Blue Devils to face Virginia in ACCs
(03/11/05 5:00am)
The upset bug has bitten the ACC Tournament.
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The upset bug has bitten the ACC Tournament.
Lee Melchionni was out in front of every defender, in the stadium he had always dreamed of playing in, with 9,314 pairs of eyes looking just at him.
Chris Paul knows all about expectations.
Duke’s “big three” has accounted for more than 65 percent of its points and just about 100 percent of its individual accolades this season.
At Duke, Daniel Ewing has won a lot of games, but he’s also had to take the back seat.
When it was all over, little Ivory Latta stood in front of a television camera and did a variation of the running man.
Head coach Bill Hillier was clear in his comments after each of the baseball team’s three losses to Cincinnati Feb. 18 to 20.
When you are a Duke basketball player, teams are always gunning to knock you off. Georgia Tech, which is fighting to finish its ACC schedule with a winning record, will try to knock off Duke at home for the first time since 1995.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — As the red lights around the backboard turned on to signify the end of the game, Maryland forward Nik Caner-Medley’s fall-away jumper floated through the air.
In the aftermath of Wednesday’s loss to Maryland that snapped Duke’s 15-game win streak, players sat hunched in front of their lockers speaking softly as reporters asked the very questions that they were trying to answer themselves.
The Blue Devils struggled offensively all night long, and Maryland hit key shots and made free throws down the stretch while Duke continued to miss. The Blue Devil's honeymoon perfect start ended in Cameron Indoor Stadium Wednesday night.
As fencing coach Alex Beguinet talks about his team before practice, he gestures animatedly with the blade he is repairing, slicing the air and faking jabs at bystanders.
In the 100th year of Duke Basketball, one day shy of the 65th birthday of Cameron Indoor Stadium, the giants of the program and the building returned to the court.E
The Blue Devils have already to lost to UVa twice this season with a lot on the line. But the teams will play for a spot in the College Cup when Duke rolls into Charlottesville Saturday at 7 p.m.
Duke needed several big plays from co-captain Daniel Ewing down the stretch to secure a win of Davidson Monday night in the teams second game of the season. The Blue Devils, after trailing for a large potion of the first half, built a halftime lead and extended it after the break. Davidson, however, clawed back to test Duke down the stretch. CHARLOTTE -- Daniel Ewing stole the ball from Davidson forward Logan Kosmalski at the top of the key with 5:02 left in the game and there was nothing but clear sailing between him and the basket. With the Wildcats in the middle of a 27-9 run that had sliced Duke's 20-point lead to just four over the course of 10 minutes, the senior captain knew what he had to do.
Duke may be overshadowed by a host of ACC teams dominating the top five, but after a grueling preseason, No. 11 Duke is ready to begin its 100th season of Basketball. The Blue Devils take on Tennessee Martin in the season opener Saturday at 7 p.m., and Coach K finally gets a chance to see what his experienced but thin team brings to the court.
Had Duke wanted to spy on N.C. Central before tonight’s exhibition game, it would have been very easy. The Eagles recently practiced in Card Gym, just a long three-pointer from Cameron Indoor Stadium, while their own gym underwent repairs.
Before Duke’s 107-56 exhibition win over St. Francis Xavier Friday, X-Men players perused the Duke Store buying Blue Devil apparel. As much as the Canadian national collegiate runner-ups wanted to win, they knew that their United States barn-storming tour was as much about the experience as the basketball.
The men’s golf team finished seventh of 18 teams at the Carpet Capital Collegiate this weekend at the Farm Golf Club in Rocky Face, Ga. Junior Ryan Blaum was Duke’s top scorer, recording a four-over-par 220 in the three-round tournament and tying for sixth place.
It is not very often that a basketball team returns four starters and 11 letter-winners from an ACC Tournament title team. It is even less frequent for the tournament winner to beat the top three seeds to win the title. But when such a team is picked to finish anywhere from fourth to sixth in its own conference the next year, something truly crazy is going on.