No. 12 N. Carolina Tops No. 1 Duke 56-51
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For a change, North Carolina made Duke look rattled, and not even a spectacular individual effort by Monique Currie was enough to save the top-ranked Blue Devils.
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Ivory Latta scored 20 points, becoming North Carolina's career scoring leader, and the fourth-ranked Tar Heels ended North Carolina State's emotional run through the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament with a 60-54 win over the No. 24 Wolfpack in Sunday's championship game.
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For the second straight game, Duke overcame a slow start to win in a rout. Shelden Williams had 23 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks Tuesday night to lift the seventh-ranked Blue Devils past Illinois-Chicago 88-55.
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Unbeaten Duke showed the Miami Hurricanes that the Atlantic Coast Conference is not so easy after all. Junior Shelden Williams scored a career-high 30 points and the No. 4 Blue Devils shot 61 percent to win 92-83 Wednesday night, ending a surprising run by ACC newcomer Miami.
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Monique Currie scored 23 points and top-ranked Duke pulled away for an 87-65 win over Virginia on Friday night, extending the nation's longest winning streak to 14 games.
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Josh McRoberts scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help Duke avoid its first five-game losing streak ever in coach Mike Krzyzewski's 27-year tenure, beating No. 21 Boston College 78-70 on Wednesday night.
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Greg Paulus scored 19 points and DeMarcus Nelson added 14 points and seven rebounds to lead No. 18 Duke to a 67-50 victory over St. John's on Sunday. The victory was Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski's 775th, breaking a tie with Dean Smith for the most wins in 32 seasons.
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JJ Redick and Daniel Ewing each scored 20 points, and No. 11 Duke turned up the defensive pressure in the second half to beat Tennessee-Martin 88-46 Saturday night in the teams&#39; season opener in Durham, NC.
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Alison Bales scored 15 of her season-high 21 points in the first half and No. 1 Duke routed Clemson, 105-53, last night to remain perfect entering its showdown with No. 2 North Carolina.
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The Duke lacrosse team has taken its season of redemption to the brink of a championship. The top-seeded Blue Devils blew a seven-goal lead, then got the winner from Zack Greer with 3 seconds left to beat previously unbeaten Cornell 12-11 Saturday and advance to the NCAA Division I title game.
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Lindsey Harding and Joy Cheek scored 13 points apiece and top-ranked Duke overcame a sputtering offense to remain the nation's only unbeaten team with a 77-45 win over Wake Forest on Sunday.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Duke had little trouble staying unbeaten while opening Atlantic Coast Conference tournament play. Things figure to get a little tougher the rest of the way.
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Tyler Hansbrough scored 26 points before suffering an ugly injury in the closing seconds of No. 8 North Carolina's 86-72 victory over No. 14 Duke to clinch the top seed in the ACC tournament.
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What a way for No. 1 North Carolina to start the Atlantic Coast Conference season. Wayne Ellington's 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in overtime lifted the top-ranked Tar Heels to a 90-88 victory over 19th-ranked Clemson on Sunday night.
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Duke relied on its big three to rally from a terrible first half and the seventh-ranked Blue Devils beat Oklahoma 78-67 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.
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Duke emerged from Thursday nightâs game against North Carolina as the only undefeated team in the nation and the early favorite to win the Womenâs N.C.A.A. tournament next month.
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Even with a loss, Duke is still No. 1. Duke led the AP women's basketball poll for the eighth straight week on Monday, holding on by a solid margin despite losing for the first time. Montana joined at No. 25 as the only newcomer, its first national ranking in 13 years.