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We at The Chronicle Sports Blog are pleased to announce the second year of our Bracket Challenge. It’s free and it’s hosted on ESPN–where you probably already have a bracket filled out. Most importantly, it’s open to everyone. And we mean everyone! Here’s your chance to see if you can beat the experts pontificating from [...]
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After winning the ACC championship earlier today, the Blue Devils were granted a No. 1 seed in the South region.
The real surprise isn’t that Duke was granted a top seed–the team has the No. 3 RPI in the country and won both conference titles–but that it was ranked above Syracuse by the committee. The Orange [...]
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Wow. Once again, Friday of Championship week was filled with a host of upsets, and many more near misses. Most importantly for the Blue Devils, all three top seeds in the ACC Tournament (minus Duke, of course) were upset yesterday, and many in stunning fashion. The two lowest seeds in the tournament, conference cellar-dwellars Miami [...]
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Well, Thursday of Championship Week was a buzzer-beater away from being a perfect storm for Duke fans. First, the Big East was hit by a massive upset bug, as Syracuse, Villanova, and Pittsburgh all went down in their respective first games of the tournament. While none of these upsets should directly affect Duke’s seed (I [...]
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Last year, the great Tim Britton took the lead as The Chronicle’s own “Bracketologist”, analyzing the impact of Conference Championship Week upsets on possible NCAA Tournament seeding, as well as predicting what seed Duke would receive. And while I can never purport to be as clairvoyant as Mr. Britton in that regard, I do know [...]
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Heading into its game tonight at Virginia, Duke is in prime position to make a legitimate run at a No. 1 Seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
Villanova, which occupied one of the No.1 seeds along with Kansas, Kentucky and Syracuse, seems to have lost its grip on a top seed. The Wildcats have struggled mightily [...]
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As the calendar inches closer and closer to March, speculation is growing about the Blue Devils’ possible draw in the NCAA Tournament, especially with the increasing possibility of Duke earning its first No. 1 seed since 2006. And thanks to college basketball experts like SI.com’s Andy Glockner, fans may not even have to wait until [...]
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Late last night, long after Duke routed Gardner-Webb, a reporter asked Mike Krzyzewski for his thoughts on the NCAA Tournament’s possible expansion to 96 teams. As we now know, Coach K — unlike our own Alex Fanaroff and a whole bunch of other smart folks — has joined the dark side. He wants a 96-team field [...]
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After Tuesday night’s Duke win over Gardner-Webb, head coach Mike Krzyzewski was asked in a press conference what he thought about the recent discussion to expand the NCAA Tournament to 96 teams. It’s an idea that suddenly is the most polarizing question in college basketball because of the possibility that the NCAA will opt out of [...]
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Five members of the Blue Devil squad received All-American honors today, highlighted by senior Ned Crotty’s inclusion on the All-American first team.
Crotty, the ACC Player of the Year, made the second team last year as a midfielder. He switched positions after Zack Greer and Matt Danowski graduated, though, and leads the country this season with [...]
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