When Tennessee defeated Duke, 66-56, in the semifinals of the 2003 Final Four, the four players on the Blue Devils' current roster that were part of that team assumed they would soon be back. It...
For Louisiana State, it's been a long, but ultimately rewarding, road back to the Final Four. With their 62-59 win over Stanford Monday, the top-seeded Lady Tigers (31-3) advanced to the national...
Thrown into a tough regional bracket, top-seeded North Carolina had to beat national powerhouse Tennessee to get to the Final Four. In the second round, UNC had to take down Vanderbilt in the...
The Big One. The National Championship. Some coaches walk right into it as if it's not even a challenge. Purdue's Carolyn Peck beat Duke in the 1999 NCAA final in just her second year as a head...
Maryland has been surprising people all year, but the Terrapins are not surprised at all to be in the Final Four-in fact, they expected it. When their Regional Final game against No. 5 seed Utah...
Duke fans have debated all season whether J.J. Redick is the best player in the nation. For this season's Naismith Player of the Year Award, they and the rest of the college basketball fans across...
Searching for the team's first national title, Duke squeaked by Connecticut in an overtime nailbiter, 63-61, in the Elite Eight Tuesday night to advance to the Final Four.
The Blue Devils managed to advance to the Final Four in spite of their lowest offensive output of the year. Entering the game as the highest scoring team in the nation, averaging 87.7 points per...
Not many teams would consider such a list of accomplishments a disappointment. But for the Blue Devils, who had National Championship blinders on since their loss to Michigan State in last year's...
Unhappy with the treatment she was receiving for her injury and her situation at Duke, the Columbus, Ohio, native decided to transfer to Connecticut. And after sitting out last season due to NCAA...
In order to make their fourth trip to the Final Four and continue their drive to win that elusive first National Championship, the Blue Devils (29-3) will have to go through one of the few programs...
Seniors J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams formed one of the best inside-outside tandems in college basketball this season. And the Associated Press honored them with their selection to the...
The late-game struggles were characteristic of the Blue Devils' sluggish offense throughout the game.
After limping into the NCAA Tournament with a loss to North Carolina at the end of the regular season and another defeat to Maryland in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament, Duke has cruised...
After leading by only eight points at halftime, top-seeded Duke blew out last season's national runner-up Michigan State in the second half on the way to an 86-61 victory Sunday at the Arena at...
Sunday, however, the Blue Devils will face a more serious challenge when they play fourth-seeded Michigan State. In its ninth consecutive Sweet 16 appearance, Duke travels to Bridgeport, Conn. to...
Senior J.J. Redick received the Adolph F. Rupp Trophy Wednesday, marking the second time in as many years the Duke guard was selected for the honor.
for Glen Davis, LSU's large and certainly in charge sophomore center, the strict imperative evoked a lovable nickname that has stuck: Big Baby.
The block, one of six for Bales during the game, set the tone as the first-seeded Blue Devils (28-3) trounced the Trojans, 85-51. Duke's victory over USC (19-12) propelled the Blue Devils into...
Well, so much for George Washington's athleticism and attacking style causing problems for Duke. The Train didn't even have to kick into high gear. I spent the whole game thinking, "Hey, this is...
