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Young Duke squad shows its growth Okafor and Jones commit

by Bobby Colton The ChroniCle

it’s easy to forget how young this Duke team is. last season Seth Curry, ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee—a trio of seniors—led the way for the Blue Devils in scoring. This year, only four scholarship players are in their junior or senior season. The 201314 Duke team is one that will grow as the season progresses—and that’s exactly what was on display during Friday night’s 97-64 victory against Florida Atlantic.

“This is not like having ryan and [Mason] and Seth, where they already knew who they were,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “And so there’s a lot of growing that needs to take place.”

The Blue Devils (2-1) were propelled by three players who did not play a minute of collegiate basketball one season ago. Freshman Jabari Parker, redshirt sophomore rodney hood and graduate Andre Dawkins gave the owls’ defense fits all night with their ability to not only knock down shots, but also with the ease with which they penetrated into the lane.

Parker has shown little signs of youth offensively, becoming the first freshman to score 20-plus points in each of his first three games under Krzyzewski. But for hood and Dawkins, things haven’t come quite so naturally. heading into his first season of action with the Blue Devils, expectations for

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be aggressive regardless of whether i have a good shooting game or not,” hood said. “i let my teammates down the last game by not being aggressive.”

The Blue Devils don’t always call plays, but rather players make reads into an action and reacts based on it. reviewing tape of the Kansas game, hood revealed to

Duke lost to Kansas in the Champions Classic but won big-time Friday afternoon as Jahlil okafor and Tyus Jones committed to the Blue Devils and head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Their announcements, which took place simultaneously at their respective high schools, were televised live on eSPnU. okafor, who attends Whitney Young in Chicago, and Jones, who attends Apple Valley in Minnesota, had stated their intentions to be a package deal for a long time.

The other frontrunner for their services was Kansas, with Baylor as the only other school that they were both considering. okafor was in attendance Tuesday as the Jayhawks beat the Blue Devils 94-83 in Chicago.

“Duke University,” Jones said as he put on a gray Blue Devil hat. “[Coach K is] a legend. he’s coached for many years and he’s arguably one of the greatest of all time. he’s a great basketball mind and i feel like i’ll be able to learn a tremendous amount under him.”

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Redshirt sophomore Rodney Hood scored 28 points in 26 minutes in his third game as a Blue Devil, a 97-64 win against Florida Atlantic. hood were sky-high. The 6-foot-8 forward was not only anointed one of Duke’s two go-to players by Krzyzewski, but was also named a team captain. it’s easy to forget that hood is playing his first meaningful basketball in more than 18 months. That rust manifested itself against Kansas Tuesday, when a tentative hood attempted just eight shots in 38 minutes.

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by Brian Mazur The Chronicle

A pair of wins this weekend has the Blue Devils dancing to the Final Four for the first time since 2006.

Fourth-seeded host Duke registered a 6-1 first round win against No. 15 New Hampshire Saturday before putting an end to NH 1 a Cinderella story DUKE 6 and beating No. 10 Massachusetts MASS 1 4-1 on Sunday DUKE 4 afternoon. The Minutewomen had previously upset No. 7 Virginia 4-3 to advance in the tournament.

The Blue Devils will play top-seeded Maryland in the national semifinal in Norfolk, Va., Friday at 2 p.m.

“This team had been really excited and geared up to play this weekend,” Duke head coach Pam Bustin said. “I was impressed with our team today.

The mentality of what they knew they needed to today and just having the poise and the conviction to do it.”

The Blue Devils (16-6) opened the tournament against the Wildcats (15-

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FINAL FOUR BOUND 7), who came into the game having won eight straight games, including the America East Conference Championship. But they proved no match for Duke, which matched a season-high with six goals in the game.

Duke enjoyed the home-field advantage at Jack Katz Stadium, as well as the energetic home crowd.

“It was incredible [playing at home],” junior forward Abby Beltrani said. “Just having [our home crowd] here, it was awesome.”

Senior forward Emmie Le Marchand tied a career high with three goals on the afternoon and also notched her 11th assist of the season. Playing in her first NCAA tournament game since 2011, Le Marchand’s energy was a major reason why the Blue Devils jumped out to an early 2-0 start.

“It is always a big confidence boost to get a goal so early on,” Le Marchand said. “We set the tone.”

Just before halftime, New Hampshire forward Hannah Richard scored to cut the Duke lead to one, but the Blue Devils regained the momentum when redshirt senior Devon Gagliardi’s goal padded the Blue Devil lead in the 46th minute.

From there, Duke added three more goals, two by Le Marchand and one from senior Jessica Buttinger.

The defense held the Wildcat attack

scoreless in the second half, only allowing them to take three shots.

“Second half we made adjustments and kept it simple,” Bustin said. “The front end of the field took care of [goalkeeper] Lauren [Blazing] today by getting some goals.”

After dismantling New Hampshire, the Blue Devils advanced to play Massachusetts (19-5) just 24 hours later.

Once again, Duke had no trouble getting in front of its opponent early, and first half goals by Beltrani and defender Hannah Barreca lifted the Blue Devils to a 2-0 lead by halftime.

Duke sealed the game with two late goals by Buttinger and Morris, which came in the 55th and 58th minutes, respectively, capping a 10-goal weekend for the Blue Devils.

“It came down to really honing in and taking advantage of our opportunities,” Bustin said. “We have been working hard on our [penalty] corner attack all season. To have it start coming into a rhythm and success now is great.”

The defense had no trouble containing the Minutewomen offense, holding it to only one shot in the first half. Despite allowing 10 second-half shots and five penalty corners, the defense did not crumble underneath the attack pressure held Massachusetts to just one goal in the second half. Blaz-

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Three goals from senior Emmie Le Marchand gave the Blue Devils the first of their two NCAA tournament wins. ing had four second-half saves that kept the ball out of the cage.

The Minutewomen’s lone goal came when midfielder Brooke Sabia scored on a penalty stroke in the 44th minute. Massachusetts entered the contest averaging 3.45 goals per game, which ranked fifth in the nation.

“When they other team has that advantage on the attack our defense is really good at keeping things calm,” Blazing said. “Over the past week we have locked down on making the simple traps when it counts.”

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With two regular-season games to play, the Blue Devils can cement a trip to the ACC Championship game with back-to-back wins, which would give Duke its first 10-win season in program history. But that hasn’t stopped players like Cockrell from remembering this team’s humble beginnings. The experienced leaders on his first Duke squad had seen winless seasons and were part of a program that notched just eight victories in eight years. “it is the culmination of a lot of hard work from guys like Matt Daniels, Abraham Kromah, Chris rwabukamba—guys that came before me and kind of led the way and got the ball rolling,” Cockrell said. “For me, i’m fortunate to be here right now.”

Duke’s last win on Senior Day came all the way back on nov. 8, 2003. As the Blue Devils limped toward the finish of a 4-8 season, just

12,976 people were in the stands at Wallace Wade Stadium that day.

Saturday’s contest was attended by more than 30,000 strong, and when the clock struck zero Duke students stormed the field to celebrate their team controlling its own destiny in the ACC’s Coastal Division race. “it’s a great win to send us off. An-

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other win over a top 25 opponents, and then well on our way with our sights set on Charlotte,” harding said. “it’s just exciting and it’s great to see the fruits of our labor. it just speaks to what Coach Cut has been able to do here. it’s building a program, and it’s great to see the steps forward that we’re making.”

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• Bill Clinton was serving his first term as President of the United States.

• Duke’s men’s basketball team was in the midst of its only losing season in the past 30 years.

• Blue Devil head coach Mike Krzyzewski was in his 15th season at the helm. He had just two national championships to his name.

• East Campus was in its final year of housing upperclassmen.

• The average price of gas in the U.S. was $1.13 per gallon.

• Boyz II Men’s “On Bended Knee” was the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.

• Forrest Gump won the Academy Award for best picture.

• Duke’s tuition was $18,590 for an incoming freshman in Arts and Sciences. Engineering students had to pay $19,210.

• Eighteen of Duke’s freshman football players were not yet born.

Duke students had the chance to storm the field for th off Miami on Senior Day.

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Sixth-year senior Kenny Anunike capped off his last game at Wallace Wade Stadium with a victory against a ranked opponent.

Miami’s Stacy Coley took a Will Monday punt 79 yards to the house to give the Hurricanes an early 10-0 lead.

Duke has ranked football team.

Adding a 48-30 victory against then-no.

24 Miami to increase its winning streak to six games, the Blue Devils were ranked no.

25 in the country in this week’s AP Poll, receiving 94 votes. it is the first time Duke has been ranked in the AP top 25 since Dec. 6, 1994, when the Blue Devils were also ranked 25th in the nation. “it’s been a long drought,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We were one of those teams that when you read an article that didn’t have anything to do with us, it would comment on how many weeks or years or whatever it was since we’d been in the top 25 poll.”

Duke barely snuck into the AP top 25, receiving 17 more votes than an 8-2 upstart Minnesota squad. The Blue Devils received more votes than a number of college football powerhouses this week, including notre Dame, Texas, Georgia and nebraska. ranked on 53 of the 65 ballots, according to pollspeak.com, Duke was pegged as

With Duke trailing 17-7, safety Deondre Singleton picks off a tipped Stephen Morris pass to keep Miami from padding its lead.

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Superior athletes indicative of program’s rise Taking over as Duke’s head coach prior to the 2008 season, David Cutcliffe said he inherited a “fat football team.” he challenged his team to lose 1,000 pounds collectively. The team was poorly conditioned, so it was no wonder the Blue Devils were outscored 100-50 in the fourth quarter of games in the season prior to his arrival.

Could anything have looked more different in no. 25 Duke’s 48-30 win against then-no. 24 Miami? The Blue Devils entered the fourth quarter with a one-point lead and won the final period 17-0. And it wasn’t some sort of fluke or confluence of lucky plays that allowed them to beat a ranked team and one of the most storied programs in the nation.

Duke was the better and more athletic team on the field.

“They couldn’t really handle our tempo. once we started speeding it up on offense, they were getting gassed,” running back Josh Snead said. “The game is not won in the first quarter. The game is not won in the second quarter. The game is not won in the third quarter. it’s all what happens in the fourth quarter, and we came out in the fourth quarter and we were strong.”

The Blue Devils’ superior athleticism was most evident on the ground, where they finished with 358 rushing yards, led by Snead’s 138. The speed of Snead, Jela Duncan and Shaquille Powell was part of it, but so was Duke’s offensive line, which bullied the hurricane defensive front and consistently created craters for the backs to burst through.

Powell is one of many players who epitomizes the type of recruits Cutcliffe has brought to Durham:

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anked No. 25 high as no. 21 by Doug lesmerises of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Six writers also listed the Blue Devils at no. 22.

Duke spent eight weeks ranked in the top 25 during the 1994 season, which it finished 8-4, reaching as high as no. 16. With two games remaining on their schedule against Wake Forest and north Carolina, the Blue Devils can reach their first ACC Championship game in program history by posting back-to-back wins. in other poll-related news, Duke was ranked 24th in this week’s USA Today Coaches Poll with 131 points. The Blue Devils sit one spot ahead of 25th-ranked Southern Cal. After yesterday’s win, Cutcliffe, who is a voter in the USA Today Coaches Poll, said that this would be the first week this season he cast a vote for his own team. “i think i have enough respect for our team. i’m going to vote for our team—i can tell you that,” Cutcliffe said after yesterday’s win. “i think we’ve earned that respect... but i can’t control what anybody else thinks.

Again, if you don’t keep playing good, that doesn’t matter anyway.”

back Shaquille Powell catches a touchdown pass from Brandon Concut Duke’s deficit to 17-14.

Connette bursts into the end zone for his fourth touchdown run of the day to give Duke a 38-30 advantage.

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Redshirt junior Josh Snead spearheaded Duke’s rushing attack, racking up a career-high 138 of the Blue Devils’ 358 yards. multi-talented and versatile athletes. in addition to running for 59 yards on seven carries—including a 33-yard-touchdown on fourth-and-1 in the final period to give Duke a two-score lead—Powell made a superb special teams tackle. Fellow running back Juwan Thompson has carved out a niche as a reserve linebacker. Wide receiver Brandon Braxton has been effective as both a pass catcher and last season as a safety. And then there’s phantom-extraordinaire Brandon Connette, who scored five touchdowns in the game and has played seemingly every position on the field in his career.

“We call our practices organized chaos because that’s how fast we go,” Cutcliffe said.

Duke’s superior endurance was no one-game aberration. The team is outscoring opponents 110-34 in the final period of games this season, only letting one opponent outscore them, and that was by three points.

Powell takes it up the gut on fourth-and-1 and scampers 33 yards for the score, giving Duke a two-score lead and sealing the game.

Something about Saturday was different, though. Unlike big wins for the program in the past, that often marked the end of a losing streak or some other sort of anomalous phenomenon—like making a bowl game for the first time in a long time last season—this win was an affirmation: This is just a good football team. As Cutcliffe said after the game, “We’re not going away.

Get used to it.” “i remember when we first got here the team hadn’t won a game in like three years and Coach said, ‘Believe. Believe in the process.’ And we’ve got a lot of guys who believe in the process, and we’re here today,” Snead said.

So for the second year in a row, Cutcliffe’s players doused him with Gatorade as fans stormed the field at Wallace Wade Stadium. The Gatorade dump was improved from last year, Cutcliffe said. This was their second try at it, after all.

But maybe Gatorade baths will no longer be the norm in the next few years. not because the team will stop winning. instead, winning football games is slowly becoming the norm.

Saturday’s win against Miami confirmed everything last year’s win against north Carolina suggested about the growth of this program. no sort of hijinks makes an 8-2 football team that controls its destiny to the ACC title game. Good players and good coaching do. remember when Duke was a fat football team? “over the years, people look at us as, ‘oh, they’re just a team that has a lot of smart guys on the team,’” Snead said. “We’re at Duke. We play football here.”

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Duke wins NCAA tournament opener on PKs

by Ryan Hoerger The ChroniCle

Junior Kelly Cobb’s seventh goal of the season started the scoring for the Blue Devils. her last shot of the day ended the match.

Duke advanced to the second round of the nCAA tournament by defeating no.

24 Colorado College 4-3 on penalty kicks Saturday at Stewart COLO 1 Field in Colorado DUKE 1 Springs, Colo. After finishing tied at 1-1 through two overtime periods, Cobb’s penalty shot in the fifth and final round was the game-winner. “i’m just really proud of our team,” Duke head coach robbie Church said. “it was a great team win. Kind of like we’ve been doing all year, we’ve had to grind everything out.”

After three rounds of penalty kicks, the Blue Devils (8-8-5) found themselves in a 3-2 hole. redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Ali Kershner made a diving save on a shot from Colorado College’s rachel haren.

A floater from Blue Devil forward laura Weinberg followed, knotting the teams at 3-3 heading into the final round.

Defender Katie Uyenishi, who came into the match with three goals on the season, lined up the final penalty kick for the Tigers (15-4-3). her shot went left, but was deflected away again by Kershner, giving the Blue Devils an opportunity to advance.

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Duke and Colorado College battled to a 1-1 draw through 110 minutes of action, forcing a penalty kick shootout to decide the match.

Cobb fired a shot into the top left corner of the net as Tiger goalkeeper Kate Scheele dove to the right, sending the Blue Devils to the nCAA tournament’s second round. regular season matches don’t go to penalty kicks, ending in ties instead. As a result, most teams don’t end up practicing penalty kicks until right before postseason play. Church’s Blue Devils employ a dif-

ferent strategy, and it left them better prepared for Saturday’s match.

“We probably start practicing [penalty kicks] earlier than most teams,” Church said. “We start with about two weeks left in the regular season. At first we open it up to the whole team, but then we narrow it down.” in addition to Weinberg and Cobb, senior Mollie Pathman, junior Katie Trees

and freshman Christina Gibbons also attempted penalty kicks for Duke.

The Blue Devil lineup was at less than full strength for most of Saturday’s game, as four Duke players missed significant time due to injury. Making her first return to the pitch since oct. 6, freshman rebecca Quinn was knocked to the ground less than a minute after entering the game, and did not return because of concussion-like symptoms. Classmate lizzy raben also suffered a blow to the head but was able to re-enter the game.

Pathman and redshirt senior Kim DeCesare also saw their minutes sharply curtailed by injury. in their stead, the Blue Devils moved some players to different positions, and got quality minutes from redshirt freshman Danielle Duhl, who played a career-high 68 minutes.

The Blue Devils grabbed an early 1-0 lead, but were unable to make it stand up. in the 28th minute, Pathman sent a free kick into the box, where it was headed by DeCesare to Cobb, who snuck a shot past Scheele to give Duke a much-coveted 1-0 advantage.

The Tigers answered back just before halftime, scoring a goal off the foot of Kaeli Vandersluis in the 43rd minute, her ninth goal of the season.

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After winning their last contest by 83 points led by their pressure defense, the Blue Devils used more pressure defense to jump on their first SeC opponent of the season early and cruise to an easy victory. no. 2 Duke defeated Alabama 92-57 Sunday afternoon ALA 57 at Cameron inDUKE 93 door Stadium. Balance was the story for the Blue Devils in this one—Duke had five players in double figures and 22 assists on 34 made field goals, and every Blue Devil seemed to have a defensive highlight. “i think they’re just so big and physical at every position,” Alabama head coach Kristy Curry said. “You look at huddles and it’s amazing to see the size and physicality…. They do a great job changing their defenses [and can] all be on the same page—it’s why they’re so successful.”

Duke (3-0) established their dominance early by forcing the Crimson Tide (0-3) into 26 turnovers and turning them into 37 points. The Blue Devils’ pressure defense and halfcourt traps led to the team’s offensive execution, highlighted by senior guard Tricia liston’s hot shooting and sophomore guard Alexis Jones’ aggressiveness in

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Duke rolls Tide transition. liston hit two early 3-pointers while Jones lived in the paint, making a layup to give Duke a 15-4 advantage with 15:36 left in the first half. liston finished with 20 points and six rebounds and stayed aggressive throughout the game in transition, as did her teammates. “i think we were moving the ball really well in the first half,” junior forward elizabeth Williams said. “We were getting stops early. i think we were getting a lot of transition buckets after some quick stops, so i think that really fueled us.”

After getting strong perimeter play early in the game, Duke continued forcing turnovers and started getting Williams and senior haley Peters involved, building a 28-8 advantage with 11:45 left in the first half after a Peters layup.

Peters had 12 points and eight rebounds in the first half alone, finishing with 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Williams finished with 13 points, five rebounds and five blocks as the Blue Devils outrebounded Alabama 47-27 en route to 22 second-chance points.

Williams’ activity defensively bothered the Crimson Tide, who frequently could not get their jump shots over her outstretched arm and had trouble getting the ball up the court because of her role in the Duke press. “it’s just about communicating and being able to protect the basket and

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be smart,” Williams said. “hopefully we can force a quick shot and get the rebound and go.”

Although Duke looked crisp on offense for much of the first half, turnovers prevented the Blue Devils from extending their lead and continued for much of the second half—they finished with 21. “i don’t like turnovers like that,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “Twenty-one turnovers….

We’re far too good of a team [to have that many]. We’ve got to clean that up, but Alabama hustled. They never quit and they played hard.”

Duke’s pressure defense and offensive balance was on display again early in the second half and the Blue Devils continued to crash the offensive glass to finally pull away from the Crimson Tide, going ahead 67-36 with 12:29 left in the game after a three-point play by senior guard richa Jackson.

Jackson put in nine early bench points in the half to spark the Blue Devils’ run that put the game away for good and finished with 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting in 21 minutes. “i feel like you learn a lot by sitting on the bench and actually watching, it helps you a lot when you actually get in the game,” Jackson said.

Alabama’s leading scorer, junior point guard Daisha Simmons, was taken out of rhythm by Duke’s active defense and unable to facilitate for the rest of her teammates. Simmons finished with just 10 points and fouled out.

The Crimson Tide are still trying to adjust in their first season under Curry and were crushed by a Duke defense that gathered 15 steals, 10 blocks and took five charges.

Senior guard Chelsea Gray took four of Duke’s charges, tying a school record, and was in facilitator mode for most of the game, finishing with four points, nine assists and four steals. Gray’s defense was stellar, but she seemed out of sorts offensively, committing five turnovers and looking frustrated at times.

Duke will take on Vanderbilt (3-1) Thursday for their second straight home game against an SeC opponent with a chance to continue building their cohesiveness as a unit. “it’s november, [so] we’re all kind of figuring this out together,” McCallie said. “We’re building our depth and we’re finding our roles.”

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you look at, but like i said every college has that situation,” Jones told The Chronicle.

“Yeah, i would [be comfortable with playing with Cook]. he’d be a senior, a veteran, a guy that you can learn from.”

Jones and okafor are close friends, playing basketball for the Team USA youth teams while in high school. in AAU ball, Jones played for howard Pulley and okafor played for Mac irvin Fire.

Their commitment to Duke is big news for the program after it missed out on their last two targets, forwards Kevon looney and reid Travis. Two weeks ago, looney committed to UClA in what many thought was a surprise decision.

Travis opted for Stanford and former Blue Devil player and assistant Johnny Dawkins.

The next domino to fall may be wing Justise Winslow, the no. 14 player in the class of 2014. Winslow took his official visit to Duke in october alongside Jones and okafor for the Blue Devils’ exhibition game against Bowie State. Winslow has stated at points he may try and attend the same school as Jones and okafor, but that pledge has never been as strong as okafor and Jones’ commitment to play with each other. Arizona and Florida are the other top contenders for Winslow’s services. Swingman Stanley Johnson’s commitment to the Wildcats Friday afternoon could put in a better position to land Winslow’s services.

Today was not a complete loss for the Jayhawks, however. Top-five recruit Cliff Alexander announced his pledge to Bill Self right around the same time as okafor and Jones made their commitments.

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okafor, a 6-foot-10 center, is the no. 1 recruit in the class of 2014, according to eSPn. Per his scouting report, “his ability to change ends of the floor has improved tremendously and it can even get better.

After a Gold medal with USA Basketball he can make several trips and still have mobility in the process. Most nights he will get a double-double but what’s impressive is how he keeps himself engaged even when his team doesn’t give him the ball, that’s a sign of maturity.” in April, okafor spoke with The Chronicle about his recruitment and an in-home visit he had with Coach K. “They are selling Duke as a program besides baskeball,” he said. “You know the academics and how many great people are there outside of basketball.”

Jones, a 6-foot-1 point guard, ranks no.

4 in the class and the top at his position.

“From the neck up there’s no one better in the class of 2014 with the ability to think, play and perform than Jones. he understands how to win and what it takes to win,” his eSPn scouting report states.

The duo joins guard Grayson Allen in Duke’s class of 2014.

Jones was asked in April about potentially playing with current Duke point guard Quinn Cook, who will be a senior next season, and if that’s something the coaching staff addressed with him during recruiting visits.

“They have talked to me about it. every college is going to have a point guard on the roster and any college is going to have players at your position. So, it’s something

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Krzyzewski that he didn’t just not see his reads, but wasn’t even looking for them.

Against a diminutive Florida Atlantic (1-2) wing rotation, hood did not miss his reads, taking over the game with 28 points on 8-of-11 shooting and 12-of-13 shooting from the free throw line—in just 26 minutes. “he was hungry. he was hungry to get to the rim,” sophomore forward Amile Jefferson said of hood’s performance. “he wasn’t settling for jump shots. When he had somebody smaller on him he took him to the post. That’s the rodney we’re going to need.”

Dawkins’ story is a well-documented one. The graduate student guard did not play last season while dealing with personal issues. Though Dawkins isn’t young or inexperienced like hood or Parker— Krzyzewski made a point of reminding everyone he helped raise the 2010 national Championship banner. Before Friday he had played just two minutes of meaningful basketball since March 16, 2012. As if he time off wasn’t enough, Dawkins has also been dealing with a back injury that has kept him from shaking off the rust from the year-long layoff.

“When he hurt his back he missed a number of practices, and when he came back—you get out of shape,” Krzyzewski said. “For a shooter, you have to be really sharp and so really for about a week he wasn’t hitting anything. really, in the last day or so you could see his rhythm coming back in shooting drills.” rhythm is the perfect way to describe Dawkins’ shooting performance Friday night. he knocked down five 3-pointers in eight attempts, feeding off the energy of the crowd and the flow of the Duke offense. For Dawkins, it was the most triples he’d hit in a game since Feb. 23, 2012 against Florida State.

A healthy and happy Dawkins just adds to an already deep and productive Blue Devil bench. As Dawkins continues to heal and get back into the flow of playing collegiate basketball, it will be harder and harder for opposing defenses to shut down all of Duke’s scoring options. “obviously rodney and Jabari are gonna be the staples of our offense, but any given day you have a Quinn [Cook], rasheed [Sulaimon], Matt [Jones], myself—

anybody can get hot and put up a lot of points,” Dawkins said. “it’s fun to play with a team that has so many guys who can put the ball in the basket.” none of the Blue Devil’s top three performers from Friday appeared in a college box score last season. As the season wears on, Parker, hood, Dawkins and the rest of the young Duke squad will continue to grow together and develop a rapport that could make them a nightmare for any defense to contain. “it says that we’re so versatile,” Parker said. “one through 12, that we have a great team.”

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with a go-ahead goal in regulation.

Still tied after overtime, the Blue Devils sent in Kershner to defend the Tiger penalty kicks, replacing starter Meghan Thomas, who had played the entire game for Duke.

The decision to send in Kershner for penalty kicks was not an in-game gamble. Church and goalkeeper coach Steve Springthorpe said they decided they would make that move if any game came down to penalty kicks a few days before Saturday’s game.

But Kershner’s heroics would not have happened if not for the play of Thomas, who was outstanding in her own right.

The redshirt junior posted nine saves on 23 shots in her return to her home state.

“We wouldn’t be playing next weekend if it weren’t for Meghan,” Church said. “especially in the second half, they had some good shots and wind was a factor, but she really settled in and played great.”

The victory was made even sweeter for the Blue Devils when it was announced that they will host the second and third rounds of the tournament at Koskinen Stadium.

Second-seeded Florida did not make a bid to host the second and third rounds of the tournament, and after third-seeded Central Florida was upset in the first round by St. John’s, Duke was the next school asked to host.

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