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For most of us, getting out of the cellar requires nothing more than a set of stairs. For the men's and women's indoor track teams, it took several record-setting performances.
Even as indoor track season is at its peak, distance marvel Clara Horowitz isn't giving up on cross country.
The collegiate track and field indoor season bleeds into the outdoor period, and the two combine to form a lengthy season that lasts in some cases from January until June.
Those sitting with their tents, awaiting admission to the Feb. 19 men's basketball game against Maryland were able to hear another compelling contest taking place inside Card Gym. Those outside could hear the crowd within, cheering the men's fencing as they played host to a number of teams from across the country Friday afternoon.
Amongst the fans, things can get pretty rowdy. Burned benches, hurled epithets and vicious cheers are hallmarks of the Duke-North Carolina basketball contests.
If the women's golf team realizes its goals for the upcoming spring season, President George W. Bush might see a few familiar faces hanging around the White House in September.
Having split the team between the Penn State Invitational in State College, Pa., and the Carolina Fast Times Meet in Chapel Hill, the men's and women's track teams saw impressive performances at both meets this past weekend.
"Depth" and "collaboration" have been watchwords for the men's basketball team this season. With Duke's talent coming from a host of strong returning players and a crop of freshmen that play as well as the aliens from "Space Jam," head coach Mike Krzyzewski's squad has been tireless in its emphasis on teamwork.
In a season where the No. 1-ranked women's basketball team has been ahead of every squad it has faced when the final buzzer sounds, head coach Gail Goestenkors is adamant that the players not get ahead of themselves as they play N.C. State today at Reynolds Coliseum at 7 p.m. before heading into Saturday's high-profile showdown with second-ranked Connecticut.
"Everyone's just trying to find out where their guys are, so that they can see what they need to do to be their best in May," men's track and field head coach Norm Ogilvie said of the prevailing attitude at the Tar Heel Indoor Track and Field Classic in Chapel Hill this past weekend.
The men's and women's fencing teams were delayed in their trip to State College, Penn. this past weekend due to cold weather. Once they arrived at Saturday's Penn State Invitational, however, the results were lukewarm, with the men going 2-3 and the women 3-2 on the day.
After performing strongly in the field events at the North Carolina Collegiate Big 12 competition last week, the Blue Devils distinguished themselves on the track Friday and Saturday at the Virginia Tech Invitational in Blacksburg, Va.
By this point in the season, Duke fans can probably find Alana Beard's numbers in the women's basketball box score without even looking for her name-the junior's stats this season have stood out as though they had been written in bold. From her 41-point virtuoso performance against conference rival Virginia, to her leadership in early-season blowouts over the likes of Howard and Tulsa, the guard has been the No. 1 player on the No. 1 team in the land.
The wrestling team dropped its two initial matches Saturday at the North Carolina State Duals, but earned the season's first victory with a convincing win in the day's third and final meet.
It took Howard head coach Cathy Parsons 40 minutes of basketball to find out what the Blue Devil women's hoops team was missing Friday night: nothing.
This year's men's soccer season featured several exhilarating victories and an NCAA tournament bid, but the team said in the end its inconsistency was its undoing. The talented Duke squad was unable to beat some clearly inferior teams, and was sent home early from both the Atlantic Coast Conference and NCAA tournaments.
In races marked by strong individual performances but disappointing team finishes, the men's and women's cross country teams placed third and fourth in their respective races at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships Saturday.
Last year, Georgia Tech improved within the season like no other team in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Ramblin' Wreck turned an 0-7 conference start into a 7-9 finish, transforming themselves from the doormats of the league into a young and hungry group.
Blue Devil and Tar Heel roundball teams face off in traditional fashion in Cameron Indoor Stadium Friday, with one team hoping to climb higher in the national ranking and the other hoping to avenge an early-season loss. But the only surprise is that "nothing but net" will be considered a bad thing in this contest between Tobacco Road rivals.
On an election night where returns were too close to call in many parts of the country, the results from Cameron Indoor Stadium were clear from the onset. The only question plaguing the minds of the Duke fans who watched the women's basketball team in its first exhibition of the season was whether or not the Blue Devils would join the century club.
