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Numbers lie: Duke loses despite big statistical edge
By Nick Christie (Game Commentary) | October 16, 2002Their statistics were overwhelming.
Their statistics were overwhelming.
The Duke football team (2-5, 0-3 in the ACC) started off strong against Wake Forest (4-3, 2-2) Saturday, but was unable to produce offensively in a 36-10 loss to the Demon Deacons.
LONDON -- The men's basketball team left Raleigh-Durham International Airport Friday afternoon, heading across the Atlantic Ocean to compete Sunday and Monday in the International Challenge Series...
In the heat of the second game against No.
Trevor Perea had one busy hour Sunday afternoon.
In the ITA All-American Tennis Tournament this weekend, Michael Yani-the lone Blue Devil participating in the tournament--reached the second round before falling to Amer Delic of Illinois.
LONDON -- Daniel Ewing nailed a technical foul shot from British Basketball.
LONDON -- For the first time all tournament, the men's basketball team came.
LONDON -- While the rest of the college basketball world woke up fresh off another round of Midnight Madness, the men's basketball.
LONDON -- Former Virginia Commonwealth star Kendrick Warren.
Although most Duke students are going home or staying at school for fall break, the mens' basketball team will be taking an international flight this afternoon. The team, which started practice Sept.
Groves Stadium will be a carnival mirror Saturday.
Amidst a crowd of taunting North Carolina fans chanting "Let's go Tar Heels" and "Duke sucks," the Blue Devils (14-6, 2-3 in the ACC) lost 3-1 (30-22, 20-30, 30-23, 30-28) to the No.
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The field hockey team may sport a quicker game this season, thanks to Kim Gogola, one of the team's tri-captains, who spent part of her summer playing for the Under-23 national team in South Africa.
The women's soccer team (5-6-1, 0-2-1 in the ACC) averted a five-game losing streak drawing a 1-1 tie with No. 17 Florida St. (7-2-3, 1-0-1) Tuesday night.
Picture this situation: You're the coach of a football team with a 23-game losing streak, leading by three points in the first quarter, with the ball on your opponent's 43-yard line.
I can handle the fact that she's a Republican. And I don't really mind that she doesn't know much about college basketball.
Head coach Carl Franks quickly shifted his thoughts of disappointment about the close Virginia game to optimism for this Saturday's Wake Forest game at his weekly press conference Monday.