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By Chris Cusack | March 31, 2011Learning to play without Kyrie Irving was like beginning a whole new season.
Learning to play without Kyrie Irving was like beginning a whole new season.
It all started with the Dougie. With a freshman shimmying down the graduate student section in Cameron Indoor Stadium, exuding a blend of confidence, cockiness and above all, pure joy, the dance...
For the first time in five years, a Blue Devil was named to the AP All-American first team.
The Blue Devils simply could not stop Arizona’s Derrick Williams Thursday night.
Derrick Williams’ career-high 32 points propelled Arizona to the Elite Eight, as the Wildcats trounced the Blue Devils 93-77 Thursday night at the Honda Center.
The last time Duke and Arizona met, the Blue Devils came away with an 82-72 victory to earn head coach Mike Krzyzewski his third national title.
While Kyrie Irving was certainly a different player this weekend than he was when he first put on a Duke jersey, the Blue Devils—and their coach—were more than happy to have him back.