Murphy, Plumlee make most of redshirt year
Alex Murphy and Marshall Plumlee have not scored a point, grabbed a rebound or dished an assist for Duke this year.
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Alex Murphy and Marshall Plumlee have not scored a point, grabbed a rebound or dished an assist for Duke this year.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — On an unusual night when squeaking shoes were often louder than screaming fans in Winston-Salem, what might have been a late-season tune-up for the Blue Devils nearly became a trap as Wake Forest’s late 19-2 run erased a 23-point Duke lead in the second half.
Eight days ago, Duke overcame a late 10-point deficit en route to a historic victory over rival North Carolina. Thursday night against another in-state foe, N.C. State, the Blue Devils cleared a hurdle twice as high.
When discussing the performance of his team this season, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski has often emphasized the youth on his roster. This weekend, though, his Blue Devils will face a squad that is even younger.
COLLEGE PARK, Md — One 3-pointer jumper went in and out. Then a second. Then a third.
Two smiles told the story for Andre Dawkins and Austin Rivers Thursday night.
For the first eight minutes Sunday, No. 8 Duke (15-2, 3-0 in the ACC) looked like the same team that lost its first two road games of the season. Andre Dawkins and a resurgent Duke frontcourt made sure this story had a different ending.
Since Greg Paulus’ junior year in 2008, Duke has been searching for a true point guard. The team thought it had found its answer last season in Kyrie Irving, but the position was thrown back into flux after his infamous toe injury and subsequent departure for the NBA.
Duke had eight straight days of practice and a lopsided home win over undersized Colorado State to recover from its crushing defeat in Columbus, Ohio. But the true test to see if the Blue Devils have overcome their first loss of the season will come not in Durham, but at Duke’s home-away-from-home—Madison Square Garden.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Apparently, Ohio State thinks Duke is all talk. It might have proven it Tuesday night.
David Cutcliffe was not hired to lead Duke to a national championship, an ACC championship or even a bowl game in his first four years as head coach. He was hired to immediately do two things—change the culture surrounding the program and return it to respectability.
After two weeks of counting down to his 903rd career head coaching victory, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski eclipsed his mentor Bob Knight atop college basketball’s all-time wins list.
The mood in Duke’s locker room following a 77-76 victory over Belmont could be characterized by one word—relief.
On the way to adulthood, everyone must first wade through the frequently-awkward era known as adolescence. It’s those years, and how one survives them, that often come to define one’s true character.
Just nine days from the start of the 2011 season, Duke’s rotation is finally starting to come into focus, after the team’s last exhibition game against Bellarmine showed little continuity.
Sean Renfree’s conservative play wasn’t to blame for Duke’s 24-23 loss to Wake Forest Saturday. Neither was Anthony Boone’s inefficient red-zone attack nor a defense prone to yield big plays.
Senior night will have a different sound to it for the Blue Devils Sunday.
In the world of FBS football, two teams can make a conference.
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series looking at former Duke football players in the NFL. Yesterday, Matt Levenberg wrote about Eron Riley. Today, Scott Rich looks at Thad Lewis, and Alex Young covers Vincent Rey Friday.
The storm of conference realignment started in Texas, not along the Atlantic Coast. But with the news this weekend that Syracuse and Pittsburgh would join the ACC, and the speculation that two more teams could soon follow suit, the ACC became the first conference to get out ahead of the oncoming tempest.