Category: Duke Blue Devils
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
This relatively new term of a 'one-and-done' player has quickly become a fixture on the college basketball scene at the Division I Men's level. Every season the balance of power quickly changes with elite players leaving school only after one season to set their sights on the NBA. Underclassmen are ...
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Like many or most players who leave college early for the NBA, Duke guard Austin Rivers has received his fair share of criticism for making the decision to leave the Blue Devils after one year. Most of those critics wonder if Rivers will be a lottery pick and plenty have ...
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Monday, March 19th, 2012
When a No. 15 seed in the NCAA tournament takes out a No. 2 seed in the opening round, there are bound to be cheers from fans of the Cinderella and panic from those fans of the highly seeded team that just took a nosedive. When that No. 2 seed ...
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
Kyrie Irving's transition to the NBA hasn't been entirely seamless, but the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft has certainly made it feel that way at times while running the show for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Irving, who scored 23 more points Sunday in a victory over the ...
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Friday, February 10th, 2012
On Wednesday night, another chapter in the Duke-North Carolina story was written. For Blue Devils fans, this chapter had a happy ending thanks to freshman Austin Rivers. Rivers turned in one of the most memorable individual performances ever in the Duke-North Carolina rivalry. He scored 29 points, the most scored ...
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
It seems to be a forgone conclusion at this point that Duke men's basketball teams turn over from year to year, but the program just simply keeps building itself back up easily. Not so much with this group, says coach Mike Krzyzewski.
The Blue Devils have played one of the toughest ...
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Friday, November 18th, 2011
Shane Battier doesn't know when he'll be playing basketball again. He also doesn't know who he'd be playing for. Battier is one of those interesting cases of being a free agent who can't discuss or sign a deal with teams during the NBA lockout, but he doesn't seem all that ...
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
For Mike Krzyzewski win No.963 is in the books and history has been made. Krzyzewski now stands alone with the most wins for an NCAA Men's Basketball Division I head coach, moving past his mentor Bobby Knight Tuesday night with Duke's win over Michigan State.
It's truly refreshing to find a ...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
It seems to be a forgone conclusion at this point that Duke guard Kyrie Irving will be selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the No. 1 overall pick in tonight's NBA Draft. But good luck getting Irving to admit that before he hears his name called. Dan Patrick basically tried ...
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Over the course of the past year, LeBron James made "The Decision" and left Cleveland, assembled the Big Three in Miami, held a party before they had ever even played together, went through the ups and downs of playing a long 82-game regular season where every team and opposing fanbase ...
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