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tion in Cameron Indoor Stadium Just more than six minutes into the game, the two teams were locked at 1313. But another six minutes later, Duke was wrapping up a 22-2 run, which was capped off by a tomahawk dunk from freshman Elliot Williams.

Results from Tuesday’s election will not be official until Nov. 14, but preliminary returns indicate that the Tar Heel state went blue for President-elect Barack Obama. Unofficial results show Obama leading by more than 14,000 votes, not including provisional ballots, of which there are an estimated 40,000. The 15 electoral votes for the swing state hang in the balance until results are made official. The state is scheduled to certify results Dec. 1, following county canvasses Nov. 14. Though the state is leaning blue, Obama and Sen. John McCain are separated by a margin of less than a .4 percent. The state has not given its electoral votes to a Democratic candidate since 1976, when Jimmy Carter won, in part because voters were disenchanted with the Republican party over the Watergate scandal. Regardless of the final result after provisional ballots are counted, the state’s votes are unlikely to change the election outcome, as Obama is well over the 270 votes needed to win the presidency. “Usually provisionals split along the same lines, never all for one candidate,” said Mike Ashe, director of the Durham County Board of Elections. “I suspect that

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streets. But while undergraduates face an open canvas of opportunities, students at the Fuqua School of Business might not

have the same flexibility in their career searches. Although the current financial crisis has diminished career opportunities in finance, the availability ofjobs outside the field and Fuqua’s reputation as a top-tier business school will lessen the impact of the crisis on its students, Fuqua administrators and professors said. Campbell Harvey, the J. Paul Sticht professor of international business at Fuqua, said because the demand for qualified people with financial knowledge will still exist, students at first-rate business schools will see a noticeably smaller effect on their job searches than those from second-tier programs. “It might take a little longer to get the job you really want. It might.be that you

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The Blue Devils overwhelmed Lenoir-Rhyne with a strong defensiveperformance in a 95-42 rout. by

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It took them a while to get their bearings straight, but the Blue Devils eventually started playing like the bigger, faster and stronger team they are as they cruised to a 95-42 victory over DivisionII Lenoir-Rhyne in Wednesday’s exhibi-

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After years of heading human resource departments at various prominent universities, Kyle Cavanaugh will become Duke’s vice president for human resources beginning Feb. 1, 2009, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask announced Wednesday. “I’ve had wonderful experiences in both private and public institutions,” Cavanaugh said. “I’ve had a lot of experience in academic health centers, and the combination of what Duke represents appeared to be a really terrific fit for my skills, competencies and experiences. And those things led me to the decision to accept [Duke’s] offer.” Cavanaugh will replace Clint Davidson, who has led Duke’s human resources programs for 11 years and will be retiring. In his new position, Cavanaugh will oversee the policies and services that affect Duke’s 30,000 employees, including benefits and compensation, health care, safety, labor relations and childcare, according to a University statement.

Chosen in a national search, Cavanaugh will head a 130-person human resources staff and work alongside the human resource department of the Duke University Health System. “Kyle has impressed everyone he’s worked with and will bring a strong record of accomplishment in HR and other business areas,” Trask said in the statement. “He understands how deeply a university depends on its employees to achieve its critical missions of teaching, research, patient care and service to society. Cavanaugh said he will also be assuming broader business functions at Duke, working with the Duke University Police Department and the Office of Information Technology. Currently, Cavanaugh works at the University of Florida, where he served as vice president for human resources beginning in 2005 and was promoted to vice president for administration in 2007, according to the statement. “I’m very excited,” he said. “Certainly, leaving the University of Florida was a difficult decision. The institution is a phenomenal place with talented faculty and staff. However, the opportunity at Duke may be once-in-a-career opportunity, and I was absolutely SEE RESOURCES ON PAGE 4

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Although the N.C. voting for president was very close, most analysts expect the state to go to Barack Obama.

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Thousands flee Congo fighting KIWANJA, Congo Sporadic gunfire and explosions echoed Wednesday around this town in eastern Congo, as rebels fought pro-government militiamen for a second day,forcing thousands of people to flee. A wider cease-fire between the rebels and the government was holding further south around the provincial capital, however, as diplomats prepared to assemble a regional peace summit Friday in Kenya bringing together U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the presidents of Rwanda and Congo. In Kiwanja, 70 kilometers north of the main city Goma, clashes erupted Tuesday between rebels and a militiaknown as the Mai Mai, but the violence eased Wednesday afternoon.

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MEXICO CITY A conversation between pilots and the control tower gave no hint that anything was wrong moments before a plane Mexico's carrying second-most-powerful official suddenly dived into rush-hour traffic. The death of Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mourino was a serious setbackfor Mexico's U.S,-backed fight against drug smuggling. Authorities said Wednesday that the crash, which killed 14 people in all, was mostly likely an accident. But they brought in U.S.and British investigators to help them rule out the possibility of an attack.

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Russia to use missiles near Poland

MOSCOW Russia will deploy short-range missiles near Poland to counter U.S. military plans in Eastern Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev warned Wednesday, setting a combative tone that clashed with global goodwill over Barack Obama's election. In his first state of the nation speech, Medvedev blamed Washington for the war in Georgia and the world financial crisis and suggested it was up to Washington to mend badly damaged ties. Medvedev also proposed increasing the Russian presidential term to six years from four —a change that could deepen Western concern over democracy in Russia and play into the hands of his mentor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who has not ruled out a return to the Kremlin. Extending the presidential term could mean a possible 12 more years in the top office for the popular Putin. �

McCain evaluates new Senate role

PHOENIX Before resting from the grueling race, John McCain began discussing presidential with senior aides what role he will play in the Senate now that he has promised to work with the man who defeated him for president. One obvious focus will be the war in Iraq. After two years spent more on the campaign trail than in the Senate, McCain will return as the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee. That will put the four-term Arizona senator in a position to influence Democrat Barack Obama's plan to set a timetable to withdraw U.S. troops from combat in Iraq. During the campaign, McCain staunchly opposed setting such a time frame, even as the Iraqi government began working with the Bush administration to do so. But in conceding the presidency to Obama Tuesday night at a Phoenix hotel, McCain pledged "to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face."

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looking past Barack Obama's presidential victory, returned to their fears of a deep and protracted recession. Volatility swept over the market again, with the Dow Jones industrials falling nearly 500 points and all the major indexes tumbling more than 5 percent. The market was widely expected to give back some gains after a runup that lifted the Standard & Poor's 500 index more than 18 percent.

Franken calls for recount in race ST. PAUL, Minn. A slugfest for nearly two \Wf years, Minnesota's U.S. Senate race headed into a

new round Wednesday as the campaigns girded for an automatic statewide recount to determine whether Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's bare lead over Democratic challenger Al Franken would stand. Coleman declared himself the winner of Tuesday's election, but Franken said he would let the recount play out, hoping it would erase the incumbent's 475-vote lead out of nearly 2.9 million ballots.State officials said the recount wouldn't start until mid-November and would probably take weeks.

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Protesters gather in West Hollywood Wednesday for a "No on Prop 8" rally. California residents voted to ban gay marriage in Tuesday's election.

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LOS ANGELES In a heartbreaking defeat for the gay-rights movement, California voters put a stop to gay marriage, creating uncertainty about the legal status of 18,000 same-sex couples who tied the knot during a fourmonth windowof opportunity opened by the state’s highest court.

Passage of a constitutional amendment against gay state so often at the forefront of liberal social change—elated religious conservatives who had little else to cheer about in Tuesday’s elections. Gay activists were disappointed and began looking for battlegrounds elsewhere in the back-and-forth fight to allow gays to wed. “There’s something deeply wrong with putting the

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rights of a minority up to a majority vote,” said Evan Wolfson, a gay-rights lawyer who heads a group called Freedom to Marry. “If this were being done to almost any other minority, people would see how un-American

this is.” Legal skirmishing began immediately, with gayrights groups challenging the newly passed ban in court Wednesday and vowing to resist any effort to invalidate the same-sex marriages that took place following the state Supreme Court decision in May. The amendment, which passed with 52 percent of the vote, overrides that court ruling by defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Thirty states now have adopted such measures, but the California vote SEE BAN ON PAGE 4

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Crystal Mangum does not want you calling her “the accuser.” Instead, she wants you to see her as just Crystal Mangum, which she says is the purpose of her memoir, “The Last Dance for Grace.” The memoir, she and her co-writer and agent Vincent Clark said, is Mangum’s attempt at gaining closure on the case that put her name in papers across the country. Detailing her troubled childhood and family story, Mangum focuses on her long history of alleged sexual abuse as well as the fateful March 13, 2006 night, after which she falsely accused three former lacrosse players ofrape. “Last Dance” presents the protagonist as a sympathetic victim in the middle of a media storm Her story—written in language that assumes no more than the immediate meaning of the words and features more than the occasional typo—is om of great tragedy. Mai gum establishes herse not only as a victim the lacrosse case bu victim of circumstan She struggles with selfage, feels rejected by father who, she ’da prefers her sister and SEE REVIEW ON

Fuqua’s Distinguished Speakers Series presents Arkady Dvorkovich (PLID. ’9B) Aide to the President, Russian Federation Andrei Volkov, Dean Moscow School ofManagement SKOLKOVO Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Geneen Auditorium, East Keller Building The Fuqua School of Business

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enamored with the opportunity and am approaching it with a great deal of excitement.” Previously, Cavanaugh served as associate vice president for human resource services for five years at The University ofTexas at Austin, the chief human resources officer at Rice University and heldsenior human resources positions at Vanderbilt University.

“Duke has had a long history of some terrific programs and initiatives, and my intent is to build on that foundation and to serve faculty and staff to the best of our ability/’ Kyle Cavanaugh, incoming vp of human resources

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Welfare policy expert Ron Haskins discusses how best to improve the livelihood of low-income households at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy Wednesday. Haskins is a seniorfellow of economic studies at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C.

Although he said he does not have any specific ideas for Duke at the moment, Cavanaugh has had conversations with various administrators that have made him even more eager to join the University. “Duke has had a long history of some terrific programs and initiatives, and my intent is to build on that foundation and to serve faculty and staff to the best of our ability,” he said.

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Hundreds gather outside San Francisco City Hall Wednesday to protest the passage of Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage in California.

BAN from page 3 marks the first time a state took away gay marriage after it had been legalized. Gay-marriage bans also passed Tuesday in Arizona and Florida, with 57 percent and 62 percent support, respectively, whiie Arkansas voters approved a measure aimed at gays that bars unmarried couples from serving as adoptive or foster parents. Massachusetts and Connecticut are now the only states to allow same-sex marriage. Even as the last votes were being counted in California, the American Civil Liberties Union and other opponents of the ban filed a challenge with the state Supreme Court. They contended that California’s ballot cannot be used to undermine one group’s access to rights enjoyed by other citizens. The measure’s passage casts a shadow of uncertainty over the marriages performed in the past four months. California State Attorney General Jerry Brown has said existing gay marriages will remain valid, but other legal experts said challenges are likely. Amid the uncertainty, some gay couples continued applying for marriage licenses Wednesday. They succeeded in some jurisdictions and not others. Jake Rowe, 27, and James Eslick, 29, were in the midst of getting their marriage license at Sacramento City Hall when someone from the clerk’s office stopped the wedding Wednesday morning. “I’m thoroughly surprised,” Rowe said. “I thought Californians had come to the point where they realized discrimination wasn’t right.”

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Obama may tap Rep. Emanuel as chief of staff by

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President-elect Barack Obama pivWASHINGTON oted quickly to begin filling out his new administration Wednesday, selecting hard-charging Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel as White House chief of staff while aides stepped up the pace of transition work that had been cloaked in pre-election secrecy. Several Democrats confirmed that Emanuel had been offered the job. While it was not clear he had accepted, a rejection would amount to an unlikely public snub of the new president-elect within hours of an electoral college landslide. With hundreds of jobs to fill and only 10 weeks until Inauguration Day, Obama and his transition team confronted a formidable task complicated by his anti-lobbyist campaign rhetoric. The official campaign Web site said no political appointees would be permitted to work on “regulations or contracts direcdy and substantially related to their prior employer for two years. And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration.” But almost exactly one year ago, Nov. 3, 2007, candidate Obama went considerably further than that while campaigning in South Carolina. “I don’t take a dime of their money, and when I am president, they won’t find a job in my White House,” he said of lobbyists at the time. Because they often have prior experience in government or politics, lobbyists figure as potential appointees for presidents ofboth parties. On the morning after making history, the man elected the first black president had breakfast with his wife and two daughters at their Chicago home, went to a nearby gym and visited his downtown offices. Aides said he planned no public appearances until later in the week, when he has promised to hold a news conference. As president-elect, he begins receiving highly classified briefings from top intelligence officials Thursday. In offering the post of White House chief of staff to Emanuel, Obama turned to a fellow Chicago politician with a far different style from his own, a man known for his bluntness as well as his single-minded determination. Emanuel was a political and policy aide in Bill Clinton’s White House. Leaving that, he turned to investment banking, then won a Chicago-area House seat six years ago. In Congress, he moved quickly into the leadership. As chairman of the Democratic campaign committee in 2006, he played an instrumental role in restoring his party to power after 12 years in the minority. Emanuel maintained neutrality during the long primary battle between Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, not surprising given his long-standing ties to the former first lady and his Illinois connections with Obama. The day after the election there already was jockeying for Cabinet appointments. Several Democrats said Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, who won a new six-year term Tuesday, was angling for secretary of state. They spoke on condition ofanonymity, saying they were not authorized to discuss any private conversations. Kerry’s spokeswoman, Brigid O’Rourke, disputed the reports. “It’s not true. It’s ridiculous,” she said in an interview. Announcement of the transition team came in a written statement from the Obama camp. The group is headed byjohn Podesta, who served as chief of staffunder former President Clinton; Pete Rouse, who has been Obama’s chiefof staff in the Senate, and ValerieJarrett, a friend of the president-elect'and campaign adviser. Several Democrats described a sprawling operation well under way. Officials had kept deliberations under wraps to avoid the appearance ofoverconfidence in the weeks leadtug to Tuesday’s election. They said the group was stocked with longtime associates of Obama, as well as veterans of Clinton’s White

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Discredited lacrosse accuser Crystal Mangum maintains in her book "The Last Dance for Grace" thatshe was sexually assaulted at a party in March 2006.

herself in multiple volatile relationships. The primary relationship Mangum details is her first boyfriend—a 19-year-old, whom she met when she was 14. Mangum describes violent and unsettling rape scenes by not only her then-boyfriend, but his friends as well. But the veracity of this allegation has previously been drawn into question when reports surfaced that she failed to pursue the allegation, posing the question of the narrator’s reliability. Nonetheless, this and other similar events set the stage for Mangum’s emotional problems, depression and eventual career as an exotic dancer. Of course, the big question is whether or not she names specific lacrosse players. Although Mangum maintains that she was raped at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., she never mentions the names or any affiliations of her alleged attackers. Mangum insists that she accepts the outcome of the case, but the simple substance of this book suggests otherwise. She claims sympathy for disbarred former Durham district attorney Mike Nifong, but mostly takes the media to task. And when it comes to the University at the center of it,

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Mangum presents two different accounts. When describing a meeting at the attorney general’s office, she accuses Duke of silencing people for the sake of the University’s reputation, but later in the text admits that she does not blame the institution. In the final pages, Mangum claims that the writing of this book is the beginning of her healing process, and Clark asks for her redemption. But the question remains whether this process needed to be so public, opening a case Duke, Durham and the nation have tried to move beyond. Whether or not Mangum finds closure with this book is her business, but the redemption that Clark seeks for his subject is the public’s choice.

Duke Law School Room 3041 Judge William A. Fletcher was sworn in as a federal appeals court judge for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 1, 1999. Prior to his appointment, he was a professor of law at Boolt Hall, specializing in federal courts, jurisdiction, and civil procedure. Fletcher received o BA from Harvard University in 1968, a BA from Oxford University in 1970 as a Rhodes Scholar, and a JD from Yale Law School in 1975. He clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Stanley A. Weigel from 1975 to 1976 before clerking for Associate Justice William J.Brennan Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1976 to 1977.

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Fletcher is the author of numerous articles, including “A Historical Interpretation of the Eleventh Amendment,” “The General Common Low and Section 34 of the Judiciary Act of 1789,” and “The Structure of Standing." He is also the co-author of “Pleading and Procedure: State and Federal” (9th ed., Foundation Press, 2005).

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Job seeker GeorgeWilliams uses a phone at a job resource center in Harrisburg, Pa. Although economic troubles have led many people to scramblefor jobs, administratorsand professors at the Fuqua School ofBusiness saidDuke MBA graduates are better prepared to weatherthe weak job market.

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Prasad said the current crisis has made him realize the benefits of medium-sized or specialized firms that are less susceptible to setbacks than bigger companies. It is now more likely for students to apply for jobs in smaller companies or management and consulting positions instead of using those prospects as back-ups, he added. Harvey said he hopes the lack of opportunities across the country will encourage students to seek jobs abroad, and cited international financial hubs like Frankfurt, Germany, Zurich, Switzerland and various cities in Asia as places to consider job hunting. “[Fuqua] has positioned itself as a globally distrib“

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search.” Campbell Harvey, professor of international business at Fuqua uted business school [with] campuses in different countries. This is exactly the way our students need to approach the job search,” Harvey said. “They need to do what we do as a business school and look beyond the U.S.” In dealing with the varying effects of the crisis head-on, Fuqua has offered a number of services to help students and keep them aware of the situation ai hand. The Career Management Center at Fuqua has launched a “multi-pronged and comprehensive” response, including new approaches to preparing students for job searches, extending business development and a new on-campus recruiting model, Dirks said. Harvey has also held several well-attended in-person and virtual town hall sessions where he answered questions posed by students regarding the crisis. Yet despite diminishing career opportunities, the change in the economy has had no effect on the academic interests of Fuqua students, as many noted an increased interest in the subject of finance. Michael Brandt, professor of finance at Fuqua, said he had record-high enrollment in his finance class this term, which started Oct. 30. ”It just shows that people, from a curiosity standpoint, really want to learn what got us into this mess and what can get us out and how not to repeat it,” said James McNamara, a second-year MBA student studying entrepreneurship and strategy. Although employees and companies are still warily dealing with the aftereffects of the crisis, Harvey said he hopes fihancial companies will learn a lesson from the current sitution. “In away, this episode has taught us that the people who’re doing the managing have failed to do their jobs,” he said. “In the course that I teach, I have been highly critical of the risk management approach taken by [those companies for years].... You need students like mine to go out there and do this correctly.”

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might not be the smartest kids around. Or the most popular. Or, for that matter, the most hygenic. But there is one thing that recess staffers have in spades; skepticism. Which is why when I heard about the recent ASA-sponsored forum on interracial dating, I salivated. Here was the perfect opportunity to both poke fun and fall in love. To say that I am currently seeking an Asian girlfriend is like saying joe Biden is prone to saying dumb things: it’s true, but it’s still an understatement. The over/under for times I would fall in love was seven. I took the over. “This would be an easy sandbox,” I thought, “Make a few race references, approach some unsuspecting freshmen, throw in a Tiger Woods or Barack Obama joke and this thing would practically write itself.” I entered the Multicultural Center dripping with a nice mixture of sarcasm, low expectations and Si tar. I had already pre-written my first question: “We all know that once you go black, you never go back and once you go white, everything’s right. But is it true that once you go Asian, your life is amazin’?” In addition, I could not wait to ask, “How do you feel about interracial dating?,” and then follow this up with, “How do you feel about interracial dat-

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ensue, ngl Well, veni. Vidi. Truthanized I came in expecting beauty. All I got was truth. Sorry Keats, that is not

fair trade. What I got was actually an intelligent, interesting conversation. There was a pleasing discussion on all things fever (e.g., yellow, jungle) and even the occasional joke. “I’m Asian, which means that my parents don’t want me to start dating until after I’m married” quipped one girl, who I am considering proposing to next week. As the minutes passed, my doubt faded and my preconceptions vanished. “So this is what it’s like to talk to people who are not suffocating in selfdoubt,” I wrote on my notebook. “It’s, like, pleasant. I need to try this again some time.” To all the event organizers who I intended to undermine: I am sorry. Your event was well organized and thoughtful. Plus, the refreshments were excellent. But even the free Loop cookies and soda couldn’t match the sweet taste of what I really lift with: humble pie. —Jordan Axt a

I’ve never understood the attraction erywhere around me, people watched the reof Chronicle columns. Reading or writing suits coming in with the same feverish anticithem—it seems to me that both are overrat- pation and watched Barack Obama’s speech ed. But sometimes it’s nice to have a chance with the same rapture. Being from Ohio, the state that went red and won the 2004 election to get on your soapbox, and that’s what I’m going to do with the rest of this space, for George W. Bush, I still can’t believe the Buckeye State pulled through for Obama. Thanks for tuning in. And I’m a white, middle-class man, a about wildly, happy am incredibly I Just the results of the election. I’m so thrilled to member of our supposedly post-racial gensee the smiling faces of everyone I saw on eration, but for some reason I was moved to campus today—from the preppiest under- tears partly by the fact that we were electing a grads to the Great Hall staff to professors to man whose father was born in Kenya, At this juncture, I should probably make bus drivers. Watching the results come in last night, I some effort to explain why Obama is better was doing alright for a while, but around the for the arts—that he’ll fund the arts better, time John McCain came on to gjve a really —or-that he’s inspired great art. But that will, gracious and beautiful concession speech, I i.am song was kind of annoying, More to the point, I’m saying the same started to tear up. I didn’t cry continually all often welled I up—listen- things that everyone else has said. I’m not night, but every so about the 76- original at all; I’m just like every other young to dad stories my telling ing year-old he met canvassing, seeing Jesse Jack- person, including you, dear reader. But the fact that we’re all so enthused, so disbelievson crying, listening to Obama’s speech. ing and so absurdly, perhaps blindly, hopeful don’tknow this would be a surprise; why I I cried in 2000, and again in 2004, but for says enough. Reagan didn’t know what he was talking different reasons. But although most people around me about. This is actually morning in America, —David Graham weren’t crying, I didn’tfeel at all strange. Ev-

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Barkley Hendricks has set up a temporary studio space at Golden Beit downtown during hisresidency at Duke this month and last month.

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Barkley Hendricks does not look or talk like any other artist. He exudes the kind of cool one would expect from the giants of jazz and masters offunk of the 19705, the very people he channels in his art. Hendricks is at Duke this fall as an artist-in-residence, working with visual arts professors and students during his two-month stay on campus, which ends Nov. 24. He chose to spend a large portion of his sabbatical from his post as professor of art studio at Connecticut College here because of the “warm reception” and warm climate—both literally and figuratively. “I met a lot of hip and nice people,” he said. As one of the most innovative and underrated American artists of the ’6os and ’7os, his art “could not be easily defined—not as a realist, not as a pop artist, not as a black artist,” says Wendy Livingston, manager of marketing and communications at the Nasher. For this reason, he was flown under the radar until recently, when the museum featured Birth of the Cool, Hendricks’ first major exhibit. A man of many artistic talents, Hendricks possesses qualities that makes his residency a great asset to Duke, Livingston said. He is accessible to students through lecture series and campus appearances, including working

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to classical symphonies to comedians of Russell Peters’

caliber. But music self-described as “a robot making love to a tree” is unprecedented. This Sunday, Duke University Union is sponsoring Get Your GLO On, featuring musical acts Ghostland Observatory and Flosstradamus. Front man Aaron Behrens and drummer Thomas Turner of the headlining band will stage a High-energy electronic rock concert against a backdrop of synchronized laser lights. DJs Josh Young and Curt Cameruci of Flosstradamus will open for the show. Mash-up duo Flosstradamus has performed at major music festivals like Lollapalooza and South By Southwest. Behrens and Turner’s musical style is difficult to classify, with roots in rock, soul and electro-dance. SeniorVincent Ling, the Programming Director of DUU, acknowledges that Ghostland Observatory is not quite 6

•TROIKA MUSIC FESTIVAL by

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Tliis weekend, Durham music lovers will have ever)' reason to leave theirvinyl at home and get out on the town. The 2008 Troika Music Festival kicks off tonight with shows at seven venues around the Bull City. Add to this two shows on Friday—including a Carolina Theatre performance by festival headliners the Rosebuds and Kimya Dawson—and seven more on Saturday night, and you’ve got 64 total bands comprising one of North Carolina’s biggest musical events. The festival will work to rebound from a difficult year last year. Troika Chair Melissa Thomas was hospitalized shortly before the festival, and events suffered from some disorganization, including the 1 Ith-hour exit of Les Savy Fav, originally one of the biggest names on the bill. The show at the Carolina Theatre is the centerpiece of the 2008 festival. It’s the first year that the historic establishment has hosted a Troika concert, a fact that Thomas says is emblematic of the event’s de-

velopment. “We’re excited about the Carolina because it’s like we’re growing up a bit, and because it’s a really cool space,” she said. “It’s this old theater that offers this completely different element.” Venues have been an issue from the beginning for Troika organizers. Clubs and bars frequently come and go in Durham, and some places that Thomas said the festival used to rely on, including the 305 South Anit-Mall, Ringside and Joe and Jo’s, are no longer in business. “We miss 305 South because it represents the festival—it’s DIY and kind of gritty,” she said. One spot that has been reliable is the Duke Coffeehouse, which is one of the festival’s sponsors in addition as hosting shows on both Thursday and Saturday evenings. Booking Manager Jen Fuh, a junior, said

Troika has used the Coffeehouse for the last four or five years. “Basically they just e-mail us every year and ask if we’re still down for sponsoring them, and we say yes,” she said of the booking process. Troika began in 2002 as the Durham Music Festival and adopted its current name in 2004, when it expanded to include shows in Raleigh and Chapel Hill as well. After a couple years of growth, event organizers decided to revert back to a Durham-only festival. Thomas said that despite this change, Troika still pays attention to Raleigh and Chapel Hill by consistently booking bands from throughout the Triangle. Although she estimates that there are about 10 bands from outside of the area, the bills are laden with hometown groups. Even the two national touring acts performing at the Carolina Theatre on Friday have a local flavor. The Rosebuds hail from Raleigh and are signed to Chapel Hill’s Merge Records. Kimya Dawson, best known for having her music prominendy featured in Juno, is not from Durham, “happens to be a fan of the area,” as Thomas puts it, and plays in the area semifrequendy. National bands or not, Troika began as a Durham festival and seems to keep this mantra at heart. As Durham’s musical scene grows in fame, the festival seems poised to continue playing an important role, said E. Duncan Webster, bassist for Durham band Hammer No More The Fingers. “It seems like [Troika] is getting bigger names and a bigger reputation,” he said. “Durham and Chapel Hill are becoming nationally recognized music cities, and I think Troika is a big part of that.” Andrew Hibbard contributed to this story.

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“With a sibling relationship, you can be close enough to the person to trust what they’re gonna do creatively,” Johnson said. “And I also just very much respected Kathryn’s musical talents.” As far as his music is concerned, Johnson has an interesting idea of what he wants, and is not afraid to get philosophical about the goal of his current project. “I try to keep it introspecive with perspective, a little tonguemaking observations about the inand how it’s influenced,” he said. But even for a band with such abstract ambitions, Johnson’s tastes are a bit more grounded. He cites the Silver Jews, Mojave 3, the Magnetic Fields and even a touch of New Orleans R&B as some of the inspiration for Schooner’s recent work. Johnson said the band is excited about their upcoming Troika performance and said he appreciates how the festival develops awareness of the Triangle scene. He anticipated a lively—and busy—weekend of shows. “It’s going to be infectious,” he said. “It’s got the potential to be a pretty cool fest just because there’s a great number of really good local bands that are playing in the same area this weekend.”

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The formation ofCarrboro band Schooner seems lifted from a bad movie script, complete with serendipitous beginnings and the potential for fractured families. In 200S, Reid Johnson and Tripp Cox went to a concert for a band that never showed; the duo stepped in to save the night. From this humble beginning as a fill-in, Schooner was born. Since then, the group has released four albums (not to mention a forthcoming EP this spring) and have become mainstays in the North Carolina music scene. With songs that explore multiple genres, often jumping from indie rock to doo-wop to ’6os psychedelia, the band has mastered its own style of upbeat pop music. Described by Johnson as “a four-track project of introspective songs,” Schooner has grown to include Billy Alphin, Maria Albani and Johnson’s sister, Kathryn Johnston, with Cox easing

Schooner willperform at 11 p.m. Saturday at Sirens Lounge, 1803 W. Markham Ave., with the Proclivities, Rat Jackson and Nathan Oliver. Tickets are $5. Schooner will also perform at the Armadillo Grill Nov. 21 as part of the Campus Concert Series.

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Nathan White, lead singer of the Chapel Hill-bast Nathan Oliver, is a man with two very different passion dentistry and rock music. He is a student ofboth the cavity and the chorus, ti sealant and the solo. The 25 year-old White, current completing his residency at the University of North Car lina School of Dentistry, founded Nathan Oliver in 2(X with friend Mark Lebetkin. Since then, the two havec cled through a number of supporting members befoi finally setding on current drummer John Tokarczyk. In 2007, the group released their self-titled debut bum on Durham-based record label Pox World Empir The 10-track record fully displays the versatility an range that White had been striving for. “We have pretty dynamic rock songs, with a lot ofpo influences and a folk sound,” he said. For example, White cites indie band the Unicom electronic rockers the Notwist and emo icon EHi° Smith as the musicians his band mosttm to

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With their guitar-centered, 10-fisound, SorryAbout Dresden has become a Triangle indie mainstay and will surely be one of the highlights of this year’s Troika Festival. Since entering the national scene with their 2003 release, Let itRest, the Chapel Hill band has made a living touring the Southeast while staying true to their Tar Heel state roots. Matt Oberst (brother of Bright Eyes’ Conor), Eric Roehrig, Matt Tomich and James Hepler became a band when most undergrads were still in elementary school. “We love playing together. We had taken some time off around 2004, playing shows maybe once or twice a year,”

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Hepler, the band’s drummer, wrote in an email. “It was when we reconvened for practice and writing the songs for our new record that we realized how much we missed doing this. And that’s where I think the staying power comes from. We’re a family.” And as with most families, friends play an integral part. On recent tours, Sorry About Dresden has had a sort of revolving door of sit-ins, especially since bassist Tomich left the band. “Everyone brings a little something different, but we’ve been lucky that everyone has fit,” Hepler explained. “This band feels like family, and has never really felt a drop-off as musicians have come and gone.” As long-time Triangle residents, the band has a history of involvement with Troika. Hepler joined thefestival’s planning committee in 2006 after, as he puts it, “having spent two years b—ing about the flaws of earlier permutations.” He found the experience rewarding, describing the festival as something that belongs to the musicians and the fans. So what does an old-hand Triangle indie rocker listen to these days? Hepler is the first to admit that he’s not one to hunt for the latest sensation. “Most of what I’ve been listening to has been either slightly less recent stufflike Spoon’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Gaand Portastatic’s Bright Ideas," he said. “[l] can’t get enough Replacements, [and] the new Hammer No More The Fingers record is outstanding.” Sorry Abou t Dresden plays at the Duke

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Campus lonig ht at 10:15p.m. with Sequoya, Pink Flag, Red Collarand Le Weekend. Tickets are $5.

FILES It is a lively collection of songs from an afraid to change tempos and genres. See [table cover ofAce of Base’s “All that She itly streaming on their MySpace, for proof lie sound. performance at Siren’s Lounge will mark cond appearance at the Troika festival. Althassaid that last year’s festival was a little bit high hopes for this year’s show, citing zation and wider online promotion as rea:t a larger turnout. the best part of the festival was its spotpcal music culture and the exposure it proud-coming Triangle bands. lows that you don’t have to be a rock star to f music,” he said. members should brace themselves for an finance sure to leave feet tapping, ears oeth clacking, with what White predicts to ner gy and a little bit ofnoise.” "ill perform songs from their previous 11 as tracks from their upcoming release, ich White says is “pretty much done” and should be released near the beginning of next year. Spending his days cleaning teeth and his nights strumming guitars has allowed White to appreciate both musical and medical careers. “It’s nice not to have the weight of only doing music or only doing work,” he said. Orthodontists, eat your heart out.

Nathan Oliver plays at Sirens Lounge 1803W. Markham Avenue Saturday at 10:15 p.m. with Rat Jackson, The Proclivities and Schooner. Tickets are $5.

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If indie rock has lost its soul, then Hammer No More The Fingers is here to save it. The Durham-based trio, the roots ofwhich go back to 1996 when drummer Jeff Stickley and guitarist Joe Hall first met in the sixth grade, plays un-ironic, high-enery rock. With just three instruments, the band channels the sound of early 1990 Chapel Hill rock bands like Polvo and Archers of Loaf, bassist E. Duncan Webster’s favorite band. “A lot of people say we sound like that era of Chapel Hill indie rock, but I think it’s more of a subconscious thing,” Webster said. “But that era of music—l still listen to it probably more than any new music.” Although the ’9os rock influence is apparent, the band’s sound is very much its own. Webster describes it as a combination of the Pixies’ melodies and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ rhythms. But as much as the band is indebted to the area’s past scene, it is entrenched in the present Webster also cites I Was Totally Destroying It, Embarrassing Fruits and other

local bands as both friends and in luences, Though HNMTF, a Durham band, is labeled as having a Chapel Hill sound, Webster said the distinction between these geographic labels is empty. “Saying you’re a Chapel Hill band still carries weight,” he said. “[But] I feel like Durham and Chapel Hi 11... are so connected. I consider them the same place.” Perhaps what defines HNMTF best is their live show. The three-piece plays one of the most consistently high energy shows in the area. It’s an energy that Webster said “comes from within.” “We just try to have the best time we can and treat every show like it’s our last show,” he said. “So many people in the audience are our friends, and we just want to show off... and just let them have a really good time.” HammerNo More theFingers performs at Broad Street Cafe, 1116Broad St., Nov. 8 at 10 p.m. with Death to the Details, the Scott Waite Debacle and the Dry Heathens. Tickets are $5.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ARTISTS. SORRY ABOUT DRESDEN PHOTO BY MICHAEL DUNN.

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Marsalis to play Page tonight

GLO from page 3 orthodox

“Typically, we brought in a lot of music to Page that was all along the same lines: pop rock,” Ling said. “One of our goals is to bring in a diverse mix of music to campus. Ghostland Observatory is more off the beaten path.” Along with a new genre of music, DUU wanted to introduce a different type of show as well. Ling describes the GLO performance as not only a concert but also an “experience,” complete with lights and free glowear. “It’s not just listening to music,” he explained. “We’re going to see two artists going all out with a laser show in the background. It’s really high-energy and fun.” Although distinctive in its electronic sound and largescale stage effects, Ghostland Observatory is still relatively unknown. One ofDUU’s priorities, Ling said, is to present groups that are on the brink of becoming mainstream. Junior Amanda Marchese is pleased with the Union’s stress on variety. “Although I haven’t heard of Ghostland Observatory myself, 1 do tend to listen to more obscure bands,” Marchese said. “I’m always a fan of Duke trying to expose students to other types of musical groups.” As to whether or not Duke has a large audience for this particular musical genre, Marchese could not say for sure. Freshman Jeremy Cole, however, believes that the base does exist on campus. “Even though Ghostland Observatory is more of a techno-based band, it has a similar beat to pop rock songs,” Cole explained. “If that’s what Duke students like, then bringing in a band like Ghostland Observatory is definitely appropriate.” Ling hopes

to draw a huge crowd to Page on the Sunday but insists that the concert’s success is measured by more than the number of tickets sold. “Success is people who come away happy from GLO,” Ling said. “[But] they’re going to be more than happy they’re going to be blown away.” —

Get Your Glo On is Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. in Page Auditorium. Tickets are $l6for students, $22 general admission.

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Leading saxophonist Branford Marsalis, a Durham resident, will front a 29-piece orchestra in Page Auditorium tonight. by

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You might know Branford Marsalis from a variety of most innovative jazzmen of his generation, as Wynton’s brother, from gigs on “The Tonight Show” or with Sting. So what is he doing in Durham, playing Brazilian music with an orchestra? Actually, Marsalis has lived in the Bull City for six years. He has been recording Brazilian music for two decades, reaching back to a 1986 wax of one of the works on tonight’s program, Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5. Furthermore, the tenor saxophonist has recently been honing his classical playing. “I’ve been playing that stuff for six years and sounding not very good,” he said in an interview at his home in August 2007. “Now that I’m starting to play classical music well, I derive more satisfaction from it because I know how long

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it’s taken me with diligent practice to get to that place.” Playing with Filharmonia Brasileira, an orchestra that specializes in Villa-Lobos’ music, Marsalis will play three pieces by the Brazilian and two by Frenchman and Villa-Lobos mentor Darius Milhaud, who was influenced by Brazilian music during his time as cultural attache to the country in the 1910s. Duke Performances Director Aaron Greenwald said Milhaud and Villa-Lobos, in addition to fitting with a series of Brazilian concerts this season, dovetail neatly with Marsalis because both were influenced by early 20th-centuryjazz. Greenwald said he felt that Marsalis has undertaken the tour to challenge himself, citing some of the lower profile venues included on the tour itinerary. “There’s no reason why Branford needs to be playing 25 to 30 cities with an orchestra,” Greenwald said. “Part of the reason he did that was he needed time to get around the music. It’s a road warrior’s tour, and we’re at the end of the road.” Marsalis attributed his exploration of the classical world to a willingness to exploit an opportunity. With audiences shrinking in the 19905, he said, urban orchestras turned to black artists—many without classical backgrounds—to draw black listeners. “They started hiring me for these gigs for their own reasons... so I, seized the opportunity to put myself in a position to make myself a better musician,” Marsalis explained. “People are no longer going to say, ‘Wow, that’s a lot better than we thought it was going to be.’ [l’m] not great, but pretty good. I want to keep doing it because it makes me better—it makes my jazz playing better, it makes my sax playing a lot better.” Despite living in Durham, Marsalis has played infrequently at Duke—appearing with the Ciompi Quartet in November 2006 and doing a brief cameo during a Terence Blanchard concert in Spring of the same year —or indeed in the area at all. In a rare treat, Triangle listeners have the chance to hear the saxophonist twice this year—tonight at Duke and again with his working quartet in February at the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Branford Marsalis and Filharmonia Brasileira, conducted by GilJardim, will perform Marsalis Brasilianos tonight in Page Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets are $3for students, $2B-44for others.

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ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO DIR K. SMITH THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY

�� When watching Zack and Miri Make Porno, it’s difficult to get past the film’s more pornographic qualities. It’s not as if directorKevin Smith is known for his sense of decorum, but his-latest release achieves staggering levels of obscenity. Zack and Miri comes more than 10 years after Smith’s masterpiece Chasing Amy and marks his return to the romantic comedy (let’s try to forget Jersey Girl). The film tells of longtime platonic best friends Zack (Seth Rogep) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) who have fallen on tough times. To alleviate their financial straits, as the title suggests, the characters decide to make a porno. As the love story of beauty and beast, it’s hard to avoid comparisons to Judd Apatow. But we have to remember that the likes of Kevin Smith paved the way for Apatow and his band of merry fools like Rogen. And this is what makes Zack and Miri so disapa

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�� At first glance, the pairing of Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac may seem unexpected, but the two show a surprising amount of chemistry on-screen in Soul Men. To say the result is funny and gratifying is an understatement. In a style similar to VHTs Behind the Music, the film opens by introducing us to Marcus Hooks and The Real Deal, a fictitious hit soul group. After a storied career with his two backup singers, Louis Hinds (Jackson) and Floyd Henderson (Mac), lead singer Marcus Hooks (John Legend) decides to go solo. While Hooks goes on to super-stardom, his two former band mates are left behind to struggle in obscurity. Fast forward 20 years, Henderson and Hinds have not spoken. They are nearing retirementage and showing it. When Henderson hears of Hooks’ death, he decides to put the past behind him and seek out Hinds in order to make some money and

stage a comeback. Mac skillfully explores the hilarious and depressing effects of passing into the golden years as Henderson moves into a retirement community, a role that is reminiscent of the used cars salesman he

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Transformers.

On the flip side, Hinds lives in squalor and degradation following his years in the spotlight. However, in a manner that only Jackson can pull off, Hinds comes across as a deeply intelligent, philosophical man and deeply troubled while being undeniably cool through and through. In some ways this is a reprisal of his turn as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction, but this character goes deeper than Jules did. Where Henderson has to come to terms with his physical limitations and fixed income, Hinds must come to terms with his past in away we can all relate to. Overall Jackson and Mac give solid performances, but the highlight comes when the soul man himself—Isaac Hayes—graces the screen and steals his scenes. Afterall, what’s better than Isaac Hayes? —Braden Hendricks

pointing. Rather than a unique movie straight out of his Askewniverse, Zack and Miri is

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derivative. Sure, Banks and Rogen have great chemistry and deliver in their respective roles, but the rest of the cast is two-dimensional. Smith’s writing sells the supporting cast short. Even Smith-staple Jason Mewes, breaking from his normal role as the speaking half of Jay and Silent Bob, fails to add much to the film. Zack and Miri wants to be as good as Chasing Amy, but it suffers as a mainstream romantic comedy trying to cater to Smith’s cult audience. The F-bombs and poop jokes go too far, and the porn shoots are just too long and too pornographic. The film has many moments, but this is too amateur and too immature for Smith at this stage of his career. —Andrew Hibbard

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Images of demolition and desuetude

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Silent, aromatic halls of what was once a grimy, noisy, bustling engine of economy, now a ghost town in the middle of a city: That’s what Durham photographer DL Anderson captures in When the Dust Settles, on display at Through This Lens. After Liggett and Myers closed their behemoth factory downtown but before Blue Devil Partners began renovating it into West Village, Anderson worked to record the last gasps of the complex. In his photographs, we see scenes of desuetude, desolation and demolition in muted colors: pristine but utterly deserted factory' floors; an ashtray, left untouched in a board room; and gloves abandoned beside the machine they used to work. Anderson had wonderful material to work with, and he lets it speak uninhibited. He uses a variety of shots, from closeups to full rooms, but retains the clean, cool lines of his subject matter. Light is his most powerful tool: dim, blood-red or gaping in from a hole punched by the wrecking ball. In one image, Anderson captures the rusting, riveted back of the sign atop the plant. It is a fitting metaphor for any factory—the product is presented gleaming to consumers, but the rough, plain means of production are meant to be hidden. Or perhaps not. Also on display is a copy of a promotional pamphlet picturing Liggett’s factory in its heyday. The contrast between Anderson’s photos and the smiling faces of the hundreds of workers on the shop floor in 1941 tell stories about how much the

and women, often irreverentlypainted in the tradition of classical religious icons. At an Oct. 16 talk at the Nasher, Hendricks spoke about the influence of European masters, including some displayed in the current El Greco to Velazquez exhibit, on his work. Hendricks doesn’t consider his modern representations of urban figures fundamentally different from regal portraits commissioned by patrons—he just“saw different people” than they did, he said. His bold color schemes are striking and dimensional, avoiding the flatness inherent to paintings. “I would like to think of myself as an illusionist,” Hendricks said. “I would like you to see a texture and feel it.” The strong individualism in his paintings is what caught the eye ofTrevor Schoonmaker, curator of contemporary art at the Nasher. When he approached Hendricks to offer him an exhibition, Hendricks was surprised that Schoonmaker had even heard of him. The two bonded over their appreciation for music and art, two aspects that are inseparable in Hendricks’ work; the African rhythms ofFela Kud, the social messages of Bob Marley and the funk ofMiles Davis are all present in his paintings. Ever the multimedia artist, sometimes Hendricks doesn’t need to convey musical imagery through his painting and gets right to the source; apart from his visual forms, he plays trumpet, clarinet and saxophone. COURTESY DL ANDERSON

DL Anderson took this photo of a pin doffer, used to move tobacco leaves through storage bulkers, in Durham's O'BrienWarehouse. The image is currently on display at Through This Lens. city has changed—the challenges and chances of changing economy, and perhaps what we lose in gentrification. —David Graham

When the Dust Settles is on display at Through This Lens, located at 303 E. Chapel Hill St. in Durham through Nov. 18. See throughthislens.com for more information.

Barkley Hendricks’ residency ends Nov. 24. His next public appearance is “Photography, Documentary, and the Making ofArt, with Associate Professor Tom Rankin and Professor Alex Harris of the Centerfor Documentary Studies Nov. 18 at 7p. m. at the Nasher Museum ofArt. ”

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Sometimes a reality check is all a team needs to get back on track. For the Blue Devils, Saturday’s 4-3 loss to Virginia could be just that—and their chance to respond comes sooner rather than later. On Thursday, No. 5 Duke takes on the No. Cavaliers once again at 1 p.m. in Katz Stadi4 um in the first round of theACC tournament If Duke (14-4) gets by Virginia (12-7), it will play top-seeded Maryland, a team that the Blue Devils defeated on the road in College NO. 4 Park, Md. Oct 4. UVA A s t he excitevs ment for the postseason mounts, the No. 5 Cavaliers’ upset Duke is something the THURSDAY, 1 p.m. team hopes does Katz Stadium not repeat itself

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a sense of urgency for Duke. “Saturday was a wake up call for us,” head coach Beth Bozman said. “In the long run, [Saturday’s loss] will be a good thing for us.” The Blue Devils did not play with urgency for all 70 minutes Saturday—which, given the team’s significant success this season, was rare. Senior captain Marian Dickinson,, though, took care of that. Typically a player who lets her actions speak for her, Dickinson addressed her team before practice Monday to emphasize the keys to a poten-

dally successful ACC tournament. “I felt that there were some things that needed to be said about taking advantage

of opportunities and how good this team could be this year,” Dickinson said. “Each of us needs to play with the urgency to win an ACC championship and play every game like it is our last. “This Virginia game was a huge wake up call and I think we are ready to go now. We felt that loss and no one wants to feel that again.” Although she expanded her role to a more vocal one this week, Dickinson still managed to maintain her lead-by-example mentality by staying after practice and taking extra shots against sophomore goalie Samantha Nelson Tuesday. Nelson, in particular, found Dickinson’s address to the team moving. “It was a real eye-opener,” Nelson said. “It really hit home because she talked about how we do not know ifwe will have as good of an opportunity as we do now to win.... [Marian] made it so clear that from this point on, there is no more room for mistakes. In the ACC tournament, it’s one and done.” And that might bode well for theBlue Devils. Following the team’s 2-1 loss to North Carolina Sept. 27, Duke went on an eightgame winning streak that was finally snapped by Virginia. If the Blue Devils respond the same way after Saturday’s loss, they would not only be ACC champions, but national champions.

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The Blue Devils entered Wednesday’s ACC tournament opener at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary looking to upset fourth-seeded Boston College to advance to the conference semifinals for the first time since 2005. But after giving up a goal to the Eagles (13-4-2) in the 13th minute, fifth-seeded Duke was never able to put the equalizer on the board and fell 1-0- Now, the \n HRt.y.U!SF.../ u Blue Devils (12| 5-3) can only sit BC back, recuperate, and wait for the results of the NCAA selection show to determine its seeding and matchup in the College Cup. Following a frenetic buildup in the box characteristic of the game’s opening minutes, Boston College’s Amy Caldwell ripped a shot off the crossbar that ricocheted into the chancing area. Forward Brooke Knowlton was able to get her head onto the floating ball to knock in the Eagles’ first and only goal of the game. The 13 minutes leading up to the strike had featured five combined shots and several strong scoring opportunities for both sides, but after Boston College scored, Duke struggled to find its offensive groove. “We certainly had some opportunities early in the game,” Blue Devils head coach Robbie Church said. “We are just having

Lorraine Quinn and the Duke offense was shut out again Wednesday in the first round of theACC tournament trouble finishing these chances when they present themselves. After they got that early goal, things only got tougher as they took more of a defensive style.” While the first half came to a close without further damage —Duke managed just four shots compared to the Eagles’ six—the second half began differently. The Blue Devils came out of the locker room firing, with juniorElisabeth Redmond SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 11

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Quarterback Russell Wilson has led N.C. State to strong offensive performances in its last two games, scor-

ing 55 points combined, but a porous defense has kept the team from snapping a four-game losing streak.

After dropping what arguably should have been its fifth win of the season in a 3330 overtime loss to Wake Forest last week, Duke looks to rebound this week against another in-state rival—albeit one the Blue Devils haven’t seen in some time. No member of this year’s team has ever played N.C. State, but fans from the Triangle area are more than familiar with the rivalry that once was. Since the two squads’ first meeting in 1924, Duke holds a slight series lead with a 39-35-5 all-time record. The Wolfpack have won the last 10 meetings, but two narrow wins during the Philip Rivers-era in 2000 and 2002 over the Blue Devils helped propel the matchup to one ofits highest points. Then, the ACC acquired Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech, and the conference was thrown into a bit of a whirlwind. As a result, the rivalry between two schools just 15 miles apart died, with Duke and N.C. State’s last meeting com-

ing in 2003. But even though this will be the current Blue Devils’ first time suiting up against the Wolfpack, they still feel the intensity involved. “I was kind of surprised that we didn’t have them on our schedule before,” defensive end Greg Akinbiyi. “I am really excited to have this opportunity to play another instate team.” The Wolfpack will have only played two games in the 34 days prior to Saturday’s contest, which has helped N.C. State recover from the myriad of injuries that has plagued the team all season. Injured offensive lineman Julian Williams and linebacker Nate Irving, who is one of the defense’s driving forces with 35 tackles, three interceptions and a fumble recovery, will both return to the starting lineup this weekend. N:C. State’s offense, although mostly unnoticed because of the team’s 2-6 record, has performed reasonably well this SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE 11

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bench provided the boost that was needed, and Dave McClure, in particular, chipped in 10 solid minutes—his limited time was a result of a head injury suffered in the second half—which keyed the defensive effort. During Duke’s early run, the senior forward exhibited impressive ballhawking skills on a coast-to-coast lay-up, coming off one of his three steals. “Our defense really picked up when McClure came in,” Krzyzewski said. “That’s the kind of thing a veteran, good player can d 0.... We just started talking together.” After the break, the Blue Devils clamped down, holding Lenoir-Rhyne to just 13 points on 6-of-34 shooting. And Duke dominated the Bears offensively, as well—demonstrating keen communication on several highlight reel alley-oops and well-played fast breaks. But where the Blue Devils really shined was just where they were supposed to; in the paint. With Lenoir-Rhyne’s tallest player listed at 6-foot-8, Kyle Singler and Brian Zoubek were both dominant inside, putting up 37 points and grabbing 16 boards . The

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the second half, picking up seven of his eight rebounds in 13 minutes. He attributed his agility down low in part to removing a metal cast from his shoe two weeks ago, which has allowed him to play with a higher degree of mobility. “My footwork is a lot better,” Zoubek said. “I had a cast in my shoe last year, and it’s kind of hard to run on that, especially at 270 [pounds]. But I think having more mobility on the court has really helped me improve. “I’ll keep improving every week and start stringing better games together.” As for Singler, the sophomore looked comfortable at power forward and center. He led the team in scoring with 22 points on 9-of-ll shooting. But Singler, who put on 20 pounds of muscle in the offseason, still showed the versatility that made him such a threat a year ago, mixing in two 3pointers with some crowd-pleasing dunks. “I feel good right now,” Singler said. “I think I’m playing a lot stronger. Throughout the game I feel more energized.... I don’t feel like I’m slow by any means. Yeah, I gained weight, but it was good weight.” Although the big men carried the Blue Devil offense, Duke struggled from behind the arc. The team shot at a subpar 23.5-percent clip, much lower than the 33percent average the squad registered last season. It could have had something to do with the readjusted 3-point line, which was moved back one foot this season, but Krzyzewski maintained that his team won’t be affected. Aside from their outside shooting woes, though, the Blue Devils took care of business just as expected. “We have bigger players, they’re more talented, so we should win,” Krzyzewski said. “And our guys did.”

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W. SOCCER from page 9 taking the first shot of the half and Duke securing three consecutive comer kicks two possessions later. Yet, the Blue Devils’ front line was unable to put significant pressure on Boston College goalkeeper Jillian Mastroianni, who was forced to make only three saves over the 90 minutes. The only offensive bright spot for Duke seemed to come in the game’s waning moments. Of their six second-half shots on net, three came in the final two minutes. Mastroianni again proved crucial, as she turned away sophomore Carey Goodman during the 88th minute on what was likely Duke’s closest attempt at knotting up the score. For the match, the Eagles outshot the Blue Devils 12-10. Redmond, Goodman

and senior Lorraine Quinn each registered two shots on goal for Duke. In the net, senior Cassidy Powers notched three saves. The lack of offensive production Wednesday is just the latest example in a chain of games in which the Blue Devils have struggled to put the ball in the net. Duke has now been shut out in four of its last five matches. On a positive note, though, the defense has relinquished just two goals over that same period. “Right now, more than anything we need some rest,” Church said. “We have to get our swagger back that we had earlier in the season.” A loss in the ACC quarterfinals is not entirely discouraging for the Blue Devils, however, as last year’s team also fell in the first round in conference postseason play before making a run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA College Cup.

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So in a competition for international students and money, at a time when the world is becoming interconnected in every way, the globalization of Duke is more of a necessity than an ornament and a luxury. This expansion, however, took off during a time of financial security and huge economic growth. The crisis of the past month may not have devastated the University, but it has dampened ambitions. With the renovation of Few in progress, the construction ofNew Campus looming and the re-construction ofWest Union in sight, it is an open question whether these expensive international explorations are still possible on the same scale as before. Regardless, things have already changed before our eyes. Duke has at least begun to go global.

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Now, the Fuqua School of Business’s Cross-Continent MBA program, with similar efforts from other graduate programs to follow, will establish the University in the emerging markets of the Middle East and Southeast Asia. In September, R. Sanders Williams was appointed senior adviser for international strategy to oversee this system of massive projects. Although they have occurred at a startling pace, the University’s efforts are playing catch-up to our peer institutions’ reputations. Abroad, people have usually heard of Harvard and Stanford, but all that many foreigners know about Duke is that there is a basketball program here. In fact, one of the biggest challenges to this internationalization is to create from scratch a Duke brand outside of the nation.

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ble for this disparity. SFBO, the official student wing of the campaign, was almost entirely student-run. It had hundreds of chapters at schools in every state and tapped students to volunteer, canvass, phonebank and register voters throughout the nation. Full disclosure: I started working for SFBO nearly a year and a half ago, but my own considerable bias aside, it is quite telling that our group had no visible counterpart in the McCain campaign. I was unable to find even a state-level organization on the Internet. The McCain campaign did support existing groups like College Republicans, but if they created any sort of new organization for student supporters, they certainly didn’t intend for anyone to find it online—my best search efforts found nothing. Why didn’t McCain vie for the student vote? The obvious explanation is that he was expending his resources elsewhere because students heavily favored Obama, but that has major implications. Sure, demographics have their trends, but do campaigns regularly leave such a large, important group unchallenged? Young voters are not justa subset of America, we’re a cross-section ofit We come from every part of the nation, every socio-economic situation and we have as diverse a racial background as our country has to offer. And you know those future generations that will have to pay for today’s mistakes? That’s us. And our kids. Considering the number of recent mistakes, shouldn’tour perspective matter? In this election, it did. And what of the future? Regardless of how they vote, many young voters consider themselves independents. That sentiment typically dwindles in higher age brackets. Itis conventional electoral wisdom that lifelong party identification forms some time in a voter’s first few elections. In 1984, Ronald Reagan won 55.4 percent of the youth vote, the highest percentage since the voting age dropped to 18. That election had formative, lasting effects on the youth voters who participated; their age cohort still trends more Republican than those immediately younger and older. Although we are not all predestined to become Democrats and could maintain our relative political independence, this certainly doesn’t bode well for the Republican Party. At. least 22 million young people voted in this election. Although youth turnout increased, what is extraordinary is how lopsided our support was. Obama tied McCain among voters aged'4s to 64 and lost among voters 65 plus. CIRCLE Director Peter Levine, who studies the youth vote, says we are Obama’s core constituency and he couldn’t have won without us. We won’t be youth voters forever, but our generation has definitively asserted itself on the political stage. Let’s keep it up.

JamieFriedland is a Trinity senior. His column usually runs every other Monday.

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uncomaleX cfail3l*off fortable situations gubernaculum anyway. Everyone in the hospital is sick and vulnerable. Everyone in the hospital is bleeding, pooping or peeing. Everyone in the hospital knows that it is the doctor’s job to hear about all of the bizarre things that are bothering them. Mosdy, everyone in the hospital is naked and none of them seem to care if you see them. For me as a med student, it’s doubly awkward. Because not only am I supposed to do the same things that the doctors do, and not only do some of the patients actually think that I’m a doctor (yeah, I know, weird), but it’s not even like I can do anything to help them. Mosdy, what I do is wake patients up in the middle of the night to ask them silly questions so that I can tell people more important than I am the answers. When I’m not doing that, I barge into patients’ rooms in the middle of the day when they’re talking to their families and ask them silly questions so that I can tell people more important than I am the answers. And when I’m not doing either of those things, I’m changing bandages or putting in tubes in away that certainly takes longer than it would take a real doctor and that probably is less comfortable for the patients, too. While I do all of these things, I sweat because I’m nervous like a pre-gastric bypass John Popper doing a concert in the Amazon rainforest But the strange thing is that the patients never seem to mind. (I shouldn’t say never. Some of them do mind. In fact, a lot of them have minded, especially when I was waking them up at 4 a.m. to ask if they got a good night’s sleep. But generally, when I come back at a normal *

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Nolan Smith has always had the talent to be a top-tier ACC point guard. But through it all, there was something missing—something that every team leader in every sport, whether the point guard or the quarterback or the head coach, needs not only to perform at the top level, but also to lead others to their maximum potential. He needed confidence. “Freshman year, you can lose some [confidence] as the year goes on, not knowing what’s going on, second-guessing yourself,” Smith said By the end of the season, when a great 221 start had started to unravel against the Blue Devils, Smith was hardly seeing the court. In two NCAA Tournament games, he played a combined 22 minutes and recorded just eight points on 2-ofh field goals with zero assists. It was a far cry from even the latter half of the season, when Smith erupted for a 21-point outburst in a 86-73 loss to Wake Forest Feb. 17. In that game,Smith showed glimmers of brilliance when he scored Duke’s final seven points. To make those flashes more permanent, the sophomore guard went to Philadelphia and began a rigorous exercise schedule, working out several times a day and practicing with NBA draft picks Michael Beasley and DeAndreJordan. Over the course of the sum-

mer workouts, he lost more than 10 pounds and managed to regain his confidence. In the process, Smith, who was unanimously praised by the team as having improved the most since last season, improved his swagger—and he also likely leapfrogged senior captain Greg Paulus for the starting point guard job, essentially making this year’s squad his team to run. “I can step on this court and be one of the best point guards in the ACC,” Smith said. “Having a year under my belt, knowing what the coaches expect —it’s justreally helped me get ready to push this team to the next level.” His words aren’t empty bravado, either. His demeanor is calm when he answers questions and there is never a sense ofhesitation when he’s asked about his belief in himself or the team. Much of his newfound confidence comes Smith’s ability to slow the game down, a trait he lost at times last season. Paulus described having a year under Smith’s belt as Smith understanding “the difference between high school and college” game speed. . But with head coach Mike Krzyzewski wanting his team to push the ball aggressively on offense, there will be times when Smith may have to speed the game up as SEE SMITH ON PAGE

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Despite losingjust one player from last year’s starting lineup, Duke could have a 60 percent turnover in its opening five this season. But one of those new starters really isn’t new at all. After all, junior guard Jon Scheyer will almost definitely return to the starting lineup after a one-year absence—not that it mattered for him. “I’m probably going to start, but either way, I think my role won’t be different,” said Scheyer, one of Duke’s three captains. “It’s not really an adjustment. You’re playing basketball and regardless of whether you’re coming off the bench or starting, it’s still the same thing for me.” Scheyer started 32 of 33 games as a freshman, playing the second-most minutes on a young team that bowed out in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. But Gerald Henderson replaced him in the starting lineup last year, and Scheyer made just one start in 34 games. The sixth man was still third on the team in minutes, trailing only DeMarcus Nelson and Kyle Singler. He averaged 11.7 points per game, down just half a point from the previous year, and all ofhis other notable statistics including field goal percentage, 3-point percentage and assists —increased despite coming off the bench. Now, Scheyer replaces Nelson in the starting lineup, joining Henderson and Singler along with first-year starters Nolan —

Smith and Miles Plumlee “I’m not going to try to fill in for DeMarcus,” Scheyer said. “His shoes can’tbe filled.... Our team has changed where we’ll have different roles this year. It’s not like we’re just going to substitute for DeMarcos.” Scheyer is part of a deep backcourt that should be one of the Blue Devils’ biggest strengths. And in contrast to two years ago, when Scheyer was thrown into the fire as a freshman starter and forced to learn the point guard position at the same time after Greg Paulus injured his foot, many of Duke’s guards can run the offense. Smith and Paulus are natural point guards, freshman Elliot Williams ran his offense in high school and Scheyer has played the position at times during the exhibition season. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski has said that Duke will use several different guard combinations this season. Paulus and Smith may play at the same time, and even when they are on the floor, they may not be running the offense. “Jon will run it sometimes,” Krzyzewski said. “We’ve been working on that in practice, and he might do that even with Greg or Nolan in. He doesn’t necessarily have to be in for those guys, so we can use people in different spots. Then we’ll be more prepared for people running the team.” And that’s perfecdy OK with Scheyer. The junior guard has played the point before, and he has no problem doing it again. .

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The NCAA decided to move the 3-point line from 19 feet, nineinches to 20 feet, nineinches. Although Duke has thrived from behind the arc, it doesn't expect to see any major changes.

the NCAA first announced last year ie 3-point line would be moving back by •ot to 20 feet, 9 inches, plenty of eager xulation ensued about the new line’s ffects on the college game. But while the extra foot may require a short adjustment period, the Blue Devils are taking it all in stride. “The first couple of times I worked out [with the new line], I noticed I was shooting with a toe on the line,” said senior Greg Paulus, Duke’s best outside shooter last year at 42.3 percent. “It didn’t take long to get used to it. I don’t think it makes a difference.” The NCAA approved the change in the 3-point line—the first since the line was instituted in 1986—with the goal of increasing spacing on the court, especially in the paint. The move is also aimed at minimizing the importance of the 3-pointer in a game that has become increasingly dependent on the trifecta. If this story sounds familiar, that’s because it is. Last season, the Blue Devils made 9.1 3-pointers per game, rankthem 18th nationally, o. 1 on the list? Belmont, the team that >t one Gerald Henderson coast-to-coast iort of upsetting Duke in the first round CAA Tournament. 'ad coach Mike Krzyzewski conceded that distance on the 3-point shot might have lationally, he dismissed speculation that it ige Duke’s game plan of pushing the temig the floor and shooting the three, d the players agree with Krzyzewski. “Most guys who can shoot the three can really shoot it,” junior guard Jon Scheyer said, maintaining that a little more distance won’t deter the shooters. Paulus is one of those players, someone who has taken to regularly shooting long threes in the last

While Paulus is quick to wave away the effect of the extra distance, the impact on the other Blue Devils is less certain. Junior Gerald Henderson and sophomore Kyle Singler both take the majority of their threes from relatively close to the line, and Singler attempted the second-most treys on the team last season, behind only Paulus.

“I’m as close to that [line] as possible. You just gotta shoot it a little bit harder, I guess.” Gerald Henderson “I’m as close to that [line] as possible,” Henderson said. ‘You just gotta shoot it a little bit harder,

I guess.” In the preseason, Duke’s shooters have not had trouble doing just that. Through the Blue-White Scrimmage and the exhibition game against Virginia Union, the Blue Devils have shot 39.3 percent from behind the arc, trumping the 37.7 percent they hit last year. And though the line is being pushed back only a foot, it increases the area inside the arc by 11 percent. “If you look at it that way, we can use it for spacing,” Paulus said. “With that whole extra foot on each side, we can keep the spacing that we’d like. It creates an extra foot or two in the lane. It gives our big guys an extra foot or two to post up.” That’s a foot or two that center Brian Zoubek will gladly take. “If it can give me a little more space to work inside, that would be great,” Zoubek said. Then, Zoubek echoed the thoughts'of seemingly every other Duke player, saying, “But I haven’t seen too much difference in terms of one foot on the 3-point line.”

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With knife and fork, frontcourt beefs up do to prevent that, but I’m a lot stronger [this season]. I know what to expect now.” It was a familiar snapshot from last year: Those additional 20 pounds will cerKyle Singler looking battered and bruised af- tainly help Singler when he finds himself ter matching up with die biggest man on the under the rim battling for rebounding pocourt Toward the end of die season, there sition against the best big men in the ACC, was rarely a contest in which the ACC Rookie including National Player of the Year Tyler of the Year did not have facial wounds tom Hansbrough. What will help him—and Duke —even more, though, is the return of open and blood streaming down his face. It was easy to spot the physical wear and a healthy Brian Zoubek. tear—that was only thehalfof it, though. SinZoubek admitted that his leg strength and conditioning may not be at 100 perglerwas dealing with a lot ofnew elements new school, new teammates, new expecta- cent yet as he continues to recover from I tions and a new role on the court—and it foot surgery performed in April. A full| all combined to wear him down mentally, strength Zoubek, however, could be one of too. He described it as feeling like a “new the keys to this year’s success. [ fish in a new pond swimming alone,” so he “We potentially are a very good basmade a decision he hoped would benefit ketball team because we have great guys both his mind and body: He went home and really good talent,” head coach Mike for the first part of the summer. Krzyzewski said. “We have to figure out how After finding refuge in the familiar to complement one another, but we can confines of Medford, Ore., he focused play a lot of people. We’re healthy now— on the tools he would need to improve God forbid we have any injuries, but if we himself physically as a basketball player. did, we probably wouldn’t take a dip like That is, he picked up a knife and a you might take otherwise. fork. “One of the things that hurt us last year “It started pretty much right after the was Zoubek being out. Whether he was going season,” Singler said ofhis eating training to be a star or a 12- or 18-minute starter, those for this year’s campaign. “I made a commitwere minutes thatLance [Thomas] and Kyle ment of eating a lot of food. I don’t want to had to stay in there and guard another big put a number on it, but I ate as much as I guy. The guyit took its toll on was Kyle. That’s could back home. I really didn’t work out as the one thing that had nothing to do with exmuch, so I just packed on the pounds. And pectation. That shouldn’thappen this year.” Zoubek, like Singler, came back with then I came back to school and started lifting more muscle. And, like Singler, he did it by really hard, and I put on about 20 pounds. “I gained a lot of muscle over the summaking sure his knife and fork were never mer. That will just help me with the length out of arm’s reach. of the season. I felt like last year, I kind “It was hard putting the weight on, but I of wore out. There was nothing I could feel good about it,” Zoubek said. “I have to by

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Junior Kyle Singler added 20 pounds of i muscle this summer w by eating whenever 5 hecould.

eat all day. Every chance you get, you’ve got to get a meal in. That’s the major thing—you eat after you lift. You can lift as much as you want, but if you don’t eat the right

things [and] you don’t eat consistently, then you are not going to get bigger. I had to cut down on the Krispy Kremes for a little bit.” Barring any serious injuries, Zoubek will almost certainly eat up more minutes per game than the 10.5 he averaged last year. By doing this, he allows the Blue Devils the luxury of using Singler —their secondleading scorer from last year, primarily as a power forward and not as a center—leading to easier scoring opportunities. “The great thing for Kyle is that there will be a couple of guys that can really take that five position and force him out to the perimeter more,” Zoubek said. “That will allow him to do what he likes to do a little bit more. That will open him up, and it will give our team a huge boost.” Another boost for the frontcourt has come in the addition of freshman Miles Plumlee. The 6-foot-10 power forward’s biggest impact is felt daily on the practice court by Zoubek in particular. “Not only can we sub in for each other during the games and help each other out, but playing against each other every day in practice is huge,” Zoubek said. “If you don’t have someone like that to play against every single day, then you are not going to be used to it when you actually have to play against someone like that.” And the addition of another big man pays dividends off the court, too. After all, it gives Singler and Zoubek another eating buddy.

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Miles Plumlee wasn’t the most highly touted recruit in his class. Then again, he wasn’t even a member of Duke’s group of freshmen until May. But on a team lacking a dominant big man, he may just be the Blue Devils’ most important addition. Plumlee committed to play at Stanford for head coach Trent Johnson during his junior year of high school. When Johnson left Stanford forLSU at the beginning of April, Plumlee was granted a release from his letter of Intent. Although former Duke associate head coach Johnny Dawkins tried to keep Plumlee at Stanford, Dawkins’ long-time mentor, head coach Mike Krzyzewski, ultimately outdid him. Krzyzewski had a scholarship open after former Blue Devil Taylor King decided to transfer to Villanova. And once Duke extended Lite offer, everything besides Duke was “off the table,” Plumlee said—partly because his brother Mason, a five-star power forward in the Class of 2010, had already committed to Krzyzewski. “Duke was an option 1 didn’t have before,” the 6-foot-10 power forward said. “When I found out I could come here and play with my brother, that was a big deal for me.... At the time [of my Stanford commitment], I wasn’t as highly recruited as I was when I got my release. “I thought I was kind of underrated the whole time, but I think definitely my body caught up with me. I put on some weight and schools started looking at me differendy.” Plumlee is a welcome addition to a team whose only player over 6-foot-8 last season,

junior Brian Zoubek, averaged 3.8 points per game. Plumlee’s high school coach, David Gaines, describes Plumlee as “big, athletic and mobile” with a “7-foot-l wingspan” and “the handle of a guard.” Plumlee will be under a great deal of pressure to perform right away, particularly defensively and on the boards. With a guard-heavy rotation that can provide most of th? Blue Devils’ scoring, though, even a minimal scoring output from Plumlee would be a boon for Duke’s frontcourl. A gifted scorer and self-described “finisher,” Plumlee appears to be an obvious fit for the Blue devils’ lineup. Still, even he didn’t hilly grasp the idea of being a starter until he fourfd himself on the court in Duke’s first exhibition OcL 25. When the team gathered before the game, Krzyzewski named four starters with a spot open at center. Somewhat to his own surprise, Plumlee was chosen as that fifth starter. “It didn’t really hit me until you come and they call yoijr name, because I wasn’t really expecting that either,” he said. “[The announcer called out No.] 21.1 was thrown back. I was the first one out of the huddle. It was pretty crazy.” And crazy is a good way to describe Plumlee’s unlikely path from the West Coast to the Blue Devils’ starting lineup. It also might be the best way to describe his potential, his high school coach said. “The biggest factorforhim is believing he’s as good as the rest of us think he is,” Gaines said. “I wouldn’t say he lacks confidence, but I don’t think he knows how good he is.”

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When freshman Elliot Williams arrived at Duke, he knew life was going to be different. He knew some of the time he normally enjoys playing video games and chess would have to be allocated toward schoolwork. He was aware that he was no longer going to be living at home, but instead, with his two fellow freshman teammates, Olek Czyz and Miles Plumlee, in a suite. But he had no idea how different college basketball would be. “I did hot expect the intensity of every' day,” Williams said. “Like, you have to bring it every day, because someone is coming af you every day. Whether during practice, games, exhibition games, stretching, anything, you’ve got to bring it.” The intensity hasn’t fazed Williams, though, as his two teammates said they spend a lot of time together in the gym, playing video games, and talking trivia. That lightheartedness off the court doesn’t surprise Williams’ high school coach, Jeff Ruffin. “He was always the funny one, joking around in the locker room,” Ruffin said. “He loves sports—loves talking about it.” But Ruffin also recalls how it wasn’t all fun and games with Williams—he knew when it was time to get serious. “In the locker room as game time got near, he was quiet, because he generally was much more focused thinking about what he wanted to do in each game,” he said. The classroom is important— Williams boasted a 3.7 GPA at St. George’s Independent School in Colliersville, Tenn.—but much of Williams’ focus is on his game. Scoutcom’s fourth-best shooting guard in the Class of2008, Williams is hoping to make an immediate impact

on the court. He knew that college basketball, especially at Duke, was going to be a huge change from high school, which is why he packed on 20 pounds ofmuscle in the offseason. The extra muscle will help Williams stay healthy, which became more of a priority after Williams spent time with senior captain Greg Paulus. “In high school, you can go through practice and not have an injury or anything, but not in college,” Williams said. “Greg Paulus told me, ‘Well, first of all, you got to keep your body healthy.’ That’s one thing I learned.” While Williams has received advice from Paulus, his fellow guard, most of his guidance has come from junior captain Gerald Henderson. Henderson is the perfect adviser for Williams. At 6-foot-4 and 180 pounds, Williams and the freshman incarnation of Henderson have similar body types. On the court, the two share similar traits, as well. Henderson’s athleticism and ability to drive to the hoop and finish has increased the energy on the court for the Blue Devils. His length and speed have made him a defensive force, both up top and down low. His unique size, strength and leaping ability allow him to play both guard and forward. Williams has similar basketball DNA, and Henderson has taken the freshman under his wing. “When Gerald sees I’m having a down day, he’ll talk to me about things he went through his freshman year,” Williams said. “I mean, he’s like a big brother right n0w.... Offensively, I can bring athleticism—attacking the rim, picking up fouls, knocking open jumpers down—l can bring a lot offensively. And defensively, I’m looking at pressuring the ball, on-ball defense, justplaying passing lanes, using my athleticism to get out and get down, and bring a lot of energy.” Henderson has had few opportuni-

Freshman ElliotWilliams led Duke with 15 points against Virginia Union Oct. 25. ties to observe the younger version of himself in games this season. In Duke’s Oct. 25 exhibition against Virginia Union, Williams established himself, posting a team-leading 15 points. He also showed a few different looks, getting work at both shooting guard and point guard—and his mentor was impressed with what he saw. “I would say he is more athletic than me because he has a little more spring than me, quick spring than me,” Henderson said. “He is going to be a heck of a player.... He really drove to the basket well, had some good passes, hit a couple threes and shot 10 free throws, which is unbelievable.” It might be his defense, though, that earns Williams serious playing time as a freshman. “I think he could be one of our better on-ball defenders,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He’s really wide and athletic and he has a good ego about it.” And if Williams follows the lead of either Paulus or Henderson, his transition to college basketball might be easier than he ever imagined.

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Ask Olek Czyz about the rigors of a Blue Devil practice, and he doesn’t say much, understandably humbled by the steep learning curve for a first-year player. It’s not that he’s not talkative—just YouTube the video “Meet the Devils” for proof—but on the court, the Polish native is still adjusting to his new role at Duke. And that means more work and less talk. So while Czyz has begun to create a name for himselfoff the court—that’s Czyz, rhymes with fizz—it may take a little longer before he establishes himself on it. “It’s been good so far,” Czyz said. “We go out there and the coaches are all over me, so it’s going well. But it’s not easy.” The transition Jo the college game seems to be harder for Czyz than it is for his fellow freshmen, both of whom have spent more time playing organized basketball. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski said Czyz is still learning the game. The freshman noted that practice in itself has been difficult now that he has to match up against so many athletes at the same time. Czyz, a four-star recruit, is also presented with the extra challenge of playing a new position. The coaching staff believes that at 6foot-7, the high school power forward is more

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Freshman Olek Czyz, a four-star recruit from Nevada, might be a ham in front of the video camera, but he prefers a more disciplined approach on the hardwood. suited as a small forward on the Blue Devils Kyle Schellin, Czyz’s high school coach, figured that the Reno High School graduate’s major obstacle would be understanding his role within Krzyzewski’s system, and Schellin’s statement has proven almost prophetic given the position switch. Czyz’s toughness and scoring touch around the basket were his greatest strengths in high school and a bulk of his offense comes from dunks, which will be harder to come by if he is playing on the wings. But Czyz’s assignment will be to spread the floor, and that means expanding his shooting range, making him a 2008 version of transfer

Taylor King in more ways than one.

“Whenever I get in, I want to help out: shoot 3’s, play defense, be an energy guy off the bench,” Czyz said. Czyz has proven to be capable of providing hustle. Krzyzewski commended his athleticism and toughness, and Schellin praised his willingness to make the little plays, such as taking charges and diving for loose balls. Although he saw limited action in Duke’s Blue-White scrimmage and first exhibition game-just 18 minutes total—Czyz doesn’t regret selecting Duke over a school where he might have had a larger role.

He is patiently waiting for his number to be called so he can make his contribution to the storied Blue Devil legacy. “I just want my team to succeed, and I want to bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the team because that’s something that gets everyone going,” he said. “That’s how we’re going to be successful and get ‘W’s.” And while he waits for that opportunity, you might just find him in front of a camera. He’ll do whatever it takes to make his name at Duke—and given his propensity for off-the-court chatter, you might know how to pronounce it, too.

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Diverse, deep, and decidedly experienced are three alliterative ways to describe the Blue Devils frontcourt this year. After all, Duke features one of, if not the, best frontlines in die nation this season, led by seniors Chante Black and Carrem Gay, and juniorsJoy Cheek and Keturah Jackson. “Their strength is their offensive flexibility,” said assistant coach A1 Brown, who handles the post players. “They can score both on the block as well as outside.” Duke’s frontcourt is unique in today’s modern game, as no player can be pigeonholed to a specialty. Cheek spends the majority of her time at power forward, yet had the team’s best 3point shoodng percentage last year. Jackson can post up at small forward, but also has the ability to play either of the guard positions, allowing another big body to take her place. And —get this—Black has been shooting the three more and more lately, drilling her first during her Blue Devil career in the Blue-White game and finishing one recent practice 7-for-7 from behind the arc. Her outside touch has become so proficient that head coach Joanne P. McCallie said she has free rein to shoot threes at will. [Shooting three pointers] will definite“

ly wake some people up,” Black said. Black is the team’s top returning scorer, rebounder and blocker—and McCallie said the preseason All-ACC selection is better than ever. “Chante is stronger, quicker, faster, more agile,” she said. “She has a wider range, and her game has gone to another level in terms of her athleticism, in the low block, high post and when she steps out.”

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In another example of Duke’s flexibility, Black will periodically line up at power forward as part of a “twin towers” line-up with 6foot-4 sophomore Krystal Thomas at center, reminiscent ofBlack’s role as a freshman and sophomore with 6-foot-7 center Alison Bales. Joining Thomas and Black will be Gay, who averaged 5.1 rebounds per game last season. Black and Gay, along with shooting guard Abby Waner, will be called on to pro-

Seniorforward Carrem Gay is part of Duke's experienced frontcourt, which could be the best in the country. vide the bulk of Duke’s scoring, but they also have rebounding responsibilities. “If Abby misses her shot, she knows that ‘Te and I’ve got her back,” Gay said. That’s a far cry from last season, when Duke was consistently outrebounded down the stretch and against the elite teams on its schedule. In order for the Blue Devils to compete against the top-10 teams they’re used to beating, they will have to begin to control the battle of the boards. “You’re going to miss some shots,” Me-

Gallic said. “I could cajfe less about missing the first shot if you’ve got the second shot. The inside game is your bread and butter.” If the Blue Devils do manage to secure better rebounding numbers and improve on the defensive side of the ball, they might just be able to lay claim to the best frontcourt in the country. And, as McCallie noted, the victories will come. “The game is won in the paint,” she said. “Points in the paint determine the national champion just about every year.”

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this year, McCallie has introduced another further her philosophy that the best In head coach Joanne P. McCallie’s first fense is a collection of multiple defenses. season, the Devils stayed in games Still, the Blue Devils will primarily play with defense. They won by outlasting and man-to-man, which they did last year. outhustling their opponent. Black and senior Abby Waner lead the Indeed, Duke was 1-8 when it surrendefense both inside and out—Black was dered more than 70 points. When holding the team leader in blocks last year, while Waner led the team in steals. McCallie exopponents to fewer than 50 points, however, the Blue Devils were 10-0. pects similar defensive production from Lesson learned: If Duke is able to lock down two of her captains. on defense and keep games low-scoring, it will “[Waner] looks great in all areas, whether be more competitive against top-10 teams. you are talking about her 3-point shot in pracExhibit A: the Blue Devils’ 49-44 win tice, or whetheryou are talking about playmakagainst then-No. 4 Rutgers Dec. 6. The team ing and defending,” McCallie said. “She’s stronrecorded 10 blocks, including six from seger, quicker, and I think I speak for [Waner] nior center Chante Black, and eight steals in and all the seniors—they are a ready group.” perhaps its finest defensive performance .of Alongside Black will be sophomore centhe season. ter Krystal Thomas, who teams with Black This year’s team needs to repeat and to form an imposing force in the post. At build upon such efforts if it hopes to beat 6-foot-5 and 6-foot-4, respectively, Black elite opponents. and Thomas will be able to anchor down The Blue Devils are in luck, as the team is Duke’s matchup zone, allowing the quick characterized by flexibility—the foundation to Blue Devil guards to force turnovers and a stifling defense. Players like Joy Cheek, Kecreate scoring opportunities. turah Jackson and Black will be able to offer In order to make the step to the next different looks to the defense in order to keep level, McCallie plans to build upon her opposing teams guessing, McCallie said. consistent defense with a new half-court “We have many different people playing offense—that doesn’t mean, though, that different positions this year—much more McCallie has lost sight of defense, the part of the game she has built her career on. versatility than we had a year ago,” the sec“As coaches you will spend a lot of time ond-year head coach said. Flexibility allows the defense to take on on offense, but when you do that defense many new appearances, including McCalcan lose an emphasis,” McCallie said. “I’m lie’s trademark matchup zones. Last year, really interested in our transition defense, the Blue Devils featured one matchup, but on-ball defense, off-ball defense, and how by

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Abby Waner led Duke in steals last year.This season, the Blue Devils will feature a wider array of defenses. we handle screens and what we look like.” After all, by Oct. 31, McCallie said the offense was more developed than the defense. That would have surprised some last year given Duke’s relatively anemic

offensive production. McCallie and the players alike know that the defense has to come around for Duke to compete with the best—starting with the team’s opening game Nov. 14 against Oklahoma State.

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SCHEYER from page 4 “It’s fine for me,” Scheyer said. “I have always felt that my ballhandling has been a strength for me, and certain times I will be in that position, and I feel comfortable doing it, I think it can give us some real athletic lineups.” With multiple point guards on the floor at the same time, Duke may also have the additional advantage of surprise, Scheyer said. Whereas opponents in past years knew who would be initiating the offense, the Blue Devils’ versatility implies that an offensive set can start with any of a number of players this season.

SMITH from page 3 opposed to processing it slowly —and, conversely, Smith can shine when the game does slow down. “With they way we play —that we would like to play —we’re going to force a certain amount of turnovers, which will produce numerically advantaged breaks and you don’t want to slow down for that,” Krzyzewski said. “The moment of decision for a good point guard is when the offense is a little scattered and so is the defense, but it’s congested. Do you go into congestion or do you pull it out?... The speed you take it down with is cool, but how far do you take that speed?” The results from Duke’s exhibition season seem promising. Smith has made 8-of-15 field goals and had an assist-toturnover ratio of more than 2-to-l. Of course, the odd man out of the starting lineup because of Smith’s emergence figures to be Paulus. Krzyzewski, having workedwith the Olympic team and realizing some players justsimply cannot start, is tell-

Duke may not even see the biggest benefit of its backcourt depth until March. The Blue Devils started to struggle from the field—particularly from beyond the arc—late last season, leading to their second straight first-weekend exit from the NCAATournament. This year, they’re hoping their glut of guards leads to a different result. “It’s going to keep our legs fresh and our bodies fresh,” Smith said. “It’s going to keep us rolling all year. That’s the main thing, to keep guys fresh. A lot of teams have one point guard they go to, or maybe two. We have possibly three, four who can play the one and run the team, so that’s going to be great for us.”

ing his players to “speak our own language and not the language of everyone else.” “I’d rather have everyone on our team have the ego of a starter,” Krzyzewski said. “When Greg comes off the bench, he’s good enough to be a starter, because he is.” So one year after losing his captaincy but being asked to lead die team on the court, the senior guard has the task of performing like a starter even though he begins the game sitting on the bench. But it’s not just the head coach that says having Paulus on the bench does not mean Paulus isn’t one of the top five players on the leant—Smith himself said that he and Paulus could become the “two best point guards in theACC.” In any case, however, before every game this season, Smith’s name will be called during starting lineups. And if the team believes in him as much as he believes in himself, Duke could be looking at its firstFinal Four trip since 2004. There’s just one hurdle to be cleared. ‘You have to do it under game conditions,” Krzyzewski said. Just don’t doubt Smith, because he has what it takes to do just that; confidence.

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which, ultimately, might explain a bit about how things went down at the

end of last year. (Check out these lyrics: “Look at me, Look at me/1 am changing/Trying every way I can/I am changing/I’ll be better than lam.” How anyone could’ve believed that a red-blooded 20-year-old male athletewould get amped up in the locker room to that power ballad is beyond me.) The biggest problem with writing that column, though, is that I’m not that funny. So not only would I fail to make you laugh, I would have given you 800 words of nothing. Ergo, I’m going to nominate “Detroit Thang” by Kid Rock in honor of this year’s Final Four. And at the suggestion of my 17-year-old brother, who is much cooler than me—l demand that you

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GeraldHenderson averaged nearly 13 points per game last year, up from seven per game as a freshman. YouTube it to appreciate its appropriateness (minus the profanity, of course, because Duke is classier than that) and move on with my thoughts for the season Let’s start with the good news: Duke actually can make the Final Four this year. Now, for the bad news: It will be hard.

Here’s my list of four things that need to happen for Duke to make its firstFinal Four since 2004. 1. Gerald Henderson has to be an NBA lottery pick by year’s end. This sounds terrible to say, but the best thing to happen to Duke would be if Henderson leaves for the big leagues

have developed into a stud and have showcased his talent on a big stage, like say, the Tournament’s second weekend (a place only this year’s senior class has been). Most championship-caliber teams have that one player who takes them to the next level. Henderson has to become that guy for the Blue Devils, and I believe he can. Last season, he averaged nearly 13 points and five rebounds per game, up from seven and three, respectively, in his freshman season. If he is a 20-point player by March, the Blue Devils should make it to the Sweet 16, at least. 2. The big men have to step up. I’m talking to you, Kyle Singler, Lance Thomas, Brian Zoubek, Miles Plumlee and Olek Czyz. Anyone. Seriously. I was in Charlotte for last season’s ACC Tournament semifinal loss to Clemson when the Tigers’ starting frontcourt combined for 40 points and 16 rebounds while Duke’s starting post players were confined to two points and four boards. Of this year’s preseason All-American first team, three players are forwards, including North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough. A stronger inside presence—both figuratively and literally, as Singler and Zoubek SEE SHINER ON PAGE 17

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season kicks off next week, and again, Duke is a preseason top-10 team. The formula isn’t too complex: The sport’s most prestigious program, the biggest coaching name in basketball and four returning starters, coupled with a strong recruiting class, usually merit that kind of respect. But is the Blue Devils’ No. 8 ranking inflated? Or, more to the point, can Duke possibly live up to expectaf tions this year, unlike the last two seasons? This team can Gabe O and will earn the IciTOSla respect that comes with a top-10 ranking, and the biggest reason is the departure of last year’s captain, leading scorer and co-leading rebounder, DeMarcus Nelson. It sounds ridiculous to argue that losing the player head coach Mike Krzyzewski consistently called Duke’s “rock” could actually constitute an improvement, but the numbers tell a different story. Nelson—now a starter for the NBA’s Golden State Warriors despite going undrafted in June—averaged 14.8 points per game, along with 5.8 rebounds and 2.5 turnovers per contest But in the season’s last five games—home against North Carolina, two ACC Tournament games and two NCAA Tournament matchups—Duke might have been better off without Nelson. Nelson averaged just nine points and turned the ball over almost four times a game in that span. Nobody in Cameron March 8 against the Tar Heels will soon forget Nelson’s disappearing act—his inability to come through when it mattered most doomed the Blue Devils in March. Had Nelson simply carried his steady play into the postseason, maybe Duke cruises past Belmont, takes care ofWest Virginia and sneaks past Xavier into the Elite -

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to write this column But the fact is, the Blue Devils did fall short of the Tournament’s second weekend for the second straight year, and there is reason to question whether they can live up to the hype and earn a spot among the nation’s elite. Much of the pressure to do so rests on junior captain Gerald Henderson’s more-than-capable shoulders. Henderson played like an All-American at times last year, but a wrist injury slowed his progress. Still, Henderson should be the focal point of the Duke offense.Nelson’s responsibilities this year fall primarily to Henderson, who is a better shooter and dribbler than Nelson. Moreover, Henderson proved himself a clutch performer against Pittsburgh and Belmont last season. In addition, the squad’s freshmen and sophomores provide some much-needed size and flair, two areas the Blue Devils sorely lacked last year. Nolan Smith has already supplanted stalwart Greg Paulus as the starting point guard, and along with the wildly athletic Elliot Williams, brings an exciting new dimension to the attack. And while Duke is still inexperienced and somewhat undersized down low, a ffontcourt of Henderson, Kyle Singler and 6-foot-ll Miles Plumlee doesn’t sound so bad, does it? This year’s Blue Devils can only make a deep run in the NCAATournament if they get key contributions from young players and their stars become truly dominant when it matters. But after watching Henderson and Co. in person almost 40 times over two years, I have faith that this team has what its predecessors lacked: a guy to give the ball to when it desperately needs a bucket. That guy is Gerald Henderson, and this team has what it takes to live up to its lofty pre-season rating.

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privileges, come responsibilities—that’s what my mother always said. Of course, head coach Mike Krzyzewski could put his own spin on that: With success, come expectations. That’s been the status quo at Duke ever since Krzyzewski propelled a small school in North Carolina to national prominence over the course of his 28-year career. Can you name any other univeisity that would Matthew solicit the kind oi J.1.0S whispers Duke did after failing to make the Sweet 16 two years in a row? I mean, the Blue Devils had advanced at least that far in the 14 previous seasons. So after another disappointing finish last year, where do you think Duke finds itself now? Naturally, where everyone expects the Blue Devils to be. On top. The No. 8 Blue Devils are faced with high expectations and will be shooting for a chance at redemption. Oh, I know: We should call them The Redeem Team! Someone already got that one, huh? Well, of course, Krzyzewski was the front man for Team USA’s climb back to Olympic supremacy, so he should know what this feels like. But there are no Dwyanes, Kobes or Leßrons suiting up for Krzyzewski anymore. Instead of Lithuania, Germanyand Australia, Duke has to take down the likes of the Big Ten’s best in No. 11 Purdue, last year’s little engine that could in No. 20 Davidson, and arguably the best team on paper in No. 1 North Carolina. Winning the gold was difficult. Winning a national championship, or at least living up to a top-10 ranking, might be

even harder. Look, I’m not saying the Blue Devils won’t be better this year, even with the loss of starting NBA guard DeMarcus Nelson (crazy, I know), but I just think they’re overrated. They still have big man issues, still rely too heavily on the 3-pointer and still lack somewhat of a

identity. Therefore, this team will be defined by how it responds to adversity. Last season, concrete

Duke steamrolled into the second half of the ACC schedule, with a surprisingly convincing win on the road against the Tar Heels serving as an exclamation point up until then. Then, collapse. Two ugly losses to Miami and Wake Forest, and suddenly, the Blue Devils were different. If they could just get back to where they were in that UNC game, fans pined. But they didn’t, exiting the ACC and NCAA Tournaments earlier than expected. So, when Duke loses—and you can be sure, they will lose at least a few—pay attention to how the team responds. Who will step up? Who will lead the way? Right now, I’m not sure anybody, even within the program, can answer those questions with any certainty. If preseason polls are meant to predict the rankings at the end of the season, then it stands to reason that the voters believe the Blue Devils will reach the Elite Eight this year. Again, you can’t find many schools that would complain with that. But even if Duke made it that far, it would still be the first time two consecutive graduating classes failed to reach the Final Four since 1985. Given the sheer length ofhis tenure, that is still an uncanny accomplishment for Krzyzewski. But it would also be a bit of a disappointment. Alas, when you set the bar high, people expect you to maintain it.

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championship. The difference in mood between the last press conference in Oklahoma City and this

Stadium Oct. 31 was striking. One was sullen, the other hopeful. One was melancholic, the other lighthearted. Still, the second-year head coach and her team couldn’t escape the lingering presence of last year’s season, when the Blue Devils limped to a 25-10 record. There is a reason McCallie used the phrases “night and day,” “no comparison,” and “enormous difference” in one two-minute span. Seven months had passed between the media sessions, and even that wasn’t long enough to escape the hounding questions that McCallie faced at the beginning of the press conference. McCallie and Duke can only do that in the next six months. Because if the No. 8 Blue Devils want people to truly forget about last season, they must erase it from fans’ memories this year.

“I am very proud of what our team did last year under the circumstances and having to deal with change,” McCallie said. “With that said, there are many things we want to do better.” And chief among those changes must be revitalizing an anemic offense, which plagued Duke against elite opponents last season. When North Carolina—which, it must be mentioned, routed Duke three times—ran, Duke couldn’t keep up. A favorite myth of many coaches it that defense wins championships. In the ACC, that’s nonsense. Offense does. That is, if the Blue Devils are able to regain their place atop the ACC standings—where they finished in 2007, with an unblemished mark, to boot—they’ll have to do it by outscoring North Carolina and Maryland, by pounding them in the paint and lighting it up from behind the arc, by running with them and slowing it down when necessary. It’s an encouraging, if not surprising, sign that

McCallie said Duke’s offense was ahead of its defense. That sentiment last year would have been impossible. This “We’ve come a long waj offense,” McCallie said, “It and it’s got a long way tog It’s no secret that Duke's than “not bad” for it to com its schedule. Tennessee is be is Stanford. So are North Ca Then again, Duke’s pn bad,” too, and it could be best players end their cart In order for Duke to ei seniors Chante Black and be All-ACC selections by tl Black needs to be a bully

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But it’s a lesson that should be applied to Duke’s entire season—one in which the Blue Devils will be judged almost exclusively by what happens in March. It is a right and a burden earned by the four letters stitched across the players’ sternums that regular seasons mean little in Durham. Coming off consecutive Tim seasons in which Duke did not advance past the NCAA Tournament’s first weekend, that magnification of March is only exacerbated this year. Last season went a long way toward disproving the spurious and reactionary accusations that the program was in decline. A Maui Invitational title, a blowout victory over Big Ten Tournament champion Wisconsin and a win in Chapel Hill

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post gaudy numbers, but also draw double teams so Carrem Gay, Joy Cheek and Krystal Thomas can combine for 20 points and 15 rebounds per game, too. It’s certainly no secret that Waner’s shooting touch drives this team. After all, with the gradu-

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ted as high as No. 2 ns of the season’s first out in March, when ive games. raewski attributed the ■ire on a young team. with the Redeem Team >pes to assume some of time around handle success and susve been able to teach it, son, to our guys, so that en ,” Krzyzewski said in fence. “I think it had our team last year, and !ake sure that doesn’t he Blue

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Fool me once, shame on you. But fool me six times? Krzyzewski has proven himself a master of the regular season, perhaps overachieving with flawed teams in a weakened ACC. Does anyone still think a squad starring J.J. Redick, Shelden Williams and little else should have been No. 1 in the country in 2006? But that success only aggravates Duke’s lateseason struggles, when the other shoe inevitably drops and the Blue Devils’ deficiencies are brought to the fore on a national stage. So, it’s time for Duke to flip the script in its approach to the regular season. The first four months of the campaign? Inconsequential. Be-

cause nobody remembers how you whipped Wisconsin when it’s the Badgers playing deeper in March. The focus needs to be on progress, on peaking at the right time and on putting players in the right spot to prosper in the postseason. It doesn’t mean wholesale changes; it means that maybe Brian Zoubek isn’t pulled after his first traveling violation so that Kyle Singler can get a longer breather in a January game against N.C. State. Krzyzewski has already considered taking a new, Olympic-infused perspective this time around The Blue Devils need only look at Team USA to uncover how to shed the label—however undeserved—of big-game underachievers. “Last year, we had a hell of a year. And I need to make sure that we Mte have a hell of a year the whole year,” Krzyzewski said. “That doesn’t mean we’re going to win

the NCAA or whatever, but we could “Last year, the way we were, we couldn’t.” And that’s the thing: This year, Duke is built to compete for a national championship, more so than in the last two rebuilding seasons. This might even be the Blue Devils’ best chance to cut down the nets since their repeat bid in 2002—the last time they boasted a roster that was both experienced and deep. Krzyzewski successfully handled one of the deepest rosters in basketball history in Beijing; now it’s time for him to show off what he learned. Because this time, Duke’s ambitions stretch far beyond a 22-1 start and a No. 2 national ranking in February. March, and dare we say April, beckon these Blue Devils, who will look beyond their program’s past and instead toward a future of fulfillment. After all, what’s redemption when a championship is within reach?

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It’s always the same old story. It’s the story of a new freshman class coming into a powerhouse program, forging relationships from day one, bonding and calling each other family. Every year, and with every freshman class, the players talk about adjusting to college, growing close to their teammates and creating a perfect new life on campus. But despite all the silver linings, the drama, competition and rivalry have to find their way into the equation somewhere, right? Maybe not. For Shay Selby, Kathleen Scheer and Chelsea Hopkins, the Blue Devils’ newest additions, the same old story might actually be true. “We’re like sisters,” Shelby said. “I always say I’m like the sister they never had. We’re close, we get in fights just like siblings would, and we love each other and we always have each other’s backs.” ‘You can see us around campus because we are always together,” Hopkins said. “We have a few classes together and we all live in one big triple and it’s great. I love those girls.” Talking with these freshmen about living, playing and going to school together makes it clear that they are not only friends, but genuinely consider diemselves a family. The connection comes from a desire to get along with each other on and off the court and from the need to fill a void after leaving home. Coming from Nevada, Missouri and Ohio, respectively, Hopkins, Scheer and Selby all have traveled thousands of miles to come and play at Duke. And despite the highlights CHASE

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Does No. 8 Duke deserve its ranking? Too much

of the same will doom Duke again Experienced veterans will thrive in last shot

the 2008-09 season tips off, the Blue Devils are fortunate to have the name “Duke” on their jerseys, because the preseason No. 8 ranking is more a reflection of Duke’s recent history than the current squad. Two years ago, it would have been

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rank the Blue Devils among the nation’s elite. But after a season Sabr»‘«*na which it only n out lylldlll defeated two top-10 opponents and bowed out relatively easily to Texas A&M—not exactly a basketball powerhouse—in the NCAA Tournament, it is clear that Duke is riding on the coattails of its successful counterparts ofyears past, The Blue Devils lost 10 games last season, more than they have in over a decade. On the whole, they were not competitive against the best teams in the country, especially on the road, and firmly established themselves as a secondtier program behind the likes ofNorth Carolina, Tennessee and Connecticut. Duke even failed to defeat some teams it was supposed to beat, losing to unranked Penn State and dropping a road game to a good but not great Vanderbilt team. While it might be fair to chalk up some of their early-season struggles to a new coach, the Blue Devils’ worst defeat of the year came in March, a 31-point *

the hands of the Tar Heels. And in the loss to the Aggies, Duke never really threatened in the second half and trailed by double-digits for the final 10 minutes, Duke also returns a roster with the same holes as a year ago. The Blue Devils were a very poor outside-shooting team and relied too heavily on the inside presence of Chante Black. By the end of the season, with only Joy Cheek shooting over 30 percent from behind the arc, the offense became incredibly one-dimensional, allowing opphsing defenses to key on Black, Withjh similar inside-outsideattack this season, a lot of pressure will fall on Duke’s shooters, which can’t be a good thing. In particular, senior guard Abby Waner never recovered her shooting touch from the undefeated campaign of 2006-07, so it stands to reason that she will once again struggle with the contested looks she will see this season. Head coach Joanne P. McCailie did bring in two highly touted backcourt reemits in Shay Selby and Chelsea Hopkins, but they remain unproven. McCallie said Duke will try to run more this year so that its stagnant halfcourt offense would be less exposed, but the team already committed 18 turnovers per game in a slow-paced attack last year and struggled when its games became quicker, most notably against North Carolina. And the team does not have a natural point guard to lead a run-and-gun rout at

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top 10 in the preseason AP poll. For the eighth consecutive year, Duke is ranked among the elite teams in the country, falling in at No. 8 this season. Don’t think this ranking is based on name recognition and history alone—this year’s team deserves its preseason hype. I^^g_s aaai=s In a 2007-08 Laura season full of grow1 IVCCIC j ing pains, the Blue Devils managed to advance to the NCAA.Tournament’s Sweet 16. They did lose to Texas A&M, a team not traditionally thought of as a card-carrying member of the elite squads club, but many forget that the heralded Blue Devil team that went undefeated in the regular season two years ago ultimately lost in the same round. No one doubted that Gail Goestenkors’ last team was one of the best in the country. So if McCallie’s first squad finished in equal fashion, why is it so hard to fathom that this team, which returns four starters, is, in fact, the eighth-best in the country? Last year’s team closed the season in the No. 9 spot. They had to overcome two huge hurdles—adjusting to a new coach and dealing with Abby Waner’s seasonlong shooting slump. McCallie is past the awkward break-in period all new coaches face, and Waner, despite her struggles, is _

still an elite player, as evidenced by the AP awarding her Honorable Mention AllAmerican status at the end oflast season. Even though her scoring struggled—her average dropped from 14.1 points per game her sophomore year to 10.3 last season—Waner improved other areas of her game and continued to be one of Duke’s main on-court leaders. There is no doubt that she, too, had to adjust to McCallie’s system, so expecting her to return to her scoring form of two years ago is not out of the question. Even if Waner does put up similar numbers to 2007-08, though, Duke has found another consistent scoring threat in center Chante Black. Black was the pleasant surprise of last year’s campaign, coming off a redshirt year to take the conference by storm. She finished the year with second-team All-ACC accolades and starts this year on the preseason AllACC team. With her knee injury a distant memory, Black will be able to start the season right where she left off, and with another year of experience under her belt, will likely improve on her team-leading line of 14.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Black is complemented in the frontcourt by fellow senior and sole new starter Carrem Gay, giving the Blue Devils one of the most experienced and most deadly combinations down low in the NCAA. SEE KEELEY ON PAGE 17

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FRESHMEN from page 16 of summer school, preseason and the BlueWhite scrimmage, the trio also has faced its fair share of obstacles and challenges. “It’s a full-time job playing here,” Selby said. ‘You have to practice, do your homework and also sleep so that you’re ready to go the next day. There is a lot ofreading that I didn’t expect school-wise, and then as for basketball, it’s just quicker-paced and more physical.” ‘You come to this-school, which is a highintensity academic school, and you don’t really know what to expect,” Scheer said. ‘You work but non-stop and play a lot, which is good because you get a feel for how it’s going to be different than high school.” But despite all the adjustments that the players find themselves making, senior Carrem Gay said the freshmen are doing more than just a good job keeping up in practice. Constantly coming to the upperclassmen with questions about plays, defenses and basketball in general, Selby, Scheer and Hopkins have shown a level ofinterest and commitment to the team that Gay enjoys seeing on a day-to-day basis. “Right now they are just trying to take care of the ball and understand their roles on the team, which is exactly what they need to be doing right now,” Gay said. Although it is still early, it is apparent that head coachjoanne R McCallie has asked each of the players to seriously reflect on her role on the team. While Hopkins considers her position as point guard a vehiclefor her to be a future leader of the team, Scheer hopes to use her experiences as a point guard, shoot-

ACC BASKETBALL PREVIEW ing guard and post player to create a unique role that will benefit the squad. Selby, also a guard, spoke enthusiastically about gaining her teammates’ respect and eventually becoming one ofDuke’s leaders. McCallie believes all three' recruits could play key roles this year and in the future. “[I see] different roles for different [girls],” she said. “I was impressed by the speed and quickness that [Hopkins] exhibited in Blue-White that allowed her to go coast-to-coast on her very first play of the game. [Selby] is very creative and confident offensively and she is very good off the bounce, as well as her three ball. And then [Scheer] picked up rebounds in BlueWhite without even trying, just by being in the right place and getting there.” With the return of the powerhouse trio of seniors Chante Black, Abby Waner and Gay, it would be easy to cast the potential of the freshmen aside, at least for the time being. But McCallie said she is more than willing to give the players the time she thinks they deserve. “I love playing the freshmen, because die more strength they get early, the better itis for them, and thinking in the long term it makes sense,” McCallie said. “They certainly will have to work hard to get into that rotation, but it certainly doesn’t matter what year they are. Playing time is up for grabsfor everybody.” So while they sleep in an East Campus triple, write papers for their Writing 20 class and work hard in Cameron Indoor Stadium to master that one shot, play or defense, the three freshmen are doing so together—with no sense of competition, drama or hostility. It’s the same old story, with a little bit of a twist: It’s true.

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No. 8 ranking presumes improvement from last year, which is far from a given. This group’s only accomplishment is a Sweet 16 birth, which isn’t a tall order when very little parity exists in women’s basketball. It’s going to take more than that to justify Dukd’s continued status as an upper-echelon team.

MERCHANT from page 16 offense This is the second summer that the Blue Devils have trained under McCallie, so the team chemistry should be better than it was a year ago. But a

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squad is clearly not lacking in experience. Add in the fifth-best freshman class in the country for icing on the cake, and the only question really left is: Why isn’t Duke ranked higher?

In addition to the projected starters Black, Waner, Gay, juniorJoy Cheek and sophomore Jasmine Thomas—Duke also

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he did last year, when he led Duke in assists and 3-point field goals. 4; Amnesia Let’s face it: after Duke dropped back-to-back games at Wake Forest and Miami last season the team never looked the same. I don’tknow what happened, but it’s as if the Blue Devils didn’t think they were a good team anymore because they lost two games. But they were a good team. And good teams lose all the time and still make it to the Final Four. Just remember, thanks to Matt Sylvester and then Sean May, it has been more than 30 years since a team has gone undefeated to win a national championship. So, friends, download your copies of“Detroit Thang” now, and keep your minds and first weekends in April open It’s game time.

have put on a combined 35 pounds—is key to advancing in March. It also will be interesting to see who ends up being the odd man out in the frontcourt rotation, as Plumlee has started in Duke’s exhibition games and Thomas and Zoubek have seen limited minutes. 3. GregPaulus needs to be healthy. Some think this doesn’t matter because Nolan Smith seems to have earned the starting nod at point guard, but Paulus is a senior and arguably one of the team’s best shooters. Whether or not Paulus comes off the bench is beside the point (last season, for example, Jon Scheyer didn’t start but was still one of the team’s top scorers and third in minutes clocked). The senior can contribute just as much, if not more, than

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It’s an age-old piece ofbasketball wisdom; The team that makes its free throws will, more often than not, win the game. It was these uncontested shots, however, that doomed Wake Forest in several key conference games last year, as the team ranked 11th in the ACC in free-throw shooting percentage. Wake Forest guard Ishmael Smith, who shot an abysmal 29.1 percent from the stripe last season, understands that better than anyone. “I told [head coach Dino Gaudio] that if I had made some of my free throws, we [Smith and Jeff Teague] probably could have been the best backcourt in the country,” Smith said. With every key player returning from last season’s squad, Smith, Teague and the No. 24 Demon Deacons could not only have one of the best guard rotations,

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but one of the best teams in the conference. At the very least, they expect to significantly improve on last season’s 17-13 record. Most of the preseason buzz in Winston-Salem this year has centered not on returning players, but on the program’s most-heralded incoming freshman class in recent memory. Al-Farouq Aminu, Ty Walker and Tony Woods all entered school ranked among the top 20 freshmen in the country, but Gaudio is quick to dismiss notions that the trio is more talented than his

upperclassmen.

“This is not a disparaging word on those kids, but I think there is too much publicity surrounding them,” Gaudio said. “The experts picked the kids that were freshmen for us last year, and they weren’t a top recruiting class. One year later, if we re-evaluated them, SEE WAKE ON PAGE 21

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that recruiting class would have been top five. Maybe this class is or it isn’t, but I don’t think we will know until a year later.” All three players stand 6foot-8 or taller, adding valuable depth to Wake Forest’s alreadysolid frontcourt. Leading the returning big .men is versatile forward James Johnson, the team’s top scorer and last season’s runner-up for ACC freshman of the year. Lanky 7-footer Chas McFarland, who ranked fifth in the conference in blocks last year, and David

Weaver, an explosive dunker, round out the Demon Deacons’ arsenal in the post. The combination of a feisty backcourt, a deep frontcourt and an influx of fresh talent gives the Demon Deacons an excellent shot at returning to the NCAATournament for the first time since 2005. And with the season’s start looming, Gaudio likes his young squad’s chances. ‘We will be better than we were last year,” Gaudio said. ‘We are going to go about our business the same way. You better get ready for eachand every game, or else it’s a long bus ride home.”

Led by four talented seniors back from a 23-11 squad, No. 17 Miami seems poised to challenge the ACC’s bluebloods for the conference title and, in another season of football mediocrity, could keep Coral Gables crazy about hoops well into March. But in order to do so, the Hurricanes will be heavily reliant on fourth-year head coach Frank Haith’s first senior class. Haith has managed to shift attention from the gridiron to the hardwood thanks in large part to guards Jack McClinton and Lance Hurdle and forwards Brian Asbury and Jimmy Graham. “It is very satisfying to see those guys get from where they were four years ago to where they are today —to see their improvement in their game and as people, as men,” Haith said. And it will be McClinton, the preseason All-ACC guard, who wilt lead the offensive attack. Projected to be one of the top performers in the conference again this year, die 6-foot-l, 185-pound combo guard averaged nearly 18 points and three assists per game last season. His best effort was a 38-point explosion in Miami’s first-round NCAA Tournament win over St. Mary’s. In the past, Miami has ridden the coattails of high-scoring guards like Robert Hite and Guillermo Diaz to only limited success. This team, however, has depth. Each ofits top five point producers from last season will be donning the green and orange again this year. They will be joined by top recruit DeQuan Jones, a five-star prospect who spumed offers from traditionalbasketball powerhouses. The 6foot-6forward is an elite-level talent that has the future looking bright in South Florida. For the first time in Haith’s tenure, though, the team has lofty expectations to uphold. The Hurricanes are slated to finish fourth in the ACC and their No. 16 preseason ranking"" signifies an uncharacteristic respect. If Miami is able to match the hopes for the program, the burden has to fall squarely on McClinton and the rest of the seniors. “I thought that this season would be our first special season because we have our first senior class,” Haith said. He may be right,

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Clemson was one of the ACC’s biggest surprises last year, finishing third in the regular season and advancing to the conference tournament championship game for the first time since 1962. Despite shooting an ACOworst 62.3 percent from the foul line last season, Clemson posted an overall record of 24-10 and reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 10 years, only to be upset by No. 12-seed Villanova in the first round. For the Tigers to improve upon their winning percentage for the fifth consecutive year, they will need to find away to fill the void left by the departure of Cliff Hammonds. The dynamic guard led the team in assists and steals per game last season and was second in scoring, averaging 11.4 points per contest. The four-year starter was also known as a lock-down defender who would usually guard the opposing team’s best player. Clemson will call upon senior guard K.C. Rivers, who earned second-team All-ACC honors last season, to pick up Hammonds’ scoring and improve upon the team-high 14.7 points per game he posted last season. The Tigers’ captain has the ability to take over a game, evidenced by his 32-point performance in a win over

Virginia last year. Sophomore Demontez Stitt will join Rivers in the backcourt at point guard. Another returning starter, Stitt averaged 8.8 points per game as a freshman and was a major contributor in Clemson’s first-round NCAA Tournament loss, going 4-for-4 from 3-point range. Sophomore guard Terrence Oglesby, the Tigers’ 3point specialist, may take on a starting role this year after a freshman campaign in which he established himself as one of the ACC’s best coming off the bench. He

averaged 10.5 points per game and shot 40.8 from beyond the arc as the team’s sixth man.

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In the frontcourt, Clemson will miss forward James Mays, an integral part of the squad’s full court press. The Tigers’ primary threat down low will be senior Trevor Booker, a returning starter who, at 6-foot-7, is the shortest center in the conference. Despite his lack of size, Booker leads all returning ACC players with 142 career blocked shots and posted seven double-doubles last season. But it’s not all Booker or Rivers. The Tigers have had five players average double figures over the past two seasons —and in order for them to continue their rise to the top tier of the ACC, they might need five legitimate scorers for a third year.

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Va. Tech’s success fuels rivalry Emily Bray THE CHRONICLE

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Hokies have continued to improve. In the ACC tourlast year, Virginia Tech lost to No. 1 North Carolina by just two points. And if Vassallo, Allen and the rest of the youthful Hokies can handle the pressure ofACC play, their games with the Blue Devils could be as competitive as ever. nament

Over the last three years, the Blue Devils have added

another team to their list of ACC rivals—not because Duke and Virginia Tech are separated by eight miles,

but because their games have been so competitive. In December 2005, Sean Dockery made a half-court heave at the buzzer to lift Duke to a 77-75 win. In January 2006, Deron Washington jumped over Greg Paulus and the Hokies -beat the Blue Devils in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Last year, Duke avenged the loss with an 8T64 beatdown in Blacksburg, Va. And this year, for the first time since 2004-2005, the teams will have two shots at one another. The Hokies, who visit Durham Jan. 4 and host Duke Feb. 28, start this season rated sixth in the ACC under the leadership of sixth-year head coach Seth Greenberg, the 2008 ACC coach of the year. If the Hokies hope to continue their newfound rivalry with Duke, they will have to do so with a young lineup. A.D. Vassallo, who averaged around 17 points per game last season, is one of only two seniors on the team. The four other projected starters are sophomores Malcolm Delaney, J.T. Thompson, Jeff Allen and Hank Thorns. What the team lacks in seniority, however, it makes up for in size. Thompson measures in at 6-foot-6, Allen is 6-foot-7 and freshman Victor Davila, a member of the Puerto Rican national team, is 6-foot-9. In addition, Allen and Davila both weigh in at over 240 pounds. The squad’s sophomores played a monumental role in securing Virginia Tech’s 21-14 record last season. Allen, one of the strongest players in the conference as a freshman—he averaged 11.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game—is reported to have lost 28 pounds over the summer in an effort to become even more of a threat on the court. Delaney is more of a perimeter player, and showed consistency behind the three-point line by making more than 40 percent ofhis shots. Over the past few years, as Duke can affirm, the

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Williams pledges improvement

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IP THE PLAYERS LANDON MiLBOURNE Led team in 3-point shooting at 39.3 percent

CUFF TUCKER Streaky sophomore has big shoes to fill in frontcourt c BRAXTON DUPREE 6-foot-8 sophomore is biggest rotation player so ERIC HAYES A/T ratio of 1.89 was fourth-best in the ACC last year pc GREIVIS VASQUEZ Terps will have to lean on triple-double threat pf

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Maryland head coach Gary Williams enters his third decade at the helm of the Terrapins program this year—and he has already assured fans that this season will be just as intense as any other. “This is my 20th year,” he told the crowd at Maryland Madness Oct. 17. “It’s been a great 20 years personally for me, but the only thing that matters is this season. Our pledge to you is to come out every night and play as hard as we can.” Intensity has been a key characteristic of Williams’ squads over the years, as his tight defensive style has led to a 397-215 record over 19 seasons at his alma mater. Williams’ reign has produced ACC regular season championships in 1995 and 2002, as well as an ACC Tournament championship in 2004 and the 2002 National Championship. Including his pre-Maryland years at American, Boston College and Ohio State, Williams has amassed 604 wins in his coaching career, which ranks him eighth among active coaches. Despite Williams’ success as a coach and his reputation for beating top-ranked teams during the regular season, his 20th season is not shaping up to be one ofhis finest. The Terrapins have made the NCAA Tournament only once in the past four years, and return an inexperienced squad—especially inside the paint. Maryland will rely on junior guards Eric Hayes and Greivis Vasquez to lead the team, with help from junior forward Landon Milbourne. Milbourne has big shoes to fill in the paint for the Terrapins following the departures ofJames Gist and Bambale Osby, who led Maryland in rebounding last season. The 6-foot-7 Milbourne averaged 8.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game last season. Freshman Sean Mosley figures to see significant time for Maryland, as well. The 6-foot-5 guard was the country’s ninth-ranked shooting guard and No. 40 player overall, according to scout.com.

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my future.” The injury is an early setback for a team that hopes to return to the NCAA Tournament after missing out last year. Georgia Tech will be forced to look for defense and leadership without its would-be captain, who played in all 32 games last season. Not everyone is convinced that replacing Bell will be an easy task, and the Yellow Jackets were picked to finish eighth in the ACC this year. Still, Georgia Tech has reason to hold onto some hope. The team returns four players with starter experience and Iman Shumpert was named to the preseason All-ACC freshman team. “I think we will overachieve,” senior guard Lewis Clinch said. “People doubt us because we have lost players, but we

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Hoping to improve upon last year’s 15-17 record, Georgia Tech has already suffered a potentially devastating blow. Diving for a loose ball in practice Oct. 10, senior guard D’Andre Bell collided with a teammate’s leg. While lying on the ground, Bell’s extremities felt numb, eventually leading to the discovery that Bell suffers from a condition known as spinal stenosis. Head coach Paul Hewitt announced Oct. 22 that Bell would be out for the season because of imminent surgery. “It hurts not to be able to play,” Bell said. “But I know God has a plan for me, and I need to do what is best for

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have been working very hard and are close as a team. This is the closest we have ever been as a team, and I think it will help us down the road.” Hewitt went even further, claiming that his team’s strengths will be enough to keep the team playing into March. “I think we have a very talented team,” Hewitt said. “If we have to point to two areas that are really strong, I would have to say the point guard position, because ofMoe [Miller] and [Shumpert], and our big guys. We have five big guys that can really run and contribute. “Now in terms of depth at the perimeter, with the loss ofD’Andre Bell, it certainly is not where we would like it to be. But I think it’s a talented group that should be capable of getting back to the NCAATournament.”

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N.C. State looks to erase the memory oflast year’s embarrassing season, which the Wolfpack entered with high expectations and finished with a 15-16 record, losing their last nine games en route to a lastplace finish in the ACC. “Last year is done, and we have to move on,” head coach Sidney Lowe said. “We don’t want to totally forget what happened last season, because we don’t ever want to go through that again.” Lowe leads a team that lost its two leading scorers, as well as its entire frontcourt, over the offseason. Freshman JJ. Hickson jumped to the NBA after averaging 14.8points and grabbing 8.5 rebounds per game, while senior Gavin Grant graduated after dropping 13.1 points per game. Junior Brandon Costner and seniorBen McCauley will be asked to take over responsibilities from the departed

leaders. They’ve put up good numbers before—two years ago, McCauley and Costner combined to average 31.2 points and 14.2 rebounds per game. Last year, though, they went for 14.6 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. They will need to pick up the scoring for the Wolfpack to escape the ACC cellar. There are also questions about the backcourt. While junior Famold Degand ran the offense well last year, he tore his ACL with 10 games left in the season. It’s hard to know if he will bring his same speed and quickness. Sophomore Javier Gonzalez will run the team if Degand can’t, but N.C. State lost nine of 10 games last year with Gonzalez running the point. Senior Courtney Fells can play at either the two or three spot and is the team’s leading returning scorer. Lowe will undoubtedly bring back his now-famous red jacket, but the team he coaches might not bring any-of that same swagger.

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Certain intangibles usually separate the good teams from the great ones. Qualities like veteran leadership, crunch-time shooting and great guard play make or break a basketball team. But Florida State graduated most of those qualities last year. After an underwhelming season in which the Seminoles finished 19-15 and lost in the first round of the NIT to Akron, the numbers don’t look promising for Florida State. Most of the team’s proven commodities—namely guards Ralph Mims, Isaiah Swann and Jason Rich—are gone, and they took a combined 37.9 points points per game with them. Now, Florida State is at a crossroads. The Seminoles were a mediocre team last year, but at least they knew what they had. They must lean heavily on a bevy ofyoung talent and hope that the potential of a stellar recruiting class can overcome some big losses. The focal point of the frontcourt, and the source of the greatest optimism around Tallahassee, is redshirt freshman Solomon Alabi, a 7-foot-l center who missed all but 10 games last season with a stress fracture in his tibia. Alabi showed tremendous defensive ability in his few starts last year —his 7-foot-3 wingspan and 9-foot-l standing height make him an intimidating presence in the middle. The backcourt is a compelling mix of veteran leadership and newcomers, led by last season’s leading scorer, point guard Toney Douglas. Along with providing key defense on the perimeter, he will be expected to mentor and bring along some newcomers. Florida State surprised few last season, winning its winnable games and losing the contests it was expected to lose. But the Seminoles were still within shouting distance of being an NCAA bubble team. Now, with the loss of its proven players, the squad is going to have to embrace its youth and swagger, with the chance at an NCAA Tournament berth hanging in the balance.

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Last season, Boston College’s Tyrese Rice scored more than 20 points 15 times, including a 28-point performance at Cameron Indoor Stadium Feb. 9 and a careerhigh 46-point outburst March 1 against North Carolina. The Eagles lost 10 of those 15 games. This season, Rice, a unanimous preseason AU-ACC selection, will need more help from his teammates if the Eagles are to improve on their 14-17 mark of a yearago. And head coach A1 Skinner expects that production from 6-foot-5 sophomore Rakim Sanders, who averaged more than 11 points per game as a freshman. “Rakim needs to learn to take full advantage of his physical ability,” Skinner said. “I don’t think there’s another guard in this league who has the tools he has

physically.”

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option behind Rice, the Eagles will undoubtedly show improvement and could challenge for a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

But if Sanders and fellow sophomores Corey Raji and JoshSouthern cannot fill thevoid left by transfer Shamari Spears and graduated senior Tyrelle Blair, then it could be another long season for the Conte Forum faithful. “We’re still a fairly young team, except for Tyrese,” Skinner said. “You’d like to think we’re going to grow and mature and really compete in this league.” While support from younger role players will certainly make a difference, this team will only go as far as Rice can take it. Still, Skinner isn’t necessarily counting on

increased scoring from his star guard. “As I told him, if his scoring goes down, his assists go up and his shooting percentage goes up, then we’re a better basketball team,” Skinner said. “Because what that means is that the people around him are doing the jobs they’re supposed to be

doing.”

This year, the Eagles were picked to finish second-to-last in the ACC by the coaches. That ranking, though, may not hold in the end—with Rice in the lineup, after all, Boston College could go off at any time.

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After being picked to finish last in the ACC, the Cavaliers’ only hope is to rebuild. And after losing star Sean Singletary to the NBA, Virginia doesn’t have much of a base. The major attraction on the roster is highly touted freshman guard-forward Sylven Landesberg. As the nation’s 39thranked prospect, Landesberg brings great court vision and adaptive scoring ability to the young Virginia team. During the squad’s August trip to Canada, Landesberg averaged 12 points and eight re-

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bounds per game, showing head coach Dave Leitao that he is ready for the college game. “He’s very cerebral—he really understands the game,” assistant coach Bill Courtney said of Landesberg. “We saw immediately that he could handle the ball and make good decisions.” Joining Landesberg in this year’s freshman class are center Assane Sene, center John Brandenburg and redshirt freshman Sammy Zeglinski. Although the freshman class brings in some talent, the foundation of the team will be a core of upperclassmen. Junior guard Mamadi Diane should lead the team in scoring with a good majority ofhis points coming from behind the 5-point stripe. Diane was second on the team in scoring last year, averaging 11.8 points per game. Accompanying Diane will be junior Calvin Baker and sophomores Jeff Jones and Mike Scott, all of whom bring muchneeded experience to this young team. Jones, Scott and Diane all started last

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