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In the words of sophomore point guard Quinn Cook, Duke was “shocked” last season when it became just the sixth second-seeded team in NCAA Tournament history to lose to a No. 15 seed in the first round.
Duke’s substitution patterns have been in flux for much of the year, as head coach Mike Krzyzewski worked to cover for Ryan Kelly’s injury and Rasheed Sulaimon’s up-and-down freshman campaign. Despite all the changes, he was back to playing a six-man rotation in Duke’s ACC Tournament loss to Maryland, with the seventh and eighth players—Josh Hairston and Alex Murphy—seeing a combined 10 minutes of action.
Traffic around the Greensboro Coliseum can back up for miles during big events like the ACC and NCAA Tournaments. But when the bus carrying the Duke basketball team pulled out late on the evening of March 16, 2012, it stopped for nothing. It’s not difficult to imagine the occupants’ anxiety to leave the Coliseum behind as the harsh lights of police cruisers escorted the bus around traffic and through red lights until it reached I-85.
CHAPEL HILL—When Ryan Kelly returned to the Duke lineup last Saturday against Miami, there was no doubt that his talent had returned to the floor—his 36-point performance dispelled any question of his health holding him back.
Columnist and basketball beat writer Tom Gieryn attended his last Duke home game Tuesday in the student section at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils played Virginia Tech. This ballad reflects on his memories and experience.
Ten minutes prior to the tip-off of Sunday’s game against Boston College, I tweeted from Cameron Indoor Stadium’s press row that the student section was as empty as I had seen it all season that close to game time.
Since Ryan Kelly went down with a foot injury 12 games ago, No. 6 Duke has not been fighting to chase down the No. 1 ranking that they have held on and off in recent months, but rather just to keep its proverbial head above water.
COLLEGE PARK, Md.—College basketball success is fragile. Ask Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon.
Before the match, Duke head coach Glen Lanham removed his shoes and socks with the slow, calm precision of Mr. Rogers. He and his staff coached barefoot to benefit Samaritan’s Feet, a charity that provides shoes for impoverished people worldwide. But at the end of the match, it might have been Lanham who needed new footwear as he took his displeasure out on the laces while retying his shoes.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—For the second time in as many weeks, Duke basketball has traveled to Florida for a rout. Unlike the 90-63 drubbing they received at the hands of Miami Jan. 23, though, the Blue Devils were the ones dealing out the beating Saturday afternoon at the Donald L. Tucker Center.
If I could, I would go back to last weekend.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—In sports, wins are a statistic—the most important statistic. But even though a team’s record doesn’t ultimately count as anything more than a number, wins also represent experiences for a team.
It’s hard to say how things went downhill so quickly.
The movement started with several minutes left in the game. From my seat in the upper level of Raleigh’s PNC Arena, it wasn’t hard to notice the tide of N.C. State students making their way into the aisles, pressing down towards the court in anticipation of a Wolfpack victory. Their intention quickly became obvious: If the Wolfpack held on for an increasingly likely win over Duke, they were going to rush the court.
Foot injuries have been a big problem for Duke in the last few years, and Ryan Kelly just added his name to the list of the afflicted. If Kelly’s injury—the severity of which has yet to be revealed—necessitates an extended absence, it could rank on the impact scale closer to Kyrie Irving’s 2011 mishap than Seth Curry’s or Marshall Plumlee’s issues this season.
It’s winter in Durham. The juniors are all back from places where fútbol is more popular than football, and the Gothic wonderland is at its most beautiful amidst grayer skies and barer trees—which also means that it’s ACC season at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Todd Zafirovski was never going to attend Duke University.
Last season, you just never got the sense that the Blue Devils ever really clicked. Gone were the days when playing the Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium was akin to matching up against Tiger Woods (circa 2000) on the final day of a major, when you just knew Duke had the upper hand, if only by sheer moxie. It was difficult to have confidence that they would find answers when they needed them.
This is part two of a two part series looking at non-basketball aspects of Duke basketball’s trip to the Bahamas. Today’s examines the tourtnament’s television rights and playing venue. Part one examined the decision to attend the tournament.
This is part one of a two part series looking in-depth at the non-basketball aspects of Duke basketball’s trip to the Bahamas. Today’s examines the program’s decision to attend the early-season tournament in Nassau.