Williams flourishing after move to defense
(04/13/10 8:00am)
This wasn’t how it was supposed to happen.
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This wasn’t how it was supposed to happen.
Mason Plumlee doesn’t try to hide the fact that he enjoys dunking. A lot.
In a weekend defined by offense and late comebacks, it was ironically two vintage pitching performances that determined the victor in Sunday’s rubber game.
Anyone selling glass slippers this March must be quite happy.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The past few seasons, a 3-for-17 shooting performance from beyond the arc might have doomed Duke.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a contest typified by physical defense and poor shooting, it was ironically two dunks that provided the bookends to Duke’s Sunday night victory over California in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Duke wasn't the home team in Jacksonville Friday night, but if more Cameron Crazies had ventured to Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena for the first round of the NCAA Tournament, a chorus of "Airball!" would have likely serenaded No. 16 seed Arkansas-Pine Bluff (18-16) for most of the contest.
Last season, Brian Zoubek’s minutes performed a surprising disappearing act down the stretch. But this year, the senior center has performed a much more impressive magic trick: resurrecting his career just in the nick of time.
Just more than two weeks ago, Duke played what many deemed its most important game of the season against a surging Maryland team with the lead in the ACC standings hanging in the balance.
One game might have been a fluke. Two or three might have been a streak. But after his fourth straight blockbuster performance Thursday night against Tulsa, this much is certain: a renaissance of Zoubekian proportions has occurred.
To the casual viewer, something may seem unusual about tonight’s matchup between No. 8 Duke (19-4, 7-2 in the ACC) and North Carolina.
Both Duke and Georgetown are in the top 25—of the U.S. News’ Best Colleges 2010, that is.
RALEIGH — Three road games, three losses, three courts stormed.
MADISON, Wis. — Duke may have stayed close to Wisconsin throughout most of its 73-69 loss Wednesday night, but the Blue Devils’ inability to get any crucial stops when they were within striking distance proved too costly to overcome.
OFFENSE: B
Any football guru will attest that big plays are more common through the air than on the ground. So it was certainly a surprise Saturday when Georgia Tech—a team reliant on the triple-option ground attack—used the big pass play to rout Duke, which, despite its proficient passing attack, failed multiple times to answer in kind.
You’d never guess from the way wide recievers Conner Vernon and Donovan Varner work together on offense that the two used to be fierce rivals in high school. But rather than competing on gameday, the pair faced off on the practice fields of Gulliver Prep in Miami.
A few days after Duke’s exhibition win over Pfeiffer Oct. 24, forwards Miles and Mason Plumlee—Miles is the older one—sat down with The Chronicle’s Scott Rich to discuss the upcoming season and their role as Blue Devil big men.
Offense: B+
On a day when torrential downpours made what was expected to be an ACC shootout look more like a Big Ten defensive struggle, Duke’s defense adapted to the conditions as if it was used to the miserable Midwestern weather instead of the normally temperate Durham sun.