CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'
(03/21/11 8:00am)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With nine seconds left on the clock, the top-seeded Blue Devils were in a familiar position.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With nine seconds left on the clock, the top-seeded Blue Devils were in a familiar position.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After months of endless speculation, freshman Kyrie Irving will finally return to the court today against Hampton.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke’s NCAA Tournament begins today at 3:10 p.m. in Charlotte, N.C. And despite the distracting news about a certain toe, the top-seeded Blue Devils will try to focus on their crafty opponent, Hampton.
For the first time this year, head coach Mike Krzyzewski expressed some op(toe)mism.
At halftime in Saturday’s battle for the ACC title in Chapel Hill, the Blue Devils looked to be in a position similar to the last time they faced North Carolina. After going into the locker room down by 12, Duke even came out and started the second half on a 7-0 run to cut the deficit to 51-46.
After capping off a second consecutive undefeated season in Cameron Indoor Stadium in front of adoring fans Wednesday, the Blue Devils now get to travel to the venue where they are hated more than anywhere else in the country.
In Seth Curry’s locker, a piece of paper hangs on the inside of one door. On it is a quote from author Maya Angelou: “Brotherhood is a condition people have to work for.”
How big of a deal was it when Harrison Barnes made his college selection Nov. 13, 2009?
On April 26, 2008, the department of athletics published its first-ever strategic plan, boldly titled, “Unrivaled Ambition.” It detailed plans establishing an endowment for athletics, updating several facilities and “changing the entire culture” of the football program to name a few.
Just call Nolan Smith Mr. Facilitator.
After last weekend’s comeback attempt against Boston College fell just four yards short in the last minute of the contest, Duke was officially eliminated from bowl game contention. With this season essentially finished, the Blue Devils’ coaches focused on building the team for next year at the postgame team meeting, sophomore running back Desmond Scott said.
Coming into the game against Boston College, Duke had the top-ranked red zone offense in the ACC. The two-quarterback system featuring Sean Renfree as the primary passer and Brandon Connette as the rushing threat had combined for 19 touchdowns on 36 trips within their opponent’s 20-yard line.
With the clock ticking down and the Blue Devils trailing by one point, Duke’s offensive line gave up back-to-back sacks, putting quarterback Sean Renfree in a decisive fourth-and-20 at Duke’s own 21-yard line. This time, the line held, giving Renfree the time to hit Donovan Varner for a 32-yard gain. Three plays later the line rose to the challenge once again, as it made blocks that allowed Desmond Scott to run 35 yards for the game-winning touchdown.
Kyrie is No. 1. Literally.
Quarterback Sean Renfree’s performance against Navy last week was remarkable for several reasons. His passing game was nearly perfect, finishing 28-of-30 and completing 93 percent of his throws to set a new Duke single-game record for pass completion percentage.
When it comes to selecting a major, Duke football players have more diverse interests than their peers on the gridiron.
BLACKSBURG, Va. — David Cutcliffe stared straight ahead as he sat with his hands on his temples and his elbows on the table in the postgame press conference.
Quarterback guru David Cutcliffe, who groomed both Peyton and Eli Manning, knows how important the man under center is to his team.
The Fuqua School of Business’s Master of Management Studies program has added an extra term after an initial year that exceeded Duke’s expectations and saw more than half of graduates receive a full-time job offer by July.
Sean Lilly Wilson wants to convert you into a Southern beer drinker. “We’d like to be a landmark brewery for the South, to be candid,” the 39-year-old self-titled chief executive optimist of Fullsteam Brewery says while sitting at a hexagon-shaped picnic table in the middle of his one-month-old brewery. “It’d be easy to go the soft route and be like ‘oh, we’ll go where our customers want us to go, and we’ll grow organically and all that,’ and there is that element to it, but we definitely have a vision to be a notable, exciting, high-growth brewery for the South. “