Last month, Olek Czyz announced that he was transferring from Duke and had been debating between Nevada and Arizona State over the past couple of weeks. By transferring in the middle of the season and enrolling in classes by January 22, Czyz becomes eligible to play in the second semester of next season. Yesterday, The [...]
Duke’s 2009 recruiting class was hailed for yielding two skilled big men to bolster a front-court that most national prognosticators had deemed the Blue Devils’ weakness for much of the post-Shelden Williams era. But while Mason Plumlee has stolen most of the spotlight (at least before a wrist injury contributed to him losing his projected [...]
Duke advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 11th straight year Tuesday night with a 67-59 win over Arizona State at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md. Chante Black was marvelous in the win, scoring a career-high 26 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, part of duke’s 42-31 edge on the glass. When the Blue [...]
We’ve been reading The Washington Post’s Dan Steinberg’s insightful blog the last few days as he’s covered the NCAA Tournament, both men’s and women’s. He’s currently in College Park, Md., the site of Duke’s opening-round games. He had an interesting post yesterday about the Maryland fans supporting Murray State in Duke’s first-round win Sunday night, [...]