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Loyal readers of The Chronicle’s Sports Blog: get used to seeing my name this weekend. You see, I’m sitting in lovely RDU airport, using some surprisingly free Wi-Fi, and preparing to head down to Jacksonville to cover Duke’s first weekend in the NCAA Tournament. As I’m the only Chronicle reporter doing so (thanks, economic crisis [...]
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Kentucky and Duke won’t meet in this year’s NCAA Tournament unless both make it to the Final Four, but the two do have quite a history–recently, it has involved recruits John Wall and Patrick Patterson, and before that, it involved a certain foul-line jumper at the Meadowlands.
But now, the antagonistic relationship between the two bluebloods [...]
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With College GameDay coming to Cameron Indoor Stadium this weekend, the folks at ESPN asked The Chronicle to give a little local color to explain why the Duke-UNC game matters so much, especially this season, since Duke and North Carolina are at opposite ends of the ACC standings. Here’s what we came up with:
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Duke 66, Tulsa 46 4:01 2nd Half: The “a” in Tulsa! is standing up again, but they certainly don’t seem happy. As the game winds down, Singler sinks a long two to put Duke back up 18, and Duke calls timeout as the Plumlee’s reenter the game. Unless something monumental occurs (ie Zoubek hits a [...]
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Senior forward Lance Thomas’s right knee injury appears to be only a severe bone bruise, the Duke men’s basketball program said in a statement minutes ago.
Thomas left last night’s game against North Carolina early in the second half after banging knees with Tar Heel guard Larry Drew II, and while Drew looked to be in [...]
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Duke has already faced Clemson, Georgia Tech, and Boston College twice this season, but plays two new opponents this week as the Blue Devils travel to Chapel Hill to take on the Tar Heels Wednesday and then face Maryland in Cameron on Saturday. While facing UNC for this first time this late in the ACC season is normal for Duke, [...]
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ESPN.com senior writer Pat Forde, who covers college football and basketball and writes a popular “Forde Minutes” column each week during both seasons, was kind enough to answer a series of questions about Duke’s potential come March and a variety of other topics.
The Q&A took place before the Blue Devils defeated Boston College in Chestnut [...]
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Duke 79, UNC 51 — FINAL
The Blue Devils played nearly a perfect ballgame defensively, and Joanne P. McCallie must be exhilarated with the performance her players put on for all 40 minutes. A staunch Duke defense held UNC to just 18 second half points, and the Blue Devils, now 7-1 in the ACC, have a [...]
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ESPN.com columnist Pat Forde’s weekly “Forde Minutes” came out today, and the college sports expert was rather down on Duke, even after the Blue Devils’ impressive road victory over Clemson last Saturday. Forde listed the 10 teams he thinks have a legitimate shot at the national title, and as expected, the list included Kentucky, Kansas [...]
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Duke 69, Virginia Tech 38, Final: In the end, turnovers proved to be the difference in this game, as the Blue Devils only committed four in the second half, while the Hokies put up 13. The Blue Devils racked up an impressive 28 points off those takeaways and dominated the paint as well, outscoring Tech [...]
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