For a few moments, No. 7 Duke looked as if it were about to relive another nightmare against Florida State.
Visiting teams rarely win at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but when they do, they tend to go a bit overboard in their celebrations.
As the Blue Devils filed out of the Comcast Center with solemn faces and heads hung low, a scream on the loudspeakers could only rub salt in the wounds.
With the lights dimmed on a raucous crowd of 15,531 in the Comcast Center Monday night, two pillars of fire blazed at halfcourt as each Maryland starter was announced.
Seven minutes into the first half of Friday night's game against Florida State, Duke's starting backcourt of Abby Waner, Wanisha Smith and Jasmine Thomas was uncharacteristically quiet.
The intensity, the crowd, the heat in Cameron Indoor-everything was turned up a notch for the Blue Devils' conference opener against Virginia Sunday night.
A minute and a half into the game, Virginia head coach Dave Leitao didn't like what he saw and called a timeout after a 5-0 Duke start. But with the relentless Blue Devils running on all cylinders,...
Despite a fast start to the season and a high-paced offense, the Blue Devils have struggled from the field over their last three contests and are not quite where they want to be heading into ACC play.
In preparing for her first ACC home opener, head coach Joanne P. McCallie is looking for one thing from her team more than anything: consistency.
The Blue Devils headed into their ACC season opener Wednesday with a 4-4 record and looking to upset reigning conference champion N.C. State.
With just more than eight minutes remaining in No. 9 Duke's contest against Temple, the Blue Devils appeared to be in serious trouble.
Before Saturday's game against Miami, the No. 11 Blue Devils had won six straight games with relative ease.
Sophomore center Brian Zoubek is out indefinitely after fracturing the fifth metatarsal in his left foot Monday.
Junior Marty Pocius underwent successful surgery on his left ankle Tuesday. The swingman will miss the remainder of the season.
As the Blue Devils trudged off the court following Sunday night's 81-67 win over Cornell, their expressions told a vastly different story than the scoreboard did.
