Ability to adapt gives women's hoops missing edge
When animals fail to adapt to hostile conditions, they run the risk of dying. And when basketball teams fail to adapt when a game isn't going exactly as planned, they run the risk of losing.
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When animals fail to adapt to hostile conditions, they run the risk of dying. And when basketball teams fail to adapt when a game isn't going exactly as planned, they run the risk of losing.
RALEIGH - Every basketball team knows the importance of establishing an inside game. The Chicago Bulls might be able to get by without scoring many points in the paint, but they still have their forward with the multi-colored hair to pound the boards. None of the Duke women resembled Dennis Rodman against North Carolina State on Thursday night, and it cost them dearly.
It wasn't pretty, but they'll take it.
RICHMOND, Va. - Two things about this season's edition of the Duke women's basketball team were evident during its two games at the Central Fidelity Women's Invitational Tournament: the team is missing the inside presence of senior Tye Hall, and sophomore Payton Black is playing some outstanding basketball.
One play in Saturday's game against North Carolina typified much of the season for the Duke football team.
When Duke gets together with North Carolina, the intense rivalry ensures that you can throw out the records.
The Atlantic Coast Conference looks like it will be at the forefront of women's basketball once again in 1996-97. Four teams are ranked in the top 25 in the nation in preseason polls, including two in the top 10, a testament to the league's overall strength.
After weeks of speculation about an 0-11 season, the Duke football team is down to its last chance to prevent it against North Carolina.
The winless football team is actually favored by one and a half points for this weekend's road game at Wake Forest.
Fans may have written the Duke football team off for dead, but the season isn't over just yet.
The men's golf team rounded out its fall schedule with an eighth-place finish at The Nelson Stanford Invitational this past weekend.
CLEMSON, S.C. - When opportunity knocks, teams have to answer if they want to win.
College football fever gripped the Triangle in 1994 as both Duke and North Carolina State simultaneously emerged as football powers.
It's not often that a player fresh out of high school steps in and starts at one of the most important positions on a football team.
Opponents across the country are no longer able to disregard Atlantic Coast Conference football as the second sport in a basketball league.