Duke: Triangle Offense, Indy Week

Duke, UNC women's hoops fly high; big changes leave Wolfpack a mystery

Mike Potter — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:25:00 -0400

So the college women’s basketball season is now behind us, and now that all the shouting was over Connecticut is once again the champion — taking out two future ACC members by impressive margins in the Final Four.

Don’t worry.…

Duke fights hard, but Diggins leads Irish to big second half in 11-point win

Mike Potter — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:27:00 -0400

CONSTANT CENTER/NORFOLK, Va. It’s Go Time for Duke in women’s basketball.

For the fourth time in as many years the Blue Devils are playing for an NCAA Regional title, and although they’ll be underdogs against Notre Dame the odds aren’t prohibitive.…

Duke grinds the Corn, fourth straight regional final Tuesday

Mike Potter — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:20:00 -0400

CONSTANT CENTER/NORFOLK, Va. Duke will be a solid favorite coming into its regional semifinal game against Nebraska, and the Blue Devils have been great in this game in recent seasons.

No. 2 seed Duke (32-2) has won three straight times in Round-of-16 games before being eliminated in the Elite Eight.…

Duke fights off pesky Cowgirls to earn another regional trip

Mike Potter — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:55:00 -0400

CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke has made a habit of getting to the NCAA’s Sweet 16 in recent years, failing to get there just once since 1997.

And tonight the No. 2 Blue Devils (31-2) will try to punch their ticket again.…

Duke hosts Oklahoma State on Tuesday night in scrap to get to Sweet 16

Mike Potter — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:11:00 -0400

CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM One last time to protect the home court, then on to brighter lights.

That’s what Duke hopes to get accomplished on Tuesday night at 7 (ESPNU), when Oklahoma State visits for the second round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament.…

Duke gets by tough Hampton, hosts Oklahoma State next

Mike Potter — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:01:00 -0400

CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke begins another quest today.

After three straight NCAA Tournaments in which a great Blue Devil team ended its run in the Elite Eight, perhaps this team is good enough to make a Final Four.…

Duke hosts hot MEAC champions in first-round NCAA clash

Mike Potter — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:38:00 -0400

CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke begins its quest for post-season glory on Sunday afternoon against an opponent that didn’t have a long way to travel.

The first-round opponent for the No. 5 Blue Devils (30-2), who have the No. 2 seed in the Norfolk Region, is No. 15 seed and MEAC champion Hampton (28-5).…

Duke gets No. 2 seed, UNC No. 3; Pack in state-line WNIT squabble

Mike Potter — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:35:00 -0400

Duke is exactly in the spot most people expected for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament opening this weekend.

And maybe UNC got a nice surprise.…

Heels fall to Hurricanes in ACC Final

Rob Harrington — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:50:00 -0400

Anytime you hear North Carolina fans say, “We lost, but I’m proud of our effort,” you know the Tar Heels must have played very well. A fanbase with extraordinarily high expectations typically doesn’t absorb losses gracefully, but today UNC earned praise from even its most irrational supporters despite dropping the ACC Tournament final to Miami 87-77.…

Down goes Duke; Wolfpack, Tar Heels remain alive

Rob Harrington — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:47:00 -0400

Perhaps suffering from a letdown after last weekend’s deconstruction of North Carolina, Duke performed sluggishly on Friday night at the ACC Tournament and fell to Maryland 83-74 for the second time this season.

Seeded No. 2 entering the weekend, the Devils shot just 4-for-25 on threes, forcing too many contested shots and failing to establish inside-outside balance.…

Jones takes MVP honors as Blue Devils roll to ACC title

Mike Potter — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:22:00 -0400

GREENSBORO COLISEUM Whether or not it’s the greatest rivalry in college sports may be up for debate, but it’s the best rivalry in college basketball.

Maybe in basketball, period.…

Su casa es mi casa: Blue Devils torch UNC in Chapel Hill

Rob Harrington — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:05:00 -0400

Mike Krzyzewski sometimes refers to his West Point background when discussing his coaching philosophies, and last night fit under shock and awe.

Duke marched into the Smith Center and calmly — and cruelly — scored the game’s first 14 points, instilling in UNC a sense of a panic from which the Tar Heels never recovered.…

Peters, Liston lead Duke in holding off Seminoles

Mike Potter — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:43:00 -0500

GREENSBORO COLISEUM All the pretenders and Cinderellas are gone at the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament.

The four teams that are left will definitely go to the NCAA Tournament.…

Liston leads Duke, which ousts scrappy Wolfpack with late run

Mike Potter — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:23:00 -0500

GREENSBORO COLISEUM The last time Duke and N.C. State met in this building, the Wolfpack pulled a monumental upset.

And it’s kind of same time, same station in the quarterfinals of this season’s ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament.…

Kastanek leads eight Triangle players on ACC all-academic

Mike Potter — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:10:00 -0500

GREENSBORO COLISEUM Marissa Kastanek repeated as the Kay Yow scholar athlete of the year in ACC women’s basketball, leading a group of eight Triangle-area players on the conference’s all-academic team.

Duke placed five players on the squad while the Wolfpack had three.

No other school had more than two.…

Duke's Gray, McCallie pick up ACC yearly honors

Mike Potter — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:42:00 -0500

Regular-season champion Duke chalked up some more ACC women’s basketball awards on Thursday.

And once again, the Blue Ribbon Panel and the league coaches have different ideas.…

Heels surge past Maryland, prepare for Duke rematch

Rob Harrington — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:25:00 -0500

How long can it last? North Carolina’s six-game winning streak now feels less like disaster prevention and more like a genuine run.…

Wolfpack faces a must win; Duke and UNC will wait a day

Mike Potter — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:14:00 -0500

N.C. State is badly in need of a victory Thursday afternoon.

If the Wolfpack wants to play in the post season, it definitely needs to complete a three-game sweep of Clemson in the first round of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum.…

Duke's Williams again ACC defensive player of year

Mike Potter — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:33:00 -0500

Duke sophomore center Elizabeth Williams has been named the ACC’s defensive player of the year for the second time.

The all-defensive team is chosen in a vote of the league’s head coaches.…

Free hugs: Duke beats Virginia Tech on Senior Night for Kelly, Curry and Plumlee

Eric Martin — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:02:31 -0500

Tuesday, senior night, Duke University. Those skinny freshman who were sitting at the end of the bench on the 2010 national championship team are all grown up now, getting ready to play their last game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.…

McDaniel, Jones lead ACC's all-freshman teams

Mike Potter — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:39:20 -0500

UNC’s Xylina McDaniel has been named the ACC’s rookie of the year both by the conference’s Blue Ribbon Panel, consisting largely of media members, as well as by a vote of the head coaches.

McDaniel had also been named to the 12-player first all-conference team by the coaches and to the five-player second team by the Panel on Monday.…

Gray, Williams, Ruffin-Pratt lead All-ACC selections

Mike Potter — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:25:15 -0500

The ACC released its all-conference women’s basketball teams today, and it looks like maybe the coaches and media don’t get along as well as we thought.

The Blue Ribbon Panel’s All-ACC First Team, which was supposed to have 10 players has 11 because of a tie.…

Jones' 22 lead Duke over Tar Heels in defensive struggle

Mike Potter — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:59:47 -0500

CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM It’s the regular-season finale. The Battle of the Blues.…

Duke's Ryan Kelly makes a colossal return and returns a favor to Miami: 79-76

Eric Tullis — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:28:00 -0500

CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM—“Well, I thought we were prepared for Ryan Kelly, but obviously not for THAT Ryan Kelly.” — Miami head coach Jim Larranaga

We’ve seen three versions of Ryan Kelly this year: the Ryan Kelly, who, before injuring his foot in January against Clemson, averaged 13.4 points per game and worked in tandem with Mason Plumlee’s post play and Seth Curry’s outside marksmanship; then, we had to watch Ryan Kelly hobble around on crutches for several weeks. Once he got rid of the crutches, we had to get used to the Ryan Kelly who wore a protective boot on his foot.…

Duke-State contest, two ECU visits spice up area ACC football slate

Mike Potter — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:42:58 -0500

The ACC has announced its 2013 football schedule, including a total of 22 home games at the three schools in the Triangle.

Duke will have a pair of home games at Wallace Wade Stadium against Triangle rivals, taking on N.C. State on Nov. 9 in the teams’ first meeting since 2009. The Blue Devils will also host N.C. Central in the third Bull City Gridiron Classic on Aug. 31.…