Duke players do not crack under pressure
By Alex Fanaroff | February 23, 2007CLEMSON, S.C. - In the ACC, it is all but impossible to waltz into an opposing gym and blow the home team out. It is true every year, and it is especially true this year.
CLEMSON, S.C. - In the ACC, it is all but impossible to waltz into an opposing gym and blow the home team out. It is true every year, and it is especially true this year.
After a nearly 11-minute first-half stretch without a field goal, Clemson rallied in the second period in an attempt to avenge its controversial loss to Duke earlier this season. But the No. 18...
After Duke's controversial 68-66 win over Clemson in Durham Jan. 25, the ACC admitted that a timing error allowed the Blue Devils additional time on the game's final play.
For much of its 53-year basketball history, the ACC has been defined by an eight-mile stretch on Tobacco Road.
It has often been said that being point guard at Duke is like being quarterback at Notre Dame. Each is the premier position in its respective sport, and each is also among the most scrutinized.
In commemoration of head coach Mike Krzyzewski's 700th win at Duke, Director of Athletics Joe Alleva gave Krzyzewski the game ball after the Blue Devils' contest against Georgia Tech Sunday. But it...
Game Analysis: The first time Duke played Georgia Tech this season, the Blue Devils forced a season-high 28 turnovers. That type of defensive performance usually guarantees that Duke would...
With his five grandchildren at his side, head coach Mike Krzyzewski was honored in a brief postgame ceremony for winning his 700th career game at Duke.
For the first time in four outings, the cloud of a previous defeat will not be hanging over the Blue Devils-and they certainly will not miss it.
For the first time in 380 games, Duke will step onto the court as an unranked team when it takes on the ACC's first-place Boston College tonight in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
In 2006, Duke celebrated Valentine's Day with an easy 93-70 victory over Wake Forest at Cameron Indoor Stadium. It was the 12th consecutive ACC win for the second-ranked Blue Devils, and the only...
Game Analysis: Despite trailing by as many as 20 points in the first half Sunday against Maryland, Duke found itself in a position to get back into the game with 9:54 remaining in the second.
For the fourth straight game, the Blue Devils left the court with heads hung low after another tough loss.
The last time Duke lost four games in a row, assistant coaches Chris Collins and Steve Wojciechowski sat a bit farther down the bench.
Game Analysis: When Duke walked out onto the floor before the opening tip against North Carolina Wednesday night, two players were noticeably absent from the court. Fortunately for the Tar...
At the beginning of the game, one question was on everyone's mind: Why weren't co-captains Josh McRoberts and DeMarcus Nelson included in the starting lineup? Coming off two straight league...
Meredith Shiner: How do you think the dynamics of the rivalry have evolved in the past 20 years, especially with so many players leaving early? Jay Bilas: I don't think it's changed that much. The...
I can still hear the shrieks of the Cameron Crazies in my head. Never had I heard such a noise, and I haven't heard it since. I can replay the final sequence in my mind as if it happened...
Last year, as the Tar Heels rode back to Chapel Hill from their monumental upset of the top-ranked Blue Devils in Cameron Indoor Stadium, UNC's talented freshmen basked in the feeling. But it was...
When Maryland and Wake Forest met in conference play four years ago, it was a battle of the ACC's elite that had national significance.