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When David Gutshall, along with a dozen or so other prospects, steps onto campus this weekend, the Spartanburg, S.C., defensive end will not have any suspense surrounding his choice-he has already committed to Duke.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>On a night when Duke's high-powered offense had a tough time getting started, the defense more than filled the void against Davidson (3-5) in a 102-60 win in a less-than-packed Cameron Indoor Stadium. The No. 1 Blue Devils (8-0) shot only 40 percent, but forced 33 turnovers by the Wildcats en route to the win. "Defense led to easy buckets for me and my teammates," said Chris Duhon. "Our whole mindset is to have all five guys come out and pressure. We play better when we score off our defense-create turnovers, create bad shots, get the rebounds, get out and run." Duhon led the defensive effort with five of Duke's 21 steals. He was also instrumental in the transition game, feeding Shane Battier and Casey Sanders for spectacular dunks in the second half. The freshman's performance earned him extensive praise from coach Mike Krzyzewski. "We had amazing energy from Chris Duhon," Krzyzewski said. "He was all over the place.... He wasn't good, he was spectacular." Duke was led by Jason Williams' 25 points on 9-for-12 shooting. The point guard lost 10 pounds over the summer and said shooting feels easier now that he is lighter. Williams has scored 78 points in the last three games, but he doesn't expect that output to continue the whole season. "I'm not looking to score 25 points every night, I'm just taking the opportunities that are given to me," Williams said. "My goal is just to win." But Williams was the only player to make over half his shots. Carlos Boozer was double-teamed for the second straight game, and the center was held to just four points on three shots. Shane Battier also struggled offensively, shooting only 3-for-13 from the field. Amazingly, Battier ended the first half with as many points (two) as seldom-used Matt Christensen and never-before-used Reggie Love. "Shane just got worn out in the first half trying to get everybody into what we're doing," Krzyzewski said. "By the time he took a shot, he was exhausted." The game looked to be a rout from the outset. The Blue Devils used three blocks and a steal to go ahead 9-4, but the Wildcats scored the next nine points to take a 13-9 lead. A three-pointer and a three-point play by Williams put Duke back in the lead to stay, but the game was still 27-21 with seven minutes to play in the first half. "Teams are not just going to just lay down and die," Krzyzewski said. "I think they played really hard and were coached very well. They didn't make any adjustments because they were playing Duke, they just ran their system and I admire that. "They're good in their system. They can get the ball up the court fast and they force you to be in shape." Davidson had lost to Georgia Tech by 31 and were coming off a five-point loss to lightly regarded Elon, but still pushed the ball hard against the Blue Devil pressure. "I'm very impressed with our players' response to playing in a game like this," Davidson coach Bob McKillop said. "Certainly we will grow from this experience." Up only six, Duke made a 14-2 run using only layups and free throws to gain a comfortable margin the rest of the way. Duke had a season-high 27 free throws on 38 attempts for the game, and used 24 offensive rebounds to get easy putbacks. Williams opened the second half with two more three-pointers. A dunk by Sanders gave Duke its 100th point and its largest lead of the game at 100-54. It was the 82nd time Duke hit the century mark under Krzyzewski, and it came in the coach's 300th game at Cameron. Besides Williams, Krzyzewski said that Nate James has been the most consistently productive member of the team. James finished with 20 points and seven rebounds on the night. "I go out there and I play hard and I play my game," said the senior guard. "Even though some guys get a little more shine than I do, that doesn't bother me. I just give whatever I can to the team. This is my last year so I'm going to make it a good one." The game gave Duke a chance to work on its depth, perhaps the only difficiency the top-ranked team has shown so far this season. Nick Horvath shot only 1-for-9, but Sanders finished with 10 points, and Christensen played inspired. The junior grabbed five rebounds before fouling out in only 12 minutes. "I think we're starting to develop depth," said Krzyzewski, who hoped to play Christensen more if not for his foul trouble. It was also the first game for Love, a wide receiver on the football team. Love started the game further down on the bench than ineligible transfer Dahntay Jones, but finished with four points, a block and a steal in just four minutes of action. "We have to make him a basketball player," Krzyzewski said. "He's a really hard worker and he's an excellent athlete and he's not afraid. So it's just a matter of learning our system. His feet are wrong on defense but he makes up for it with his athletic ability and a great attitude." Duke remains at home for its next game Saturday against Michigan.
Buoyed by a sweeping re-election mandate only four days ago, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien will arrive at Duke University this Sunday to deliver his first public lecture since election night. Sponsored by Duke's von der Heyden Distinguished International Fellows Program, the 5:30 p.m. lecture at Reynolds Theater will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
You cannot say that Bill Self will not have had his chance.
Every time it seemed as if the Blue Devils might be gaining some momentum Saturday afternoon, North Carolina media director Steve Kirschner would interrupt the media at Wallace Stadium with another broken record: most points scored in a half in any ACC game (52), first time since 1968 that a UNC quarterback notched 100 rushing yards and 200 passing yards (Ronald Curry), most tackles for a loss in a season (Julius Peppers with 24).
They had seen it before. They had held the advantage before, only to see it evaporate into a 2-3 meltdown. They had been within three points of winning a match, only to see it slide into oblivion.
Dave Odom has something even Mike Krzyzewski cannot yet claim: a win over Matt Doherty.
Topsy-turvy may not be the word for the ACC in women's hoops this year, but raucous is certainly a snug fit, as the league makes its bid as the premier conference in the country from top to bottom.
Bill Bradley almost came to Duke.
While Uralmash wanted 'da' win, it was nothing but 'nyet' for the women's basketball team.
In the blink of an eye, Wake Forest's hopes and dreams were shattered for the season Sept. 16th. Sophomore quarterback C.J. Leak went down with a season-ending dislocated knee and with him went most of the Demon Deacons' offense. Two youthful, unproven quarterbacks stepped into the chasm. Anthony Young, a true freshman with a great aptitude for running the option, came in and started right away. Following Young, sophomore James MacPherson, who comprises the passing arm of this dynamic duo, returned from ACL surgery and has played significant minutes in every game since Virginia September 30. Now, after sharing time at quarterback for four games in a row, they have a better idea of what they are doing. In the games since Leak was hurt, Young has started every time, but after two series, MacPherson has come in. For the rest of the half, the playing time goes to the quarterback with the hot hand or, in Young's case, legs. Young then starts the second half and the process is repeated. Even though the conventional wisdom of football coaching says that platooning quarterbacks does not work-as John Cooper would attest to after splitting the singal-calling duties between Joe Germaine and Stanley Jackson in runs for the national championship in the mid 1990s-Wake Forest coach Jim Caldwell seems content with his system. He believes that having MacPherson come off the bench improves Young. "He would not be playing as well as he is if he had to stand in there the whole game," Caldwell says. "That is because of the fact that he would be put in a position where he would be prone to make a lot more mistakes. The other reason is that I think MacPherson is a good quarterback. If you look at his numbers, he is productive." In Wake Forest's last game against Maryland two weeks ago, Young bruised his knee in the second quarter and was held out for the rest of the game. Getting all the time in the final half and a few series in the first, MacPherson came out with a career game. He completed 28 of 49 passes for 343 yards and a touchdown. Unfortunately for Wake Forest, he also threw three interceptions. "Hopefully I can eliminate the turnovers," MacPherson said. "I tried to force the ball a lot [against Maryland], and I didn't have to. I'm learning." Learning is the most important job for the two young quarterbacks and Caldwell believes that the players are doing a good job of it. "They are starting to get a better grasp of [the offense] so we're adding to their arsenal," the eighth year coach said. "We're going to run a little more option with James [MacPherson] and obviously throw a little more with [Anthony Young]." One difficulty is MacPherson's knee, which he characterized as less than fully recovered. Young, sufficiently recovered from his knee bruise, has been practicing since last Tuesday. With developments as they are, Caldwell declined to name a starter at Tuesday's press conference. According to Duke defensive tackle Troy Austin, the two-headed quarterback will provide some interesting challenges for the winless Duke defense in the "Bagel Bowl." "You want to know what you're going up against so you can prepare," the senior said. "They will throw two different looks at you in two different series, or even the same series. You have to switch your mindset." With MacPherson bombing away-he's gone 66 for 123 attempts, garnering 755 yards in the last four games-and Young making dangerous runs, averaging 5.7 yards per carry, the Wake Forest quarterback position is dangerously well-rounded. "I think they had [the multi-dimensional play] with Leak," Austin said. "He was just that talented. So now they're doing that without him. They're using two people to play the role. I think it works for them." Wake Forest fans are hoping it works a little better at getting the Demon Deacons into the end zone. Excepting its three-touchdown explosion in a blow out loss to the Yellow Jackets, Wake Forest has averaged one touchdown a game since Leak was hurt. However, they have gained over 400 yards in each of the last two games. Now the offense and Wake Forest's chances of winning a game this year rest on the shoulders of Young and MacPherson. "If you told me before the season that we would be 0-7 going into the Duke game, I wouldn't have believed you for a bit," MacPherson said. "That is the reality we're facing going into this game, but more so it is the reality that this is a good possibility for us to get a win and also an opportunity to beat Duke."
Talk about depth.
There is an inverse proportion law at work in the ACC. It seems that in this conference, no one can have a good football team and a good basketball team.
A disappointing reality has set in on East Campus this semester.
Will the real Bobby Campbell please stand up?
With the loss of four-year starter and Heisman runner-up Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech coach George O'Leary was a little skittish about his team's lack of experience at quarterback for the season.
Amidst the serene greens of the Duke Golf Club, matched a bit unevenly with the varied colors of autumn brooding above the ground, a fall breeze balancing a radiant sun, it was easy to lose focus on the business at hand-the Duke Golf Classic.
The volleyball team knew it would have a tough schedule over fall break. But the Blue Devils didn't realize how many falls they would be taking.
Chomping on his chewing gum from the sidelines, Bobby Bowden had just entered a parallel universe. As his kicker stood on the 39-yard line, prepared to kick the ball in what could arguably be the most important play in the most important game of the 2000 college football season, Bowden's mind had to be wandering back to last decade, when in 1991 and 1992, it all came down to one last kick. In the end, the freshman walk-on, Matt Munyon, had the odds stacked against him. The longest kick he'd ever made in his short career was 44 yards a week earlier against Maryland. Furthermore, by the critical moment last Saturday, Munyon was 3-for-7 on field goal attempts on the year after missing a 22-yard kick earlier in the game. At no time in his life had he faced such intense pressure on the football field. Reminiscent of 1991 and 1992, when Gerry Thomas and Dan Mowery were kicking, the ball took a familiar wide right path, missing the goal post, possibly costing the Seminoles a chance to defend their national championship. "Wouldn't you know it?" Bowden asked. "He's been wide left all year, and then that happens. We had him out there pretty far, though." Ironic, sure. But perhaps it was more ironic that "WIDE RIGHT III" flashed on the Orange Bowl scoreboard and into the annals of college football history in front of the Hurricanes' third-largest home crowd ever. Florida State had made many mistakes throughout the game last Saturday, and if they had played better for 59 and nine-tenths minutes, the freshman wouldn't have been in that situation. A good special teams player does not, by himself, elevate a team to contention for a national championship-just ask Brian Morton. Even Duke kicker Brent Garber has a better percentage than Matt Munyon-the Blue Devil has hit two of his four field goal attempts this season. But the climactic end begs the question: Why was the No. 1 team in the nation in a position where it had to depend on a walk-on who didn't make the team in the previous year because he had a 1.50 grade point average? Shouldn't that be an afterthought, especially for a coach as knowledgeable and renowned as Bowden? Didn't he realize Lou Groza Award winner and All-American kicker Sebastian Janikowski was leaving for the NFL? Yes. He had recruited someone just for that purpose, Brett Cimmorelli. But the true freshman phenom hasn't seen anything but a redshirt, sidelined with calf and groin injuries. The Seminoles also have Chance Gwaltney, a sophomore, whose experience extends to two punts last season culminating in all of 78 yards. It was announced this week that Gwaltney, currently second on the depth chart, would be "sharing" kicking duties with Munyon. "I feel a lot of pressure, but that comes with the position of kicker," Munyon said after his first game against BYU, when he missed a 43-yard kick and a 27-yard one as well. "You're gonna have pressure regardless." But following Janikowski, who was almost a guarantee from 50 yards back, Cimmorelli and Gwaltney would have felt the same pressure. "[Munyon] made mistakes," Bowden said after that performance. "Now, are you gonna learn from those mistakes?" Apparently, Bowden didn't learn and Munyon didn't heed his coach's words, and Gwaltney, for the most part, kept sitting on the bench. After the game, Munyon, feeling the weight of the loss, acknowledged the defeat in a remorseful tone. "It's a hard one to swallow," he said. "I have to put it behind me and focus on the next game. The team was good to me. They tried to pick me back up."
North Carolina women's soccer coach and former U.S. national team coach Anson Dorrance has a story he tells at every summer camp about determination.
