duke escapes uconn in overtime thriller
By Patrick Byrnes | March 29, 2006Searching for the team's first national title, Duke squeaked by Connecticut in an overtime nailbiter, 63-61, in the Elite Eight Tuesday night to advance to the Final Four.
Searching for the team's first national title, Duke squeaked by Connecticut in an overtime nailbiter, 63-61, in the Elite Eight Tuesday night to advance to the Final Four.
The Blue Devils managed to advance to the Final Four in spite of their lowest offensive output of the year. Entering the game as the highest scoring team in the nation, averaging 87.7 points per...
Not many teams would consider such a list of accomplishments a disappointment. But for the Blue Devils, who had National Championship blinders on since their loss to Michigan State in last year's...
Unhappy with the treatment she was receiving for her injury and her situation at Duke, the Columbus, Ohio, native decided to transfer to Connecticut. And after sitting out last season due to NCAA...
In order to make their fourth trip to the Final Four and continue their drive to win that elusive first National Championship, the Blue Devils (29-3) will have to go through one of the few programs...
Seniors J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams formed one of the best inside-outside tandems in college basketball this season. And the Associated Press honored them with their selection to the...
The late-game struggles were characteristic of the Blue Devils' sluggish offense throughout the game.
After limping into the NCAA Tournament with a loss to North Carolina at the end of the regular season and another defeat to Maryland in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament, Duke has cruised...
After leading by only eight points at halftime, top-seeded Duke blew out last season's national runner-up Michigan State in the second half on the way to an 86-61 victory Sunday at the Arena at...
Sunday, however, the Blue Devils will face a more serious challenge when they play fourth-seeded Michigan State. In its ninth consecutive Sweet 16 appearance, Duke travels to Bridgeport, Conn. to...
Senior J.J. Redick received the Adolph F. Rupp Trophy Wednesday, marking the second time in as many years the Duke guard was selected for the honor.
for Glen Davis, LSU's large and certainly in charge sophomore center, the strict imperative evoked a lovable nickname that has stuck: Big Baby.
The block, one of six for Bales during the game, set the tone as the first-seeded Blue Devils (28-3) trounced the Trojans, 85-51. Duke's victory over USC (19-12) propelled the Blue Devils into...
Well, so much for George Washington's athleticism and attacking style causing problems for Duke. The Train didn't even have to kick into high gear. I spent the whole game thinking, "Hey, this is...
But with two already established superstars returning to the Blue Devils for their senior seasons, the freshman began the year playing as if he were afraid to steal the spotlight from J.J. Redick...
The top-seeded Blue Devils could have played complacently in two victories that seemed more like Globetrotters vs. Generals than Division I competition. Instead they rebounded from their two...
And although Duke's streak dwarfs that of any other school-the next longest active run is two consecutive appearances in the Sweet 16-the Blue Devils' postseason has disappointingly ended with this...
The winner of tonight's matchup between top-seeded Duke (27-3) and No. 8 seed Southern California (19-11) will take on the winner of fourth-seeded Michigan State and fifth-seeded Kentucky in the...
Having watched the Colonials employ strong pressure defense to erase a 17-point deficit Thursday night against UNC-Wilmington, the Blue Devils knew what to expect from George Washington Saturday....
Outmatching and dominating Southern in every aspect of the game, Duke used its opening round matchup to mentally rebound from its late-season losses and to give its hard-working reserves a taste of...