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College Basketball – Big Teams Have an Easy Weekend
Very few upsets of ranked teams or any tough games at all, with the ease in which Kentucky beat Auburn, Duke ran all over Clmeson and North Carolina decimated Georgia Tech stood out like a sore thumb.
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Duke Over Notre Dame – Revenge & Playing the Perfect Game
Revenge in sports is sweet, especially when it comes in humiliating form, as Duke avenged their earlier loss this season to Notre Dame with a crushing 90-60 blowout in a game between two top 10 ACC teams, led by a Jahlil Okafor double double and a fantastic performance from Justise Winslow. Notre Dame might have […]
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Duke Beats Virginia – Undefeated Doesn’t Mean Better
The ACC championship race was blown wide open as Duke put behind the talks of being overrated and previous losses to beat a previously undefeated Virginia team 69-63 with some excellent late defense and clutch shooting, keeping their hopes of winning the conference title alive.
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Duke Blue Devils – Rasheed Sulaimon Is the First Player Mike Krzyzewski Kicks Out
For the first time in the long Mike Krzyzewski tenure as the head coach of the Duke basketball program, a player has been kicked off the team, as Rasheed Sulaimon, the Junior guard who has been relegated to a bench role this season, having the “honor” of setting that mark.
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Notre Dame Beats Duke – ACC Takes Care of Overrated Teams
It’s been established that Duke aren’t as good as their rankings but there’s nothing new about that. A team with bad defense isn’t going to go very far – not on the national front and not in the ACC, losing for a third time, falling against Notre Dame 77-74, finding no way to slow down Jerian Grant, maybe the best player in the conference.
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Duke Blue Devils – Mike Krzyzewski is One of a Kind
After beating St. John’s 77-68, Duke fans and players got around to make Mike Krzyzewski feel once again like a million dollars, becoming the first NCAA men’s basketball coach to win 1000 career games.
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Duke Over Pitt – One Step Closer to Number 1000
Making changes on defense and switching to more zone seems to be helping Duke in forgetting about their losses, beating Pitt 79-65 to get Mike Krzyzewski to 999 career wins, their second in a row.
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Miami Over Duke – Not Just a Loss, but a Panic Inducing Blowout
Maybe it’s time to think about a mini crisis at Duke, losing at home to Miami 90-74, breaking some long lasting streaks when it comes to avoiding consecutive big losses and losing at home in general, with the ACC once again proving to be a lot more difficult than what happens outside the conference.
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Duke Blue Devils – No Longer Undefeated, Everyone in the ACC is Happy
The first cut is the deepest, and the opening loss of the season for Duke causes a wave of joy throughout the ACC and also among a lot of college basketball fans across the country, as North Carolina State cause the huge upset against the number two team in the nation with a 87-75 win.
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ACC – Duke Still Undefeated, Virginia Too
There are three undefeated teams left in the 2014-2015 College Basketball season. Kentucky in the SEC and the top contenders to go all the way, while Duke and Virginia in the ACC offer less flashy and heralded option for not losing, although just as effective.