SPORTS | BASKETBALL
Purdue, Baylor lie in wait
By Scott Rich | March 22, 2010Anyone selling glass slippers this March must be quite happy.
Anyone selling glass slippers this March must be quite happy.
The past few seasons, a 3-for-17 shooting performance from beyond the arc might have doomed Duke. Sunday night, though, this year’s Blue Devils showed why they’re different from those previous...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a contest typified by physical defense and poor shooting, it was ironically two dunks that provided the bookends to Duke’s Sunday night victory over California in the second...
A stifling Blue Devil defense, along with timely contributions from role players, facilitated a 73-44 blowout victory by the No. 1 seed Blue Devils in their opening game as a part of March Madness.
Since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, No. 1 seeds are a perfect 102-0 in the first round. Don’t tell that to Duke.
Capturing the ACC tournament trophy and sharing the title of regular season champions, No. 4 Duke enters the NCAA Tournament confident in its place as the third No.1 seed with sights set on adding...
As the nets came down in Greensboro and the Blue Devils wrapped up a record 18th ACC Tournament championship, the spotlight was never very far from Duke’s dynamic guard duo of Jon Scheyer and Nolan...
Enough talk about Duke’s “Big Three.” It’s time to start talking about the Blue Devils’ new “Core Four.”
To suggest that the NCAA Tournament needs to be changed is to commit sports fan heresy. But, that’s exactly what Mike Krzyzewski did a few months ago. At the time, I found his argument at best...
For the sake of college basketball and the sanctity of the NCAA Tournament, let’s hope that March Madness remains as currently composed.
As Duke prepares itself for the NCAA Tournament, The Chronicle gives you five things the Blue Devils must focus on to get to the Final Four in Indianapolis.
When Hakim Warrick’s spectacular block on Kansas’s Michael Lee secured Syracuse’s first national championship in 2003, the Orange completed a title run few could have predicted going into the season.