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Duke looks to extend win streak
By Archith Ramkumar | March 23, 2007While most students were relaxing on a beach somewhere, Duke spent its Spring Break getting back to its winning ways.
While most students were relaxing on a beach somewhere, Duke spent its Spring Break getting back to its winning ways.
It was the same situation in which Duke had found itself on the first Thursday in February at Virginia. Just like in the Blue Devils' season-ending loss to VCU, Paulus' last-second three fell...
Out at Lake Michie, a 30-minute drive from West Campus, the women's rowing program calls a small part of the shore home. Open trailers and an unpainted wooden shed house the program's oars,...
On the opening tip Tuesday night at the RBC Center, players from both squads fell to the floor grabbing for the loose ball until a second jump ball had to be called.
"We knew it was going to be a one goal game coming in and they got the best of us," midfielder Sam Payton said. "Seeing them celebrate on our field last year was pretty horrible. It sucks to have...
The sign read, "Temple Hoo?"-a play on words with Temple's nickname, but also a reference to the fact that Temple did not receive much recognition during the season.
The RBC Center, the site of the No. 1 Blue Devils' first two games in the NCAA Tournament, is just about 20 miles from Duke's campus. Appropriately, the Blue Devils feel that a game at the Raleigh...
Almost exactly one year ago, Duke walked off the West Campus turf fields on a snowy Tuesday afternoon looking lost.
Led by Amanda Blumenherst's tournament-best 9-under-par 207, the Blue Devils won the LSU Golf Classic at the University Club in Baton Rouge, La., finishing six shots ahead No. 7 Vanderbilt. The...
Analysis: For the first time all season, Duke had two players score at least 20 points in a game. Although Josh McRoberts and Greg Paulus turned in their best outings of the season-and...
Maynor's final shot capped a wild back-and-forth finish to the game. With the game tied at 72, two floaters from Maynor sandwiched a Paulus layup to give VCU a 76-74 lead. After Josh McRoberts and...
After victories over then-No. 5 Princeton and No. 16 Vanderbilt last week, Duke capped off its week with a win over Georgetown Sunday in Washington, D.C.
Coming off its first loss of the season to N.C. State March 3 in the semi-finals of the ACC Tournament, the Blue Devils (31-1) showed no ill effects, defeating the Crusaders 81-44 in the RBC Center.
The Blue Devils finished a solid week by recording three victories, but just missed out on the opportunity to capture their biggest win of the season.
After a failed comeback against Loyola resulted in the team's first loss of the season a week earlier in San Diego, No. 4 Duke returned to North Carolina and successfully rallied to defeat No. 13...
In one of the deepest fields in which they have competed all season, the Blue Devils finished fourth at the General Jim Hackler Championship Mar. 12 at the TPC of Myrtle Beach in Murrells Inlet, SC.
Despite having played relatively weak competition, the team had already matched its 2006 win total and looked forward to improving on last year's 6-24 conference record.
Duke finished off its non-conference schedule during spring break, recording two wins and a loss during a week-long trip to Texas.
Any pre-game anxiety Abby Waner may have had going into Sunday night's matchup certainly didn't show on the court.
TAMPA, Fla. - With about 10 minutes to go during pre-game warmups, N.C. State point guard Engin Atsur calmly stroked three-pointer after three-pointer on the basket in front of the Blue Devils bench.