Oriakhi a good fit for Blue Devils
By Ryan Claxton | March 28, 2012It's never too soon to start talking about next basketball season.
It's never too soon to start talking about next basketball season.
My view: Duke’s loss will go down as a disappointing end to a team that was never quite as good as its record indicated.
Duke fans probably knew this day was coming.
Every March since 1985, mankind has pursued the elusive flawless bracket.
When Joanne P. McCallie replaced then-AP coach of the year Gail Goestenkors in 2007, it did not take long for the new head coach to revamp the culture around Duke women’s basketball.
It’s been ten years since the Blue Devils reached the Final Four behind the rallying cry “Eight is Enough.”
Two days ago, Duke traveled to Winston-Salem to face a 13-16 Wake Forest team that the Blue Devils have beaten by an average of 18 points in their last four matchups.
To understand a team it takes a look beyond the typical numbers.
Believe it or not, only six games remain on Duke’s regular season schedule.
A watery-eyed Austin Rivers slumped off the court on Saturday after Duke lost 76-73 to Florida State at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Just when you thought it was going to be difficult to muster the appropriate level of disdain for North Carolina this year...
Oh, the foul shot. That elusive, undefended moment of bliss when a player is awarded between one and three attempts to make an open shot from a line drawn 15 feet from the basket.
Duke women’s basketball has retired only two jerseys in its history, those of Alana Beard and Lindsey Harding.
With the long, illustrious history Duke athletics has produced, surely there have been some Blue Devils who have been robbed of Sportsman of the Year.
As a program, Duke women’s soccer waited a long time for last weekend.
David Cutcliffe was hired to immediately do two things—change the culture surrounding the program and return it to respectability.
A sentiment that seems to be growing in popularity with students and alumni alike is that head coach David Cutcliffe should be on the hot seat.
The actual events of Duke’s 74-69 win over Michigan State last night may be overshadowed by head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s record-breaking moment.
Back in the summer of 2008, I sat at home in Colorado eagerly anticipating my freshman year at Duke.
On the way to adulthood, everyone must first wade through the frequently-awkward era known as adolescence.