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Miami at Duke Game Notes
• Game 23 • [7 AP / 5 Coaches] Duke (19-3, 6-1) vs. Miami (13-7, 4-3) Sunday, February 5, 2012 • 3:05 p.m. • ESPNU The Opening Tip • Duke (19-3, 6-1) faces Miami (13-7, 4-3) on Sunday, Feb. 5 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Tipoff is set for 3:05 p.m. • Jon Sciambi (play-by-play), Jimmy [...]
A team victory for Duke
It was a sunny afternoon this past Wednesday on the Duke campus and at first glance it seemed business as usual, but parked in front of Cameron was a bus which would take the Duke Mens Basketball team to Blacksburg. There would be no flight or luxuries past and even the traditional ice cream spread the evening before [...]
Duke at Virginia Tech Game Notes
• Game 22 • [7 AP / 5 Coaches] Duke (18-3, 5-1) vs. Virginia Tech (12-9, 1-5) Thursday, February 2, 2012 • 7:03 p.m. • ESPN The Opening Tip • Duke (18-3, 5-1) faces Virginia Tech (12-9, 1-5) on Thursday, Feb. 2 at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va.. Tipoff is set for 7:03 p.m. • [...]
Mason Plumlee named National Player of the Week
ST. LOUIS (USBWA) – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected Duke forward Mason Plumlee as its Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Sunday, Jan. 29. The USBWA’s weekly honor is presented by Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook and will be handed out each Tuesday through Feb. 21 [...]
BDN Monday Musings – Big week ahead for Duke Athletics
A busy week lies ahead for Duke Athletics and BDN Monday Musings takes a look at the many events that will take place starting with tonight’s UConn at Duke Women’s game. The Blue Devils have two men’s games as well one on the road and one at home and national signing day for football. UConn [...]
BDN Post Game – Austin Rivers
Austin Rivers checks in with Blue Devil Nation to talk of the win over St. John’s.
BDN Post Game Wrap – Mason Plumlee and Seth Curry discuss win over St. John’s
Here are our BDN Post Game Video interviews with Mason Plumlee and Seth Curry -
Sluggish Blue Devils hang on to defeat St. John’s
DURHAM, N.C. – Coach K wasted little time in showing his displeasure in the media room after his Blue Devils had just finished defeating St. John’s 83-76. Duke rolled out to a 45-29 half time lead but in the second half, the Johnnies lit up the Duke defense for 47 points and more disturbing was [...]
St. John’s at Duke Game Notes
Game 21 • Coaches vs. Cancer Suits & Sneakers [8 AP / 6 Coaches] Duke (17-3, 5-1 ACC) vs. St. John’s (9-11, 3-6 Big East) Saturday, January 28, 2012 • 12:03 p.m. • ESPN The Opening Tip • Duke (17-3, 5-1 ACC) hosts St. John’s (9-11, 3-6 Big East) in its final non-conference tilt of [...]
Plumlee leads Duke past Maryland
On a night when Duke hit just 3 of 15 from three point range, stellar free throw shooting and a huge effort from Mason Plumlee helped them gain a 74-61 win over Maryland. The table was set for an upset and the Maryland crowd was as laying in wait in crazed droves but when you knock [...]
Duke at Maryland Game Notes
• Game 20 • [8 AP / 6 Coaches] Duke (16-3, 4-1) vs. Maryland (12-6, 2-2) Wednesday, January 25, 2012 • 9:00 p.m. • ESPN The Opening Tip • Duke (16-3, 4-1 ACC) faces Maryland (12-6, 2-2 ACC) on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at the Comcast Center. Tipoff is set for 9:00 p.m. • Dan Shulman [...]
Wayne Selden: Power Guard
Blessed with a preternatural ability to score, Wayne Selden is a strapping 6’5″ power guard from the Tilton School of New Hampshire. Although he’s been playing varsity basketball since he was a seventh grader in his native Roxbury, Massachusetts, he announced his arrival as a reclassified freshman last season when he scored twenty-six points and [...]