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Depth issues too much to overcome in March
By Steven Slywka | March 1, 2012It’s been ten years since the Blue Devils reached the Final Four behind the rallying cry “Eight is Enough.”
It’s been ten years since the Blue Devils reached the Final Four behind the rallying cry “Eight is Enough.”
Two days ago, Duke traveled to Winston-Salem to face a 13-16 Wake Forest team that the Blue Devils have beaten by an average of 18 points in their last four matchups.
To understand a team it takes a look beyond the typical numbers.
Believe it or not, only six games remain on Duke’s regular season schedule.
A watery-eyed Austin Rivers slumped off the court on Saturday after Duke lost 76-73 to Florida State at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Just when you thought it was going to be difficult to muster the appropriate level of disdain for North Carolina this year...
Oh, the foul shot. That elusive, undefended moment of bliss when a player is awarded between one and three attempts to make an open shot from a line drawn 15 feet from the basket.
Duke women’s basketball has retired only two jerseys in its history, those of Alana Beard and Lindsey Harding.
With the long, illustrious history Duke athletics has produced, surely there have been some Blue Devils who have been robbed of Sportsman of the Year.
As a program, Duke women’s soccer waited a long time for last weekend.
David Cutcliffe was hired to immediately do two things—change the culture surrounding the program and return it to respectability.
A sentiment that seems to be growing in popularity with students and alumni alike is that head coach David Cutcliffe should be on the hot seat.
The actual events of Duke’s 74-69 win over Michigan State last night may be overshadowed by head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s record-breaking moment.
Back in the summer of 2008, I sat at home in Colorado eagerly anticipating my freshman year at Duke.
On the way to adulthood, everyone must first wade through the frequently-awkward era known as adolescence.
Saturday afternoon’s game at Wallace Wade Stadium proved one thing: Try as he might, Matt Daniels cannot win football games by himself.
Sean Renfree’s conservative play wasn’t to blame for Duke’s 24-23 loss to Wake Forest Saturday.
With under 14 minutes still left in the second quarter of Saturday’s blowout defeat at the hands of what had been a struggling Florida State team, a look up at the scoreboard painted a very...
It’s that time of the year again—you know, that awkward two-week period between Countdown to Craziness and the first exhibition game of the new basketball season.
When I was a little kid, I would wake up on Christmas morning at around 3:30 or 4 a.m., shake my parents awake, then rush downstairs with them in tow to check out the loot left behind by Santa.