J-Will joins legends with jersey in rafters
By Tyler Rosen | February 6, 2003With fellow retirees Mike Gminski and Grant Hill looking on, Jay Williams became the 11th player in Duke basketball history to have his jersey retired Wednesday.
With fellow retirees Mike Gminski and Grant Hill looking on, Jay Williams became the 11th player in Duke basketball history to have his jersey retired Wednesday.
Emerging from the shadows of Saturday night's loss against UConn, the women's basketball team (20-1, 8-0 in the ACC) has some frustrated punches to throw in their next contest against Clemson...
Yesterday was an important day: Colin Powell spoke to the United Nations about the need for war in Iraq and Duke and North Carolina wrote the next chapter in college basketball's most storied rivalry.
With 6:27 left in Duke's Wednesday night battle with archrival North Carolina, Chris Duhon and Dahntay Jones took the floor following a media timeout and looked up at the scoreboard.
"When Chris [Duhon] leads, he's the best leader I've ever seen, take it from a guy who's played with him," former Duke point guard Jason Williams said minutes before Wednesday's game against UNC.
In Duke's most recent game, in Tallahassee, Fla. last weekend against Florida State, midway through the action, Casey Sanders pulled down a rebound on the offensive block.
The last time we saw Chris Duhon, he slipped away a Duke lead to Florida State with six seconds remaining and fell to the court almost as hard as the Blue Devils dropped in the ACC standings and...
The University of North Carolina wrestling team is getting younger.
Rashad McCants is looking to go where no Tar Heel--not Worthy, not Perkins, not Stackhouse, Jamison, Carter or Forte, not even a certain 6-foot-6 guard named Jordan--has ever gone before.
Amongst the fans, things can get pretty rowdy. Burned benches, hurled epithets and vicious cheers are hallmarks of the Duke-North Carolina basketball contests.
In years past, the Duke-UNC rivalry has centered around a contrast of playing styles.
In three years at Duke University, defenders had few options in guarding Jay Williams. Take away his right hand, he would score with his left. Take away his drive, he'd drain a three.
This evening, Duke will send number 22 to the rafters. It's too bad that it can't send the jersey--with Jay Williams inside of it--onto the court instead.
Like or hate the Cameron Crazies, most college basketball teams will admit playing at Duke is no fun.
After an overachieving 2002 season that ended in a NCAA round of 16 run, the No. 10 men's tennis team is back to old form for the 2003 year.
For the past two seasons, the Duke women's tennis team had a legitimate chance to capture both the team and individual NCAA Championships for the first time in school history, but fell short on...
Coming off perhaps the best fall season under head coach Rod Myers, the No. 9 men's golf team looks forward to playing an intense schedule in its quest for the national championship.
It was hard to miss senior Kate Kaiser and junior Meghan Walters at Duke's women's lacrosse games last year.
In what's been the most talented and competitive weight class in the ACC the past two seasons, this year's 125-pound class is even deeper and tighter.
Can a last place team lose its two best players and get better? Duke's baseball team certainly thinks so.