Duke pulls rank on No. 2 Tar Heels
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Abby Waner scored 6 of her 16 points during a key second-half spurt, and No. 1 Duke held off No. 2 North Carolina, 64-53, last night in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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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.
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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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North Carolina is young, deep, talented &#151; and hardly without flaws. But by winning their first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title since 1998 with an 89-80 victory Sunday over North Carolina State, the eighth-ranked Tar Heels clearly re-established themselves as a force in the NCAA tournament.
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The Duke Blue Devils led the final AP women's basketball poll on Monday, receiving 46 of 50 first-place votes from a national media panel. Duke also was No. 1 in the final poll of the 2003-04 season but didn't make it to the Final Four, losing to Minnesota in the regional finals.
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No. 3 Duke wins a record 31st straight home conference game as they breeze past No. 24 Florida State, 75-64, Sunday afternoon.
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The Blue Devils entertain 14th-ranked Virginia this week to highlight Parents and Family Weekend on the Duke campus ... Kickoff is set for 1 pm ... The Blue Devils stand at 1-5 on the year after dropping a
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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 led the AP women's basketball poll for the seventh straight week Monday, though the Blue Devils lost a first-place vote, while North Carolina State joined at No. 24, the latest accomplishment for a team inspired by coach Kay Yow's battle with cancer.
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DURHAM, NC (Sports Network) - Shelden Williams, Daniel Ewing and JJ Redick scored 16 points apiece, leading No. 9 Duke to a 98-44 rout of UNC-Greensboro at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
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Daniel Ewing scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half and sparked two big runs to help No. 9 Duke pull out a 74-61 victory over pesky Davidson on Monday night at the Charlotte Coliseum.
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Shelden Williams scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half to help No. 5 Duke beat North Carolina State 86-74 on Thursday night.
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Abby Waner scores 16 points, six of them during a key second-half spurt, and No. 1 Duke tops No. 2 North Carolina, 64-53, on Thursday.
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Tyler Hansbrough had 26 points and 17 rebounds before suffering an ugly injury in the closing seconds of No. 8 North Carolina's 86-72 victory over 14th-ranked Duke yesterday, which clinched a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title with Virginia and the top seed in the conference tournament.
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Memphis replaced North Carolina as the No. 1 team in college basketball Monday, the Tigers' first appearance in 25 years at the top of The Associated Press poll.
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GAME NOTES: The fourth-ranked Miami Hurricanes head to the Tar Heel State for the second straight week, as they invade Chapel Hill on Saturday, where they will meet up with the North Carolina Tar Heels in ACC action from Kenan Stadium.
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Illinois is No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for an eighth consecutive week, earning all but one first-place vote. That ballot was cast for the new No. 2 team: Duke.