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(06/19/03 4:00am)
Ex-Duke commitment Humphries signs with Minnesota
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Ex-Duke commitment Humphries signs with Minnesota
In a move that could sway Virginia's pivotal expansion vote, the Atlantic Coast Conference presidents decided Wednesday to invite Virginia Tech to join the ACC, the Associated Press reported Wednesday evening.
The Big East Conference football schools - West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Connecticut, Rutgers and Pittsburgh - filed a lawsuit last Friday in the state Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., against the ACC and would-be ACC schools Miami and Boston College.
The proposed expansion of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which appeared to be progressing quickly just one week ago, has been considerably disrupted following President Nan Keohane's withholding of her support for the expansion plan, a lawsuit filed by the Big East Conference against the ACC and would-be members Miami and Boston College and a call for mediation from the NCAA by Virginia governor Mark Warner.
Men's basketball lands second member of class of 2007
So much for fast starts.
Last weekend was an important one for the men's basketball program. Four of the nation's top ten recruits in the class of 2007 were in the Durham area for the BeActive Tournament of Champions, a high school tournament that was played on the campuses of Duke, North Carolina and North Carolina State.
Despite winning two games in the ACC tournament, and therefore matching its conference win total during the regular season, the men's baseball team's quest for a league championship was derailed last week in a 23-4 shellacking at the hands of No. 10 Georgia Tech (41-16).
Kris Humphries, a 6-foot-8 McDonald's All-American from Minnesota, was granted his release from his National Letter of Intent to play basketball for Duke Monday afternoon.
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Duke University, originally one of two dissenters among the Atlantic Coast Conference against an expansion proposal, has now decided to support the league's decision, according to President Nan Keohane.
In a 7-2 vote Tuesday, Atlantic Coast Conference university presidents voted in favor of an expansion plan that would increase the number of league schools to 12 from nine, a move that - if finalized - would reverberate throughout major and mid-major conferences across America.
In a 7-2 vote Tuesday, Atlantic Coast Conference university presidents voted in favor of an expansion plan that would increase the number of league schools to 12 from nine, a move that--if finalized--would reverberate throughout major and mid-major conferences across America.
It's just been that kind of year for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Beginning today in Gainesville, Fla., the No. 3 women's tennis team (28-2) will look to build toward the only title that has eluded them in the program's history--the national championship.
For nine consecutive seasons, the men's tennis team has advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. This year, the Blue Devils (22-5) eased by High Point and conference foe Wake Forest with a pair of easy 4-0 victories last week.
The men's and women's track and field teams head to Princeton, N.J., this weekend to compete in the IC4A and ECAC Championships. The men will participate in the IC4As while the women run in the ECACs.
The NCAA Regional tournament and the Championships are no stranger to the men's golf team. But it's been a while since Duke has made it near the pinnacle of the game, with the program's highest finish ever coming in 1947 when the Blue Devils placed second. In addition, the men's golfers have not made it past the Regionals since 1999. The best Duke has ever done at the Regional level was in 1997, when the Blue Devils came in fourth place.
The defending national champion and No. 1 women's golf team teed off on the East Region last weekend, garnering an eight-stroke victory en route to Duke's third consecutive regional championship at Salem Glen Country Club in Clemmons, N.C.
With the only question regarding the ACC's expansion being who will join, rather than if the conference will expand, several Duke coaches spoke out yesterday with mixed opinions regarding the consequences of Tuesday's vote.