Duke Basketball

Duke Rises Six Spots In Latest Ap Poll

... against North Carolina, but the Tar Heels got numerous uncontested looks after simple pick-and-roll actions. Harry Giles has flashed recently, but the Blue Devils would be better off if they weren’t so reliant on Amile Jefferson on the interior. He's asked to carry a load that may be unsustainable. Regardless, Duke is trending in the right direction at the right time of the year. This team isn’t playing at a championship-caliber level, but if a few more things click, it will be. You couldn’t say that a month ago. MORE: All-Week team. As Kansas looks to win its 13 th regular season conference crown in a row, all eyes are on the Big 12 race. But don’t sleep on the Pac-12, which now has the No. 5, 6 and 7 teams in the AP Poll. UCLA leapfrogged Oregon after its thrilling home win on Thursday, and Arizona calmly swept Stanford and California en route to a No. 5 ranking. If ever ...

Florida Has Chance To Boost Seeding

... notion that Gonzaga coasted to a top seed and the No. 1 spot in the polls because of a bad West Coast Conference. It’s true that the WCC will stigmatize Gonzaga’s success for many in the college basketball universe. That’s a reality the Bulldogs can only combat when they get out of conference, and they did that with aplomb this season. They beat Arizona, Florida and Iowa State on neutral floors, giving them two top-20 wins, and another top-40 victory. They also swept Saint Mary’s, which is 19 th in the RPI and a guaranteed tournament team. The Bulldogs were, and still are, worthy of their national championship contender status. Yet, two losses in the WCC will likely be too much for them to overcome, in terms of being a top seed. Oregon, Arizona and UCLA are all laying in wait for the top seed in the West Region. Should Gonzaga lose another game, the best team in the Pac-12 will likely have a better resume, in the eyes of the selection committee. Remember, the Bulldogs were the No. 4 overall seed in the committee’s midseason ...

Jackson Puts In 22 As Duke Downs Fsu

... Jackson scored a season-best 22 points and No. 17 Duke beat No. 15 Florida State 75-70 on Tuesday night. Amile Jefferson, playing in his final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium, added 14 points and 11 rebounds while Luke Kennard finished with 17 points for the Blue Devils (23-7, 11-6 Atlantic Coast Conference). Jayson Tatum added 15 points for Duke, which held Florida State 14 points below its scoring average to snap a two-game losing streak that cost the Blue Devils a top-10 ranking. Dwayne Bacon scored 19 points and Xavier Rathan-Mayes had 15 for the Seminoles (23-7, 11-6), who had their two-game winning streak snapped. Florida State pulled to 71-63 on Bacon's free throw with 2:23 to play before Tatum countered with a jumper to put Duke up by 10 points. Jackson then rebounded Jonathan Isaac's missed 3-pointer and Duke went to work on the clock, with Tatum grabbing a key rebound of his own miss to help the Blue Devils keep the ball away from the Seminoles until there ...

Road Trips To The Pits

... of each school’s interests. Apparently Gary Williams’ argument there’s a North Carolina voting bias finally fell on receptive ears, six seasons after he retired and three after Maryland fled the ACC. Based on who played where, we’d give the nod for easiest ACC schedules to Boston College and Clemson, who figured to struggle to reach the conference’s upper echelon, and Virginia, which several times has gotten a break in scheduling over the past half-decade. The most challenging challenge belonged to Pittsburgh. Only Pitt was required to visit Duke, Louisville, UNC and UVa. The poor Panthers faced Louisville home and away within a two-week span in January, losing both times; visited Carolina and Duke for consecutive losses as January turned to February; and go to Charlottesville on Saturday to conclude the regular season. Of a possible eight matchups against the supposed top four, Pitt had seven. At least Kevin Stallings’ club didn’t have to visit putative overachievers FSU and Notre Dame. Of the four teams picked to pace the league, only Duke visits the courts of the other three, with a sojourn to Chapel Hill ...

3 College Basketball Games That Matter The Most In The Final Week Of The Regular Season

... by 42 in the first meeting with Oregon, but they’d like nothing more than to play spoiler to Oregon’s Pac-12 title hopes. Crazy things can happen in rivalry games. Dillon Brooks will certainly make an upset difficult, though. Dillon Brooks is a cold, cold man. — NBA Central (@NBA_Centra I) February 24, 2017. 2. Indiana at No. 16 Purdue. Tuesday, 7 p.m. ET on ESPN 2. Purdue got some help from Michigan State’s win over Wisconsin on Sunday, keeping the Boilermakers in first place. With a win over Indiana, Purdue would lock up a share of its first Big Ten title since 2010. This game will be a chance to watch one of the nation’s top players, Caleb Swanigan, in action before the tournament. He’s in the race for National Player of the Year and could be in for a huge NCAA Tournament. Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports. 1. No. 14 Duke and No. 5 North Carolina. Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET on ESPN. ...

Is The Season Over

... play on Wednesday, meaning that the Devils will need to win four games in four days to win the ACC championship (something that has never happened in league history). And unless the dramatic turnaround comes before Selection Sunday, it looks like Duke is going to start its national title quest as a No. 4 or No. 5 seed. Is there any hope that this team can – like 1960 – suddenly put its game together and play to its potential? Or will this be remembered as one of the most disappointing seasons in modern Duke basketball history. Well, recent Blue Devil history would seem to suggest that it’s over. Mike Krzyzewski might be the winningest NCAA coach in history, but he’s never made a deep run as less than a No. 3 seed. And that was only once (1990, when No. 3 seeded Duke lost to UNLV in the NCAA title game). He’s had some nice runs with No. 2 seeds (including a national title in 1991), but he’s never taken a No. 4 or No. 5 (or worse) deep into the tournament. Of course, that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. In fact, it happens quite frequently that an unheralded lower seed gets hot and makes a deep tournament run. It happened last season. Syracuse was ...

How Will The Ncsu Coaching Search Affect Recruiting

... According to Langston Wertz Jr., a Charlotte Observer sports columnist who has covered Dotson extensively, “It’s early. Dotson is still evaluating everything and doesn’t even have a short list yet.”. @jonmalexander how will coaching search at NCSU affect recruiting? 1 commit now, do you see the pack adding anyone else? Transfers? #Ask JMA. — Cody (@codnacho) February 28, 2017. @codnacho: how will coaching search at NCSU affect recruiting? 1 commit now, do you see the pack adding anyone else? Transfers? #Ask JMA. @jonmalexander: The sooner athletic director Debbie Yow hires someone, the better, especially for recruiting. The top 2017 recruits will soon make up their minds. One of the biggest sells for a recruit is the coach they’ll play for. It’ll be hard to convince prospects to come to a school without knowing who the coach will be. Hiring someone quickly, however, could be difficult, because those who appear to be the school’s top targets, are coaches who will almost surely be in the NCAA tournament late in March. N. C. State has no recruits on the radar, and you probably won’t see ...

Duke Girls Basketball Coach Prepares Team For First State Tournament In 19 Years

... road, but worth it. She knows she will be graduating and walking away from basketball as a better person because of the things she learned during the two years she played for Coach Wilson. "Just to be yourself," said Jones. "Be a better person. Look out for your team, on and off the court, so you're family.". Although Coach Wilson has become a regular at the state tournament, he says each year is just as special because of the girls he coaches. They're hoping to add the first state title banner in 19 years to this gym after the tournament this weekend. Copyright 2017 KSWO. All rights reserved. Wednesday, March 1 2017 12:22 AM EST 2017-03-01 05:22:05 GMT. Wednesday, March 1 2017 12:22 AM EST 2017-03-01 05:22:05 GMT. U. S. officials say President Donald Trump's new immigration order will remove Iraq from the countries facing a temporary U. S. travel ban. Wednesday, March 1 2017 12:22 AM EST 2017-03-01 05:22:04 GMT. Wednesday, March 1 2017 12:22 AM EST 2017-03-01 05:22:04 GMT. President Donald Trump has indicated that he may be open to immigration legislation that would give legal status to many people living ...

Another Rebecca Greenwell Gem At North Carolina Leads Duke Women's Basketball To An Eighth Straight Win

... up 46 paint points, with sophomore point guard Kyra Lambert shredding North Carolina’s defense with precise passing on her way to a career-high 13 assists. Lambert notched her first career double-double and combined with rookie forward Leaonna Odom for 25 points, taking advantage of the space created by Brown’s and Greenwell’s dominance on the perimeter as Duke had just 10 turnovers and racked up 30 assists. “Thirty assists is unbelievable. I have not seen that statistic in 25 years of being a head coach,” Mc Callie said. “I’ve seen 28, 29, but not 30. We’re excited about the ball being shared the way it was and for Kyra, and I’m really proud of her, because that’s so much of what her game is. Her ability to create and score, and just distribute the ball and rebound and kind of do it all. It was impressive.”. All of Duke’s points in the decisive 10-0 run to begin the fourth came on assists by Lambert, including Greenwell’s two ...