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If there has been a theme in Duke’s season to this point, it has been evolution. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski has used the word on multiple occasions—the starting lineup is evolving, players individually are evolving and the team as a whole is evolving. The coaches have tried a number of different combinations, and through all of it, a question has remained—who will lead?
ATLANTA, Ga. — There was no ceremony around Quinn Cook’s first start in a Duke uniform. No special meeting with the coaching staff, no announcement in front of the team. The only sign for Cook came in practice after the team’s loss against Temple, when head coach Mike Krzyzewski assigned Cook to practice with the rest of the starters on the “white” team.
In tense, back-and-forth matches, talent is often not the deciding factor. With plenty of talent on the field, will to win becomes critical.
In 2008, Belmont nearly became the fifth No. 15 seed in NCAA tournament history to upset a No. 2 seed in the first round.
Duke substitutions came fast and furious Saturday against Bellarmine, with new players entering the game on nearly every dead ball. In the final tally, 11 players saw court time, and all but one of those played double-digit minutes.
Many of Duke’s teams take advantage of nonconference games early in the season to warm up for ACC competition. But the swimming and diving team plunged straight into its conference schedule Saturday with its season-opening meet against Maryland. The men came home with a strong 177.5-121.5 victory to begin their campaign, but though the women stayed competitive early, they eventually fell to the Terrapins 186-111.
In Greensboro, N.C., on the eve of the 2010 ACC tournament, head coach Mike Krzyzewski and his staff were preparing for their first-round matchup with Virginia. Meanwhile, in Richmond, Va., high school junior Michael Gbinije was calling his high school coach, Sean McAloon, to tell him he was ready to commit to the Blue Devils.
The following are a series of observations from Friday's Countdown to Craziness
Editor’s note: The following is the last story in a four-part series examining how Duke stays compliant within increasingly complex NCAA guidelines. Click for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.
Editor’s note: The following story is the third in a four-part series examining how Duke stays compliant within increasingly complex NCAA guidelines. The previous article can be found here. The next final part will run Friday. The full story will also be available on The Chronicle’s website at the end of the week.
The following story is the second in a four-part series examining how Duke stays compliant within increasingly complex NCAA guidelines. The first part can be found here. The next two parts will run through the rest of the week. The full story will be available on The Chronicle’s website Friday.
The following story is the first in a four-part series examining how Duke stays compliant within increasingly complex NCAA guidelines. The subsequent three parts will run through the rest of the week. The full story will be available on The Chronicle’s website Friday.
David Cutcliffe emerged from the Duke locker room in bare feet, with the high South Florida humidity rendering him unable to get his socks on.
When opposing the best teams in the country, the wins are in the details. Duke didn’t open with its best play on Sunday, but a series of successful adjustments led to a hotly-contested 2-1 victory over Florida State at Koskinen Stadium. The win gets the No. 5 Blue Devils (9-1, 1-0 in the ACC) off to their best start in school history.
When most Duke students were hardly able to think about getting off campus for the summer, Nick McCrory was already in Ft. Lauderdale. While Perkins Library was filled with people busily preparing for finals, McCrory was getting ready for a test of a different sort.
It doesn’t take much to lose a soccer game. The slightest break in concentration can spell disaster, even for a team that controls play throughout the game.
For some coaches, even early-season contests are only about racking up wins. And while no one would accuse head coach Jolene Nagel of not wanting to win, she seems to be emphasizing learning as her team gets its season underway. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that her team is also talented enough to emerge from its first tournament undefeated.
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“There’s patience, and then there’s patience.” Those were the words of head coach Dan Brooks, describing the maturation of his sophomore star player, Lindy Duncan. She’s learning the latter, he said.
It’s always nice to be the favorites, but anything can happen after three weeks without competition. Though Duke easily outranked its opponents in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, it hadn’t played a match in 21 days prior to last Saturday’s first-round matchup in Durham.
