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Game #7: St. John's at Duke Blue Devils
There is palpable excitement for St. John's Game #7, a nationally-televised contest against the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor in Durham, NC on Saturday afternoon on ESPN 2. At a solid 6-0, with a road win over St. Bonaventure, a neutral site win over the Siena Saints, and a "neutral"/ road win...
Virginia Volleyball Riding Momentum
It was a rocky start to the Virginia Cavaliers' volleyball season, which kicked off conference play by going 0-4. However, things are starting to look up for up and coming team, after the Hoos rattled of three straight victories – all ACC opponents – to bring their current record to a respectable...
Men's and Women's Swimming Pull in Top 5 Recruiting Classes
The men's and women's swimming teams -- both of whom have "ACC Champions" banners flying proudly above their lanes -- won't be slowing down any time soon. Mark Bernardino, head coach of both squads, knows that, while the Cavaliers have plenty of NCAA-caliber swimmers, in order to contend for...
Don't Blame Big East Lacrosse For Syracuse's RPI Ranking
I haz the confuzedz. Zach Brown at the Daily Orange tells me the Big East is to blame for why Syracuse is No. 4 in the latest lacrosse RPI despite being 11-1 and their only loss coming to No. 1 Virginia. Dave Rahme tells me joining the Big East had no overall effect and Syracuse would probably be...
Seeding Critical for the Cats
After another loss down the stretch here for the fading Villanova Wildcats, the mulligans are officially over. If they lose again, it will be their last game of the season. Who would've thought that the potential #1 team in the country a month ago would fall so fast? Now, it looks like the Cats...
Wake Forest vs. Duke Preview
The Demon Deacs will likely play their toughest game of the season tonight as they take on Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium (8:00, Fox Sports Net). Click through for what to watch for as the seniors try one last time to get a victory at the home of the Blue Devils. According to our main man...
This is it: UConn/Duke preview
UConn vs. Duke, in which the role of St. Michael the Archangel is portrayed by UConn and Duke plays its traditional role. Well, here we go, the matchup that everyone wanted as soon as the NIT Tip-Off bracket was released. As I wrote...
A LiveBlog reminder
As Porter explains below, UConn and Duke always seem to play extremely consequential, epic games. Tonight's preseason NIT final figures to be another one. So you should join us at ~4:45 or so as we liveblog the hell out of this. In the meantime, enjoy the above videos and build up some proper...
This does not feel right
Tomorrow night UConn plays Duke in the championship game of the NIT Season Tip-Off. In theory I should be thrilled. This is probably the best possible early season game for UConn. Its a big time test against a top-10 team that is not exactly strong in the post and if UConn plays the way they did...
An urgent announcement.
Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. *cough* Earlier tonight, the No. 1-ranked Blue Devils of Duke University were defeated in a NCAA-regulated collegiate basketball game. As a result, we, the the clandestine...
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