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LIVE BLOG: Duke vs. North Carolina

by Sabreena Merchant on March 6, 2010

Duke 82-50 END OF GAME: That’s a wrap. Your 2010 ACC regular season champions – the Duke Blue Devils. Duke finishes undefeated (17-0) at home and we’ll be back with the senior speeches in just a few minutes.
Duke 80-47, 2:36 remaining SECOND HALF: The Cameron crowd is going nuts as Jon Scheyer exits for the [...]

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(Made-up) Prop Bets for Duke-UNC

by Andy Moore on March 6, 2010

Taylor Doherty just put up a blog post detailing the prop bets up for tonight’s game, along with his picks for them. So I thought I’d add my two cents. Here’s a list of over/under prop bets not found on any gambling sites, though they should be. (I went ahead and gave my prediction for [...]

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LIVE BLOG: Duke 77, Maryland 56 (FINAL)

by Sabreena Merchant on February 13, 2010

Duke 77-56, FINAL: Scheyer knocks down two free throws to retake the scoring lead for Zoubek–and from Vasquez for the game–and he, Singler, Zoubek and Thomas sat out the last two minutes. This may not have been as dominating of a performance as a year ago, but the Blue Devils got it done behind a [...]

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Quote of the Game: Duke-NC State

by Sabreena Merchant on January 21, 2010

Following Duke’s 88-74 loss to NC State at RBC Center in Raleigh, in which the Wolfpack shot 58.2 percent for the game, head coach Mike Krzyzewski had this to say about his team’s defensive effort:
“Our defense was the worst it’s been all year. It was never, ever good tonight…. I didn’t think that we as [...]

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Boom-shaka-laka! Duke In NBA Jam

by Andy Moore on January 8, 2010

It has just been announced that NBA Jam—also known as the greatest sports video game of all time—will be revived on the Nintendo Wii. If you don’t remember NBA Jam, then you obviously were not a child of the 90s. The original arcade version, which came out in 1993 and notched $1 billion over its incredible [...]

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This is the sixth in a series of Duke’s All-Decade teams, as named by various Chronicle writers, past and present. At the end of the series, you will be able to vote for your own All-Decade team, and your votes will determine The Sports Blog’s final choice. Stay tuned over the next two weeks for [...]

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Scheyer Gets Another ACC Player of the Week Nod

by Sabreena Merchant on December 22, 2009

Jon Scheyer won his second ACC Player of the Week award of the season following the statistically finest performance of his career against Gardner-Webb Dec. 15 and a stellar effort against then-No. 15 Gonzaga Saturday, both wins for Duke (9-1), to solidify his early-season status as an ACC Player of the Year candidate.
The Blue Devil [...]

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Miles Plumlee Shows Off His Vertical Leap

by Sabreena Merchant on October 16, 2009

Plenty of buzz surrounded Duke’s annual preseason media day, with Cameron undergoing offseason renovations and the Blue Devils inaugurating Countdown to Craziness Friday Oct. 16.
But potentially the most intriguing rumor sweeping through the Duke locker room was that sophomore Miles Plumlee had dunked over senior Brian Zoubek during a pick-up game.
Plumlee’s younger brother Mason is [...]

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A large, tattooed man robbed a SunTrust bank in Raleigh Wednesday.
The criminal mastermind’s attire of choice? A No. 21 Cleveland Cavaliers Trajan Langdon jersey. No word yet on whether he decided to leave his William Avery authentic at home.
Of course, this comes on the heels of a sort of Langdon renaissance—Wale, in his interview for [...]

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Krzyzewski Puts Rumors to Rest

by Sabreena Merchant on July 1, 2009

Since the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA title, there has been much speculation that Mike Krzyzewski would leave the Blue Devils to coach the Lakers, given the close friendship he shares with Kobe Bryant and current Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson’s numerous physical ailments.
But at his annual summer press conference, Krzyzewski made it clear [...]

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