Dunleavy struggles to adjust
(01/28/03 5:00am)
The NBA draft isn't what it used to be. Just ask Mike Dunleavy and the Golden State Warriors.
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The NBA draft isn't what it used to be. Just ask Mike Dunleavy and the Golden State Warriors.
Sports teams from Florida traditionally struggle when traveling north to compete in lower temperatures. Playing in the heated indoors, basketball is normally the exception to this rule, but Sunday Florida State could not deal with the Iciss in Cameron.
The unofficial athletic nickname of Georgia Tech athletics is the Ramblin Wreck, but after losing consecutive ACC games for the first time since 1997, it is Duke who seems to embody that phrase.
GREENSBORO - While the rest of the state celebrated Martin Luther King Jr., Day Monday, the 15,000 plus fans- the largest ever to see a high school basketball game in North Carolina - inside Greensboro Coliseum were exalting King James.
When ACC schools look at a map of Durham, many unsuccessfully attempt to solve the mystery of winning inside Cameron Indoor Stadium. Unfortunately for No. 1 Duke, Virginia finally has both a Majestic Mapp and, though no Sherlock, a quite capable Watson.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Alana Beard was sensational Thursday night against Virgina (5-8, 0-3 in the ACC), scoring a school-record 41 points, including two game-winning free-throws with 0.8 seconds remaining in a 60-59 win over unranked Virginia. No. 1 Duke (14-0, 2-0) held possession of the ball for the last 36 seconds of the game, when Virginia deflected the ball out of bounds, forced a jump-ball and three Blue Devil misses before Cavalier Karen Jaeger fouled Beard at half-court while fighting for a loose ball with less than a second remaining.
Although many houses were out of power in the Durham area, the powerhouse that is Duke basketball was in full form Saturday.
The 2002 football season began with promise, but like the previous two seasons, ended in disappointment. The team began the season with a 23-game losing streak and were only 12 losses away from breaking Division I's all-time futility record, the exact number of games the team was to play this year.
Jamyon Small has been on a team with a nation-leading 23-game losing streak and an conference-record 24-game ACC losing streak, but he does not regret a minute of it. Instead of griping about all of Duke's failures, Small has learned from adversity.
Head football coach Carl Franks had a new experience with the sport of football Saturday against Georgia Tech: He received a penalty from the sidelines. Franks opened his weekly press conference discussing the matter, carefully following the NCAA's rules on criticizing officiating.
ATLANTA -- With five minutes remaining in the first half, Duke had played its most sluggish football of the year. Rain fell in sheets the previous 24 hours, but barely a drop fell from the clouds that covered the downtown Atlanta sky line during the game. Although acknowledging that the game conditions were adequate, the Blue Devils' play reflected that of inclement weather. Balls were bobbled through players hands and the running game struggled to get the leverage it normally has. It was a mudfest without mud.
ATLANTA -- While raining the rest of the day, the clouds over the Atlanta skyline gave the fans and players a break Saturday afternoon by relenting for the three hours the Georgia Tech-Duke football game lasted. Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, the Duke offense dried up in the 17-2 loss.
Seeming more relaxed than usual at his weekly press conference, head football coach Carl Franks spent the bye week working on the fundamentals that he believes have been forgotten during the season when every game is a must-win.
Starting in a national championship game makes any college basketball career a successful one. Accomplishing that feat as a sophomore on the winning team makes it even more impressive.
On ACC media day, the Maryland players strutted into their interview locations and immediately switched their nametags in an apparent joke. Maryland has lost four starters from last year's national championship team, but its swagger is still present.
Winning 10 events at a tri-meet against Old Dominion and Towson Universities, the men's swimming and diving team (1-4) triumphed to its first win of the season after defeating ODU 143-94. The men, however, lost to Towson 143-91, while the women's team (4-3) swept the Monarchs and the Tigers, winning 149-92 and 155-82, respectively.
Air conditioning was installed in Cameron Indoor Stadium last summer, but after Duke's 103-63 win against Team Nike, it is evident the Blue Devils have not cooled off much.
With the hiring of defensive coordinator Ted Roof, the Duke football defense made a new commitment to excellence. One of the worst defensive teams in the nation in 2001, they had to turn it around from the very bottom. Naturally, the team has started with a Z.
At his weekly press conference Monday, head football coach Carl Franks mixed talk of extreme disappointment about Saturday's blowout loss with minimal optimism for his team's final three games. After a day to reflect, Franks said he still believed his side was just not ready to play Saturday.
Running back Chris Douglas took the football on the first play from scrimmage and SMACK!