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Another painful farewell for Coach K and his Blue Devils
NEW YORK — For the second time in a week, the Duke basketball team had a chance to send coach Mike Krzyzewski out a winner. For the second time, it came up short. Just as […]
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UNC faces tall task at Duke
On Monday evening, UNC was fresh off a season-saving Senior Night win over Syracuse. Mere minutes after the game, the question came up. What about Duke on Saturday? “We just have to come in and […]
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Duke gets Coach K back in win over FSU
DURHAM — Duke got its Hall of Fame coach back and won his penultimate home game, 88-70 over Florida State on Saturday. Mike Krzyzewski, who is retiring at the end of the season after 42 years […]
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College basketball roundup: Banchero’s double-double leads Duke to win at BC
BOSTON — A big second half capped off a very busy week with a victory for No. 7 Duke. Paolo Banchero had 16 points and 14 rebounds as Duke pulled away midway into the second […]
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College basketball roundup: Keels’ double-double leads Duke over Clemson
CLEMSON, S.C. — Duke went from the high of battering rival UNC last weekend to the low of losing on a last-second shot to unranked Virginia two days later. So coach Mike Krzyzewski couldn’t be […]
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Duke beats UNC by 20 in Coach K’s last trip to Chapel Hill
CHAPEL HILL — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski made his last trip to the Dean Smith Center a successful one, as his Duke Blue Devils blew out the UNC Tar Heels, 87-67 on Saturday evening. The […]
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Late run pushes Duke past Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — AJ Griffin scored 22 points, including consecutive 3-pointers during a late 12-0 run that helped No. 9 Duke escape Louisville 74-65 on Saturday. The Blue Devils (17-3, 7-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) led […]
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Duke shoots down Syracuse in 20-point win
DURHAM — Duke bounced back from a loss to blow out Syracuse at Cameron Indoor Stadium, beating the Orange 79-59 on Saturday. The Blue Devils were coming off of a midweek loss to Florida State, […]
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Duke’s bigs giving opponents fits
In the last game of January 2010, Duke senior center Brian Zoubek played a total of two minutes in a loss to Georgetown. The defeat dropped the Blue Devils to 17-4 on the year, 5-2 […]
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College basketball roundup: Butler’s block seals Florida State’s OT win over No. 6 Duke
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — RayQuan Evans made a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left in overtime, John Butler blocked Wendell Moore Jr.’s driving attempt in the lane with 2 seconds remaining, and Florida State […]