They closed out their careers like they opened them, with another ACC championship, but the four years in between were like nothing Duke basketball has ever witnessed before.
RALEIGH - When Mike Chappell woke up Tuesday morning, nobody realized it was his birthday. By the time Tuesday turned into Wednesday, people were lining up to congratulate him.
RALEIGH - After shooting his way out of the starting lineup earlier in the season, Jeff Capel might have shot his way back into the starting rotation against N.C. State.
The football team will obviously not be going to a bowl this year after eight winless games.
As expected, 6-foot-8 power forward Elton Brand made his commitment to the men's basketball team official Thursday afternoon. And the good news continued for Duke later in the afternoon.
Winning is contagious, and, apparently, so is recruiting.
The men's basketball team had a productive weekend off the court when top high school point guard William Avery decided to commit to Duke.
When football coach Fred Goldsmith started this season he was hesitant to label it as a rebuilding year.
The game on the court won't count in the standings, but the action off of it will go a long way towards determining the men's basketball team's future.
There were no winners and there were no losers, but there were plenty of impressive returns and promising debuts as the men's basketball team opened its season.
