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By Michael Mueller | February 1, 2005I’ve had it with the BCS system.
I’ve had it with the BCS system.
Cheer sheets: the Holy Grail of the Duke basketball fan. They are what drive the Cameron Crazies to chant (not cheer) during games.
Saying that tenting for games at Duke has gone awry is akin to saying that establishing the peace in Iraq has run into a few bumps in the road.
Head coach Mike Krzyzewski announced Monday that forward David McClure will undergo surgery today on an injured left knee.
RALEIGH — With 46 seconds remaining, the top-ranked women’s basketball team found itself down a single point to No. 25 N.C. State.
RALEIGH — Duke has been advertising Monique Currie as a Player-of-the-Year candidate all season, and Currie has shown she deserves that accolade during the past three games.
Duke used its depth to secure three team victories Saturday at the Delaware State Duals.
On Senior Day in Durham, the men’s swimming and diving team started with a win in the 200-yard medley relay but could not muster many more victories.
Dora Vastag and the rest of Indiana’s women’s tennis team spent most of Saturday afternoon watching winners whiz by them inside the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
In just her first meet of the year, Shannon Rowbury topped her All-American performance from last season in the mile, claiming first place and setting a Duke record.
This time, Ludovic Walter was ready for Izak van der Merwe.
Shelden Williams scored on put-backs and created his own shot, notching a double-double by the halftime break. Virginia Tech doubled teamed Williams in the second half, allowing J.J.
Judging from the first-half box score, one might think the Blue Devils were gridlocked in a typical ACC battle Sunday night.
In the aftermath of Wednesday’s loss to Maryland that snapped Duke’s 15-game win streak, players sat hunched in front of their lockers speaking softly as reporters asked the very...
The women?s basketball team managed to pull away down the stretch in a tough battle against Maryland Thursday night. .
It was a war of attrition—whichever team played less poorly would win.
So Duke's run through basketball fantasy land finally ended last night. Hey, we all knew it couldn't last. Thanks to the terps, its wave goodbye to that unbelievable No. 2 ranking.
During past seasons, the women’s basketball team had a few powder-puff ACC opponents to roll over after a tough game with North Carolina.
Join me momentarily on a brief journey into the past—10 days into the past to be exact—to a cold Saturday night, 30 minutes prior to Duke’s 8 p.m. tip-off against Virginia.
Gary Williams expected a lot this season from John Gilchrist, his junior point guard who capped a solid year by being named the ACC Tournament’s Most Valuable Player last March.