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Mike Dunleavy officially declared himself eligible for the NBA draft Saturday, ending days of rumors and speculation about the future of the men's basketball co-captain. According to a statement released by the men's basketball program, Dunleavy will enter the draft but not hire an agent, allowing him to return to school if he so desires.
Mike Dunleavy, rising senior co-captain for the men's basketball team, will consider forgoing his senior season and enter the NBA Draft, recruiting expert Kurt O'Neill of EliteHoopRecruits.com reported Thursday. O'Neill's website, citing "several sources" close to the team, said that he expects Dunleavy to put his name into the draft, but not sign with an agent, allowing him to pull his name out and return for his senior season if he desires.
In a polar shift from running the table in conference play, the men's tennis team was demolished 4-0 by the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the semifinals of the ACC Championship at the Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center in Raleigh.
RALEIGH -- Much like it rolled through the ACC regular season in flawless form, the men's tennis team began its ACC Tournament in the same manner, dispatching N.C. State, 4-0.
Having not lost a regular-season conference match since 1996, the men's tennis team again enters the ACC Tournament this weekend at the Millbrook Exchange Center in Raleigh as the favorite to come out on top. Contrary to past years, though, it may be a bit more difficult for the No. 14 Blue Devils (14-10, 8-0 in the ACC) to win their fifth straight tournament title. "North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and Florida State are all good," coach Jay Lapidus said. "Those teams specifically could knock us off--there really is no foregone conclusion." Top-seeded Duke begins its tournament play today at 1 p.m. versus ninth-seeded N.C. State, a team Duke beat 6-1 in Raleigh during the regular season. The Wolfpack (5-19, 0-8) did not win a match in conference play. With everyone healthy, the Blue Devils should boast a lineup consisting of two players--Phillip King and Michael Yani--ranked in the top 50 in the country in singles play. King went undefeated in ACC play, while Yani lost only two matches playing at the No. 2 slot. The pair also combine to form the 21st-ranked doubles team in the country. "If we play at a level that we're capable of playing at, we should be able to get through without too much of a struggle," Lapidus said. "But there's always a possibility [we could lose]. That's why they play [the matches]." The one point Duke dropped against N.C. State and has had trouble with during the regular season is the No. 3 singles flight, usually played by freshman Jason Zimmerman. Zimmerman, lauded by Lapidus earlier in the year, has only won two ACC matches, one at the No. 3 slot, and one when he was bumped up to play No. 2 singles. Both Lapidus and the team hope the West Chester, Ohio native can regain his earlier season form. 'At this point, we have to play the lineup we've been using [during conference play],' Lapidus said. 'He's struggled the last quarter of the season, but I think he can pull it back together. We gave him a few days off to regroup.' If the Blue Devils beat N.C. State, they get the day off before playing the winner of the match between No. 4 Georgia Tech and No. 5 Florida State. Duke recently beat the Seminoles 5-2, but had problems against Tech, edging the Yellow Jackets 4-3 during the regular season. Lapidus said Georgia Tech could be dangerous for the Blue Devils because the Yellow Jackets have no real soft spot in their lineup. In the preseason, the Yellow Jackets were picked to be the front runner in the conference, but a couple of unlucky 4-3 losses, such as the one to Duke, killed that possibility. Should it make the finals, there is a good chance Duke will face second-seeded North Carolina, a team that almost snapped Duke's winning streak in a 4-3 thriller last Wednesday. The Blue Devils will have to be in top form to beat the Tar Heels. 'They're real good,' Lapidus said. 'If we make it to the final, I'd be surprised if they weren't there.'
About four hours after the match began, North Carolina's Andrew Metzler hit a Peter Shults serve wide, as the 11th-ranked men's tennis team edged No. 25 North Carolina (14-5, 5-1 in the ACC) 4-3.
About two years ago, Jared Jeffries woke up and decided to go to Duke. After a whirlwind recruiting tour, the lifelong Hoosier fan had been coaxed from his boyhood dream of playing at Assembly Hall with then-coach Bobby Knight and drawn to Durham, coach Mike Krzyzewski and Duke. The entire time the blue-chipper was looking at schools, recruiting experts had said the only thing that could get Jeffries away from Knight was his protZgZ. For a few hours, it looked as if Krzyzewski had pulled of one of recruiting history's great coups.
For the second straight weekend, the third-ranked women's golf team came away with a win.
At the very beginning of the Duke bench, even in front of coach Mike Krzyzewski, is a tall skinny man with a rather oval face. He does not say much--except when he answers ESPN's halftime questions for Krzyzewski--and rarely shows much emotion unless he's calming down a player or another coach.
In a typical year, Duke would play North Carolina to close its regular season. The two perennial juggernauts would then go into the ACC Tournament on opposite sides of the bracket, only to fight their way to the finals and a rematch against each other.
With his team having finished up its regular season and preparing to defend its national championship in the postseason, men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski sat down to discuss the state of Duke basketball in an exclusive interview with sports editor Craig Saperstein and sports managing editor Paul Doran. Here are some of the highlights of this conversation.
On a table in the media room of Cameron Indoor Stadium is a colorful, glossy piece of paper.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Just like last season, Christmas came a couple months late for the Virginia Cavaliers.
Few teams can begin the season 1-5 while having confidence and maintaining their status as an elite, top-10 program. However, in the young spring season, the men's tennis team has done just that.
With 25 seconds left in the first overtime, a team with a terrible record is down by eight to its archrival, a top-ranked team. It miraculously closes the gap to three, and with about a second left, a guy named Capel throws up a prayer from at least 30 feet out.
I heard about the Shelden Williams incident late the other night, and the next morning, at the advice of a few people, I looked to see what contributors to the message board on the Duke Basketball Report were saying.
The most anticipated game of this young basketball season came to a crashing halt Thursday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium as the No. 1 Blue Devils trounced the No. 3 Maryland Terrapins 99-78.
No one hates Duke more than North Carolina, right? Wrong.
It took a few tournaments and three forfeits and a mess of terrible weather, but by the end of it all the wrestling team left the First State--in a meet that was changed from a quad to a dual because of weather problems--with its first win of the season Monday, a 33-16 victory over Delaware State.
Coach Mike Krzyzewski has only squared off against a Hall of Fame coach two times in his illustrious career.
