NCAA grants Duke's eligibility request
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The NCAA has granted Duke's request for an extra year of eligibility for its men's lacrosse players following rape allegations that led to the cancellation of much of last season.
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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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The NCAA turned down Cincinnati quarterback Ben Mauk's request for another season of eligibility, a major setback for the up-and-coming Big East team that finished with a No. 17 ranking.
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Duke stumbled and LSU and Ohio State were there to take advantage.
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DeMarcus Nelson scored 24 points and No. 7 Duke beat No. 24 Clemson 93-80 on Saturday night for their 22nd straight win in the series.
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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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DeMarcus Nelson has seen No. 1 rankings and ACC championships during his career at Duke, experience that has made him probably the Blue Devils' most valuable player on a young squad.
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DURHAM, N.C. (Sports Network) - Nik Caner-Medley poured in  25 points and Ekene Ibekwe added 15 as Maryland upended  second-ranked and previously undefeated Duke, 75-66 at Cameron  Indoor Stadium.
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DURHAM, N.C. - Newly arrived Duke University freshmen got something considerably snazzier than the usual Blue Devils T-shirts and ball caps: Their goodie bags included a free iPod digital music player engraved with the school's crest and the words "Class of 2008."   The university says the unique welcoming gifts, which Apple Computer Inc...
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Duke hopes the NCAA will give back the year its men's lacrosse players lost during last season's now-debunked rape scandal.
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DeMarcus Nelson scored 19 points Tuesday night as No. 11 Duke held on to beat Indiana 54-51 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Tyler Hansbrough will probably play in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament despite breaking his nose during the blood-filled final seconds of No. 8 North Carolina's victory over 14th-ranked Duke on Sunday.
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By Bob Molinaro, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 20--Short of Joakim Noah selling his ponytail on eBay after a Britney-like buzz cut, expect a lot of slow news days from college basketball between now and March.
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The University of Oklahoma will ask the NCAA for a waiver to allow a booster to raise money for the funeral of a football recruit who was killed last week.
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If the goal was to build confidence, then No. 10 Michigan State should go into Duke thinking it has the most high-powered offense in the country.
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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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Hokies' freshman forward Jeff Allen was suspended by the ACC for two games for bumping an official Saturday and will miss Thursday's tussel with No. 4 Duke.