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 Posted: Sat 4:25, 31 Aug 2013 Post subject: Winning tournament never gets old for Duke |
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Winning tournament never gets old for Duke
When he wasn't torpedoing head-first into the laps of ESPN's Dan Shulman and Dick Vitale,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], coming away with a large red welt on his shoulder and a line of bruises down his shooting arm, Singler was carrying the Blue Devils when Scheyer and Nolan Smith struggled at times - not just Sunday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but throughout the weekend.
"I've fallen harder before," Singler said. "It was nothing really too bad. I'm not banged up or hurt. If anything, it felt good."
Singler's leap was the representative moment of a tournament that was all drama, no aesthetics. Eight winners had more turnovers than assists and shooting percentages - both from the floor and from the line - were historically bad this weekend. State's semifinal loss to the Yellow Jackets Saturday night.
Then there was Derrick Favors, Georgia Tech's freshman powerhouse, who willed his team into the finals. Already voted the league's freshman of the year, Favors averaged 17.0 points and 9.8 rebounds over four games in a dominant inside performance.
"Someone said a long time ago, the best thing about freshmen is they turn into sophomores,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt said. "He's basically a sophomore right now."
Unfortunately for Hewitt, that's only true for the moment. Favors will almost certainly be playing in the NBA next year, and during this tournament he looked more than ready. In the end, he lost out to Singler for MVP honors,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but rightfully so.
Singler easily could have won that award over Scheyer last year, when he played all 120 minutes of the tournament. He had 10 minutes of rest this year, but he didn't take any after his hurtling foray into the cheapest seats of all.
That's why the Blue Devils have won so many of these tournaments,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], simply because doing whatever it takes to win has become part of Duke's DNA.
"I know a lot of people say the tournament maybe doesn't mean that much,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but certainly it meant a lot to the two teams that were playing today," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and while the ledger may have been even Sunday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], over the past decade Duke has made the tournament an absolute priority, with the results to show for it.
It wasn't pretty,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], not by a long shot. But there was no shortage of tension, right to the end - when the Blue Devils won yet again, to no one's surprise, least of all their own.
Coach Sylvia Hatchell and her North Carolina team will try to make major women basketball history Sunday.
Duke dominates Florida State for 79-60 road win
Road wins have been particularly hard to come by this year in the ACC, but the Blue Devils looked plenty comfortable at Florida State. Duke made shots at its best rate all year in a 79-60 basketball victory over the Seminoles. The 19-point win is the biggest road victory in the ACC this year.
Duke basketball: No Kelly means more Plumlee, more Curry
Duke seniors Mason Plumlee and Seth Curry scored 53 of the Blue Devils 75 points against Wake Forest. It no accident. our two best players, point guard Quinn Cook said.
Duke football records,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 1888-2012
Look up NC State win-loss records for football teams going back to 1892,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
ACC Legend honors go to UNC's O'Koren, Duke's Langdon,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], NC State's Whittenburg
Mike O had spent years as an NBA broadcaster and coach but memories of his college years flooded back when Roy Williams, the North Carolina coach, called him recently.
Wake Forest's game plan was to take away Duke's looks from 3-point range. And that worked, for the most part,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but Mason Plumlee set a new career-high in points as Duke pulled out a late 75-70 win.
Less Kelly means more set plays for Duke offense
Ryan Kelly's absence has changed not only how many points Duke scores, but also how the Blue Devils score. "Now we have to have more attention to detail on setting your man up, setting screens,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], working together to get shots," said coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Duke, UNC ranked high in lacrosse
The Duke men's lacrosse team will begin the 2013 season ranked No. 4 and No. 6 in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse media and USILA coaches polls, respectively. The Blue Devils finished last season ranked fourth. North Carolina's men's lacrosse team, which begins its season on Feb. 8 against Air Force, debuted at fourth and seventh,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], respectively, in the USILA coaches and Inside Lacrosse media polls.
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