off an 11-0 run with Marco Killingsworth's thunderous dunk that gave the No. 17 Hoosiers (3-1) a 59-58 lead-their first of the game-Assembly Hall was sent into a frenzy, and momentum was squarely on Indiana's side.
Before the season, one of the main questions facing Duke was how a team with so many talented players would spread its offensive touches.
CARY - It was over.
After leaving the Big East, Boston College is hardly coming into the ACC under the radar.
In 26 years of coaching, Mike Krzyzewski has seen a lot of special players come and go. Few, if any, he says, have had the impact on his fellow Blue Devils that Sean Dockery has.
CHAPEL HILL - It took 110 minutes for Duke and North Carolina to settle nothing in a balanced matchup between two top-10 ACC powerhouses.
When the Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels renew their rivalry tonight in Chapel Hill, it will be about more than just bragging rights.
For 89 minutes, unranked Stony Brook played even with the fourth-best team in the nation.
The Blue Devils won the battle on the ground, but lost the war in the air against a superior Seminole team.
As a driving rain began to drench the players in the waning moments of Duke's 3-1 loss to Maryland Oct. 7, the Blue Devils saw their hope of beating the Terrapins for a second straight year drown on the soggy turf of Koskinen Stadium.
Just like every October for the past three years, Shavlik Randolph stood calmly at the foul line in Cameron Indoor Stadium, knocked down a foul shot, motioned to a Duke basketball manager for the ball and then buried another one.
Chris Loftus has been so good this season, his coach laughs just thinking about it
When Zach Pope's shot laced the back of the net in the 101st minute of Duke's 3-2, double overtime victory over Wake Forest, Duke's bench and the nearly 3,400 faithful remaining in Koskinen Stadium exploded in a Cameron-esque celebration.
A week after one of the most lopsided defeats in program history, head coach Ted Roof knows exactly what his team needs to do this weekend.
The No. 6 Blue Devils (2-0) will battle a pair of tough opponents this weekend when College of Charleston (2-1) and No. 7 St. John’s University (1-0-1) come to Durham for the 8th annual Duke/adidas Classic.
Opening the season with a new starting goalkeeper and two freshman backs, one would think that the Blue Devils’ defense must be a weakness.
After a 5-0 loss in last year’s national semifinals in Carson, Calif. the Blue Devils must be happy to be back home.
Listening to the calculated optimism of new assistant coach Matthew Boggs, you would never know the Blue Devils’s baseball team amassed a 14-39 record last year and finished last in the ACC.