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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 [...]
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As Duke prepares for its season opener versus UNC-Greensboro tomorrow night, the Blue Devils will have to do so without one of the biggest additions to the team this offseason.
After suffering a hard fall in practice on Wednesday, freshman Mason Plumlee has been ruled out indefinitely with a fractured left wrist. The fracture, however, is [...]
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During Countdown to Craziness Friday night, the Blue Devils combined the Blue-White game with a videos featuring players, an awards show and a dunk contest, but before all of that, the Duke players strutted out, one-by-one, to entrance music of their choice. Duke even lured Michael Buffer—are you ready to rumble?—into introducing the squad, a [...]
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Speaking in Page Auditorium tonight, Mike Krzyzewski asked a group of prospective K-Ville residents to return to the more “spontaneous” roots of the Cameron Crazies. Specifically, Krzyzewski asked students to eliminate the cheer sheets distributed before every game in favor of new and different chants for each opponent. Krzyzewski also announced that he would be [...]
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This week I got the chance to speak to associate head coach Chris Collins about the especially busy off-season for the Blue Devils coaching staff. Below is an edited transcript of our conversation on Wednesday afternoon:
Taylor Doherty: With Gerald Henderson being selected in the lottery of the NBA Draft and Elliot Williams deciding to transfer [...]
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The news of Seth Curry’s transfer might have dominated the Duke Basketball headlines on Monday morning, but the incoming Blue Devil duo of Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee stole the show in their own right Monday night with outstanding performances in the McDonald’s All-American Game skills competition at the BankUnited Center in Miami.
Starting off in [...]
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For months, Duke had been in the John Wall sweepstakes, even though Mike Krzyzewski had never formally offered the nation’s top-ranked point guard from Raleigh.
That changed this weekend, as Krzyzewski offered Wall when he was on campus for an official visit, Wall confirmed to Scout.com Sunday.
Wall came to campus and toured the Gothic Wonderland [...]
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For more of Will Flaherty and Alex Keller’s photos from Word of God Christian Academy’s win over Ravenscroft School, including individual shots of John Wall and Ryan Kelly, check out a photo slideshow by following this link.
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RALEIGH — In a final matchup of a pair of the Triangle’s top basketball recruits, Word of God Academy’s John Wall stole the show from Duke-bound Ryan Kelly’s Ravenscroft.
Avenging an earlier 68-59 loss to the Ravens on January 7, Wall and the Holy Rams took control of the game in the second quarter and never [...]
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Photo by Margie Truwit/The Chronicle
Duke’s players were on the bench, but the future of the program sat a few rows back during Sunday’s 79-54 win over Virginia.
Two members of Duke’s Class of 2009, Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee, and 2010 recruit Josh Hairston watched the Blue Devils dominate the Cavaliers in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The [...]
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