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Holiday Musings – Duke in the NBA, High School prospects in action and more
Firstly, here is to hoping all of the Blue Devil Nations is having a fabulous Holiday Season! For me, it’s right back to work as I head out to the former Glaxo Tournament now called 2011 HighSchoolOT.com Holiday Invitational to check out future Dukie Rasheed Sulaimon in person. I will also take in two budding [...]
Gerald Henderson will stay in the NBA Draft
Sources close to the situation have told the Blue Devil Nation that Duke star Gerald Henderson has signed with Arn Tellem and that he will remain in the 2009 NBA Draft. Henderson leaves Duke after a successful junior season where he helped lead his team to an ACC Championship averaging 16.7 ppg. The Blue Devil [...]
Gerald Henderson enters the NBA Draft
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke guard Gerald Henderson announced on Saturday that he will make himself eligible for the 2009 NBA Draft to be held on June 25 in New York City. Henderson has not hired an agent. “After a lot of thought and discussion with my family and the Duke coaching staff, I have decided [...]
Tri MVP’s named during the Duke Basketball Awards Banquet
DURHAM, N.C. – The trio of Gerald Henderson, Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler shared the Swett-Baylin Award for Most Valuable Player at the annual Duke Men’s Basketball banquet on Friday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Henderson, a Wooden Award All-America and first team All-ACC choice, also received the Bill Krzyzewski Captains’ Award, True Blue Award [...]
News on Waner, Henderson, Duke Football and McDonald’s All American Game
We’ve been really busy with hoops recruiting of late and missed getting a bit of news out there. Here are some releases from Duke Sports Information – Abby Waner To Participate In The State Farm Three-Point Championship DURHAM, N.C. Duke University senior Abby Waner has been selected one of eight senior student-athletes to participate in [...]
NCAA Sweet 16 Preview – Villanova vs Duke
Boston, MA Many have said that Duke and Villanova mirror each other and a quick look at the rosters and stats certainly add validity. The two schools have eerily similar stats when you look at their scoring averages on both offense and defense. They both play with no true big man and neither team goes [...]
Duke is Sweet 16 bound after defeating Texas 74-69
The Duke Blue Devils are Sweet 16 bound after holding on to a 74-69 victory over Texas on Saturday evening. Duke made some big plays down the stretch, starting with a Kyle Singler tip in that gave the Devils a two point lead. Shortly thereafter, Singler was called for his fifth foul with 1:07 left in [...]
The road to the Sweet 16 runs through Greensboro – Texas vs Duke Preview
If past history proves to be correct, then Duke may well advance to the Sweet 16 with their fourth win against no losses versus Rick Barnes and Texas. On the other hand, if recent history is at work , then the Blue Devils may take the short trip home to Durham, once again saddened by [...]
Duke defeats Binghamton 86-62 to advance in the NCAA Tournament
Duke had little trouble whipping up on undersized Binghamton to advance to the Saturday evening game with Texas. While the Blue Devils had their way over the course of the game, Binghamton played inspired basketball. The Bearcats kept it close by hitting 6 of 11 three pointers in the first half. But the Duke defense [...]
First Round Preview, Binghamton vs Duke (Greensboro, N.C.)
Duke rolls into the Greensboro Coliseum as the ACC Champions to face Binghamton University, a team that is in the NCAA’s for the first time. The Blue Devils are sure to face heckling from what is sure to be a pro UNC crowd and t-shirts which let their neighbors know they won a trophy for [...]
Duke players and staff comment about winning the ACC Championship
There was no shortage of happiness as Duke won the ACC Championship yesterday. An excited Gerald Henderson was pulled aside by a Raycom announcer, but his eyes were on his teammates the whole time. The commentator realized this and told him to go and hang out with his ecstatic teammates who were posing for pictures [...]
Every player played a role in Duke’s ACC Championship run
It wasn’t that long ago when people were writing off the Blue Devils after a road loss against Boston College. There were cries of this team has hit the skids or they are already burned out. During press conferences, the Duke players get the same questions over and over with concerns to fatigue. Well, the [...]