CHAPEL HILL -- Though the fans in the Dean E. Smith Center erupted in cheers of "Thank you, Seniors!" after North Carolina's 79-71 victory Sunday, it was the Tar Heel junior class that ultimately...
The last time Duke played North Carolina, the Blue Devils gave up a season-high 101 points as Ty Lawson torched them for 21 second-half points. And that was when Duke had one of its best on-ball...
GREENSBORO - Throughout the ACC season, Duke has prided itself on being labeled a defensive-oriented team-the kind of squad that always made the necessary stops. But Sunday afternoon in the...
The ACC isn't what it used to be. In the conference's recent memory, there was North Carolina, Maryland and Duke-and there was everyone else. Not so much this year, when parity has ruled the...
A year ago, the ACC's big three of Duke, Maryland and North Carolina breezed by the rest of the league. The three teams only lost to each another. Fast forward a year, and the tide is turning in...
The times, they are a-changin'. Gone are the days when only a handful of teams were relevant in women's basketball. To think, Tennessee, the two-time reigning national champion, is currently ranked...
Head coach Joanne P. McCallie has seen the competitive fire in Jasmine Thomas' eyes before. But by torching her team's biggest rival down the stretch of an overtime nailbiter, Thomas proved her...
When water sits at 211 degrees Fahrenheit, it simmers, sitting on the precipice of chaos. But something strange happens when its temperature reaches 212 degrees Fahrenheit: It boils. And when water...
Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie sat down with The Chronicle's Ben Cohen Monday, the day after the Blue Devils closed their ACC slate with an 81-79 overtime win over North Carolina. It seems like...
In her speech on senior night, Abby Waner reminisced about her ambitious goals when she entered Duke as the Gatorade and McDonald's National Player of the Year four years ago. "When I first came to...
Let me start by saying that Duke looked about as good as it has all year Sunday at home against North Carolina. The Blue Devils defeated their biggest rival by playing with poise, making stops and...
When Joanne P. McCallie became Duke's head coach in April 2007, she had many goals. Her biggest, and one of her most challenging, was to take a team that was plagued by low numbers on the boards...
With 2:27 left on the game clock, Florida State had just scored five consecutive points, and the Blue Devils were staring at a 76-74 deficit. So Duke did what it does when it needs to score. The...
