SPORTS | BASKETBALL
Offensive options abound for Blue Devils in easy win
By Michael Mueller | December 6, 2004CHICAGO — By all accounts, J.J. Redick could be considered Duke’s star player.
CHICAGO — By all accounts, J.J. Redick could be considered Duke’s star player.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Only six other teams had ever beaten the Lady Vols in Thompson-Boling arena, but a smart game plan and continued focus allowed the Blue Devils to become number seven.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — With 1:41 remaining and Duke and Tennessee knotted at 53, Monique Currie took over the game.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- With 1:41 remaining and Duke and Tennessee knotted at 53, Monique Currie took over the game.
While Luol Deng and Chris Duhon are out of town with the Bulls, the Blue Devils will replace their former teammates at Chicago’s United Center Saturday against Valparaiso.
In its toughest matchup of the season, the No. 10 Duke women’s basketball team faces No. 4 Tennessee in Knoxville tonight, looking to upset a squad that has a 4-2 record against the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils' 81-74 victory over Michigan State perfectly depicted the cast of characters on the Duke squad.
J.J. Redick and Daniel Ewing masked the 10th-ranked Blue Devils' weaknesses in the frontcourt as each scored 29 points-combining for almost three quarters of the team's total.
This time last year, the men’s basketball team pulled into East Lansing, Mich., its deep roster showcasing a newly modeled lineup led by a veteran point guard with an engine full of steam.
After a Thanksgiving Day of relaxing on the beach in the Bahamas, the No. 10 women’s basketball team won the 2004 Junkanoo Jam held in Freeport.
The men’s basketball team was swinging the ball around the perimeter, nailing threes and exerting unrelenting defensive pressure, and it all added up to a 98-44 win Saturday night.
Duke needed several big plays from co-captain Daniel Ewing down the stretch to secure a win of Davidson Monday night in the teams second game of the season.
CHARLOTTE -- With 6:09 remaining in a five-point game, Duke rotated the ball around the perimeter to Shavlik Randolph, who hoisted up a three-pointer from the top of the key.
Duke's 2004-2005 men's basketball team is slowly coming together.
The women's basketball team showed it still has many questions in its win over Penn State Friday, but the squad is starting to provide some answers. .
Trailing their opponent by 11 points with 15 minutes left to play and on the verge of losing their second straight game against a nationally ranked opponent, the No.
Led by co-captains J.J. Redick and Daniel Ewing, who each scored 20 points, the Blue Devils defeated Tennessee-Martin in the season-opening game.
During a final team meeting Friday night before the Duke men's basketball team kicked off its historic 100th season Saturday against Tennessee-Martin, the players watched as Missouri, coached by...
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Duke may be overshadowed by a host of ACC teams dominating the top five, but after a grueling preseason, No. 11 Duke is ready to begin its 100th season of Basketball.