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CARY, N.C. — In a way, the doubles point seems like a lot of effort for not much payoff. Six players play three doubles matches, and from that, a team can earn a grand total of one point.
As college football goes through spring games across the country, it’s time to take a look at some of the new players who’ll be joining head coach David Cutcliffe’s squad next season. Cutcliffe and his staff signed 20 freshmen to make up the recruiting class of 2011, and this is a look at eight of the key signees.
We all know the day is coming. As the accolades, successes and trophies continue to pour into the coffers of Duke basketball, it’s easy to ignore the day. But one day in the future, the sun will rise over Cameron Indoor Stadium and the sixth-story windows of Schwartz-Butters, into the office that belonged—past tense—to Mike Krzyzewski.
After two games last weekend, Duke only had only one full day of practice to prepare for a huge rivalry game against North Carolina.
The end of basketball season can sometimes be bittersweet on Duke’s campus, where hoops is king. But it’s nice to know there’s something to look forward to in the seven months between games in Cameron Indoor Stadium: It’s baseball season again.
When you’re staring down the barrel of a 10-game losing streak, it’s an incredible relief just to win a game against any opponent. Duke got that win Saturday—and got it against a top-10 opponent.
Next weekend, Purdue diver David Boudia will travel more than 600 miles, from Indiana down to Durham.
Abby Johnston concentrates on the music playing from her headphones as she prepares to jump three meters from a springboard into 18 feet of water in Austin, Texas.
There are lots of ways to blow a lead in a basketball game. Sometimes your shooters go cold and the shots stop falling. Sometimes the opponent catches fire and can’t miss.
Duke’s roster this season boasts five freshmen out of its eleven members, but if that sounds like a lot, just wait until UT-Martin comes to town.
Run a Google search for “Duke,” and the bulk of your results will be related to Jalen Rose’s recent comments about Duke recruits being “Uncle Toms” and the imminent return—or non-return—of Kyrie Irving.
In the popular card game Spades, players are allowed to pass cards to their partners before each hand. But the process is blind—you can’t look at your partner’s hand before you pass them the cards—and as a result, passing is rare.
If you’re good at something, people are always eager to notice when you don’t meet your usual standards. The Atlantic Coast Conference and basketball have been synonymous with success for a long time, and as the dominance of the ACC in the national basketball landscape has diminished in the past few years, critics have been more than happy to point that out.
It’s said that home is where the heart is, and for Jasmine Thomas, home is also where the wins are. In her Duke career, the star guard has played six games in her home state of Virginia, and has brought her team back to Durham victorious all six times.
Coming off a demoralizing 22-point loss Thursday in College Park, Md., the Blue Devils returned home with a point to prove.
Last Wednesday on the main quad, benches burned in commemoration of another important victory for Mike Krzyzewski and his team.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — If you knew that two Duke players were on the court for 39 minutes or more on any given night, there would be a good chance those two were seniors Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith. But Sunday night, after Smith took a poke to the eye early in the first half that sent him to the locker room for several minutes, it was Seth Curry who nearly joined Singler in playing a complete game.
Tom Gieryn breaks down the key matchups between Duke and Carolina.
Most sports don’t cater especially well to the Tobacco Road rivalry, since only two teams can play at a time. But at this weekend’s College Cup Invitational at the Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion, all three Triangle-area rivals swam against one another in the final meet for the Blue Devils before the ACC Championships.
It wouldn’t seem that winter weather would be grounds to cancel indoor tennis, but while snow doesn’t fall on the courts, it does fall on airports. One of the worst winter storms in recent memory left No. 14 Duke (5-0) unable to travel to its planned Friday matchup against No. 16 Illinois (2-1).
