A SOMBER SEND-OFF
By Mike Van Pelt | March 6, 2006An 11-0 North Carolina second-half run that put the No. 13 Tar Heels (21-6, 12-4 in the ACC) ahead, 70-59, proved too much for the top-ranked Blue Devils (27-3, 14-2) to overcome, as J.J. Redick,...
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An 11-0 North Carolina second-half run that put the No. 13 Tar Heels (21-6, 12-4 in the ACC) ahead, 70-59, proved too much for the top-ranked Blue Devils (27-3, 14-2) to overcome, as J.J. Redick,...
It seemed like Duke hit its stride at the beginning of the season. Apart from a mid-January stumble against Georgetown, the Blue Devils have been setting the pace at the head of the pack. But with...
Three players with Duke ties will join head coach Mike Krzyzewski as members of the USA Basketball Senior National Team. Former Blue Devils Shane Battier and Elton Brand, along with senior J.J....
J.J. Redick had big plans for his career at Duke. Brought in by head coach Mike Krzyzewski with three other McDonald's All-Americans as part of a star-studded, six-man recruiting class, Redick...
His Seminole team led 76-72, and a raucous sell-out crowd was preparing to rush the court-the big bad Dukies were all but dead. The look on his face said it all: this win made Florida State's season.
ESPN has chosen Saturday's matchup between Duke and North Carolina as the event to launch a new company franchise, ESPNU Full Circle. Every single ESPN entity will devote itself to coverage of the...
With only two games left in the regular season-including Saturday's marquee rematch with the Tar Heels-and the ACC title already locked up, tonight's matchup against Florida State would appear to...
Unfortunately for No. 22 N.C. State, a two-game skid last week dropped the Wolfpack seven places in the national rankings and forced the team to relinquish its second-place spot in the conference...
The Cavaliers were picked to finish dead last in the ACC in preseason polls, but currently sit in a fifth-place tie with Florida State and Miami with two games left on their conference schedule.
Teams such as Memphis and Gonzaga have been ruled out of title contention by many national experts because they have supposedly grown accustomed to playing against inferior competition. But has the...
The senior calmly sank both free throws to become the ACC's all-time leading scorer. Blue Devils (27-1) to a 74-66 victory over Temple (15-11) Saturday afternoon.
Weeks of stifling scrutiny surrounding his chase of prominent Duke, ACC and NCAA offensive records seemed to have worn down the senior, as Redick's performance during the last two games has...
The No. 1 Blue Devils (26-1) escape the conference grind once again Saturday at 2:30 p.m. against Temple (15-10)-a game J.J. Redick will begin just nine points shy of breaking Dickie Hemric's ACC...
The Blue Devils clinched the 17th regular season ACC Championship in program history with a 73-66 victory over Georgia Tech Wednesday, but the win did not come easy.
ATLANTA - For the first time in his last six games, J.J. Redick looked human. But Redick-and his team-never lost confidence in his shooting stroke, and he eventually broke out of his slump and...
The program's all-time leading scorer enters tonight's game against Georgia Tech 31 points away from passing former Wake Forest forward Dickie Hemric to become the ACC's all-time leading scorer....
There comes a time every season when college basketball pundits say that freshmen are no longer freshmen. For Tar Heel Tyler Hansbrough, that time appears to have come.
Maryland is squarely on the bubble in the minds of most experts. The Terrapins own a 6-6 ACC record and their Dec. 11 win over Boston College is their only one win over a team currently ranked in...
Although Haith credited some of the disparity to the Blue Devils' aggressive play, he also hinted at a possible officiating bias, something opponents have been murmuring about all season.
The All-American senior had 22 points at halftime, but did not force a single bad shot against Miami's high-pressure defense. Instead, Redick found open teammates when he drew double teams and...