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Searching for a full 60 minutes
By Ryan Claxton | April 10, 2012This is the point in the college lacrosse season where everyone starts to pay attention.
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Kentucky shifts NCAA paradigm
By Andy Moore | April 5, 2012Watching the national championship game Monday night, I liked to imagine that the evil geniuses in Indianapolis’ NCAA HQ had a moment of clarity.
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Passing the key for Duke moving forward
By Andrew Beaton | April 3, 2012Growing up, I was never good at shooting a basketball.
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Oriakhi a good fit for Blue Devils
By Ryan Claxton | March 28, 2012It's never too soon to start talking about next basketball season.
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Four big questions facing Duke’s offseason
By Andy Moore | March 22, 2012My view: Duke’s loss will go down as a disappointing end to a team that was never quite as good as its record indicated.
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The Church of Fandom
By Andrew Beaton | March 20, 2012Duke fans probably knew this day was coming.
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Ellie’s ‘expert’ advice on bracketology
By Ryan Claxton | March 14, 2012Every March since 1985, mankind has pursued the elusive flawless bracket.
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Capping off the weirdest season ever
By Andy Moore | March 1, 2012Two days ago, Duke traveled to Winston-Salem to face a 13-16 Wake Forest team that the Blue Devils have beaten by an average of 18 points in their last four matchups.
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Fifth season is McCallie’s time to shine
By Andrew Beaton | March 1, 2012When Joanne P. McCallie replaced then-AP coach of the year Gail Goestenkors in 2007, it did not take long for the new head coach to revamp the culture around Duke women’s basketball.
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Depth issues too much to overcome in March
By Steven Slywka | March 1, 2012It’s been ten years since the Blue Devils reached the Final Four behind the rallying cry “Eight is Enough.”
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The ‘real’ numbers behind Duke basketball
By Andrew Beaton | February 21, 2012To understand a team it takes a look beyond the typical numbers.
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March more unpredictable than ever
By Ryan Claxton | February 14, 2012Believe it or not, only six games remain on Duke’s regular season schedule.
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Rivers is Duke’s best shot at a Final Four
By Andrew Beaton | January 24, 2012A watery-eyed Austin Rivers slumped off the court on Saturday after Duke lost 76-73 to Florida State at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
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Ol’ Roy is back at it
By Andy Moore | January 19, 2012Just when you thought it was going to be difficult to muster the appropriate level of disdain for North Carolina this year...
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Free throw shooting may cost Blue Devils
By Ryan Claxton | January 18, 2012Oh, the foul shot. That elusive, undefended moment of bliss when a player is awarded between one and three attempts to make an open shot from a line drawn 15 feet from the basket.
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Williams could be a Duke all-time great
By Andrew Beaton | January 12, 2012Duke women’s basketball has retired only two jerseys in its history, those of Alana Beard and Lindsey Harding.
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Robbed Sportsmen from Blue Devils past
By Andy Moore | December 7, 2011With the long, illustrious history Duke athletics has produced, surely there have been some Blue Devils who have been robbed of Sportsman of the Year.
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Duke stacked heading into 2012 season
By Ryan Claxton | December 6, 2011As a program, Duke women’s soccer waited a long time for last weekend.
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Cutcliffe needs to show progress in win column
By Scott Rich | November 29, 2011David Cutcliffe was hired to immediately do two things—change the culture surrounding the program and return it to respectability.
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No hot seat for Cutcliffe
By Jason Palmatary | November 17, 2011A sentiment that seems to be growing in popularity with students and alumni alike is that head coach David Cutcliffe should be on the hot seat.