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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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Live Blog, Men's Basketball

OVERTIME: Duke-Pitt Live Blog

by Ben Cohen on December 21, 2007

FINAL Pitt 65, Duke 64. Fields made a step-back 3-pointer over McClure with less than 5 seconds remaining. Scheyer raced up the floor and missed a 3, then got his own tip but missed that too. The Garden explodes as the last shot falls and Pitt wins. What a game.

16.0, Duke 64 Pitt 62: Scheyer [...]

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SECOND HALF: Duke-Pitt Live Blog

by Ben Cohen on December 21, 2007

16.6, Duke 58 Pitt 58: Young makes a 16-footer from the baseline to give Pitt a two-point advantage, which is quickly negated when Henderson makes an NBA-like turnaround fadeaway from the corner to tie the score. Finally, Duke gets a stop when Young misses a 3 off a feed from Fields with little time left [...]

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FIRST HALF: Duke-Pitt Live Blog

by Ben Cohen on December 20, 2007

HALFTIME, Duke 34 Pitt 22: Pitt narrowed the margin at the end of the half, but if you’re a Duke fan, you have to be happy with that first half. Playing a high-quality opponent, a double-digit halftime lead is not something to frown on. Singler and Henderson lead Duke with eight points apiece, a number [...]

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Men's Basketball

Media Musings

by Ben Cohen on December 20, 2007

It’s easy to measure the hype of a game simply by looking at the media seating chart, and from what the slab of paper hanging in the MSG press room is telling me, tonight’s matchup is a marquee game.
Sitting courtside are: Andy Katz (ESPN) and Seth Davis, Luke Winn and Kevin Armstrong (Sports Illustrated/SI.com). The [...]

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Because The Chronicle has ceased production for winter break, there is no official preview for tonight’s much-anticipated game between No. 6 Duke and No. 11 Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden, but there are plenty of links out there to quench your information thirst. Some quick-hitters:

According to our friends at The Blue Zone, tonight’s [...]

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No. 6 Duke vs. No. 11 Pittsburgh

by Lauren Kobylarz on December 20, 2007

The Chronicle will be live-blogging the Duke-Pitt game tonight from Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. Stay tuned!

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