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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 to [...]
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 for [...]
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 the 21st [...]
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 [...]
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 tightened [...]
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 with [...]
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 Boston [...]
Duke drops the Seminoles 81-78 on Senior Night
Duke remained in the hunt for the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season championship by defeating a pesky Florida State team 84-81 in their last home game of the 2008-09 season.
Once again, Gerald Henderson stepped up big during a key stretch to help his team win. With Florida State up 76-74 after a Toney Douglas three point shot, “G” [...]