2008 Schedule/Results
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Headlines
Duke transfer King to begin scouting next school
Dana O'Neil | ESPN.com (3 days ago)
Duke transfer Taylor King has whittled his future college basketball home to three schools and will visit one of them this weekend.
Katz: Make way for Texas atop 2008-09 Top 25
Andy Katz | ESPN.com (4 days ago)
It's never too early to look ahead and try to predict the Top 25, and the Texas Longhorns are the pre-preseason No. 1, writes Andy Katz.
Duke's Henderson, Thomas have hand surgeries
Associated Press (11 days ago)
Duke players Gerald Henderson and Lance Thomas have had hand surgery at a school hospital.
- Freshman forward King set to transfer from Duke (12 days ago)
- Instant Analysis: West Virginia-Duke (22 days ago)
- O'Neil: Belmont lets Duke game slip away (24 days ago)
- Lunardi: Video Team Previews (24 days ago)
- Katz: West Regional breakdown (26 days ago)
- Madness March: A Road-Trip Thrill Like No Other (27 days ago)
- ATR: UCLA wins another controversial game (35 days ago)
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West Region, 2nd Seed
Tournament - Final
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | T | |||
| 29 | 44 | 73 | » Recap » Box Score » Play-By-Play » Conversation | |||
| 34 | 33 | 67 | ||||
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ESPN's Take
| Wake Forest, Miami and UNC proved the Blue Devils aren't invincible, but Duke clearly distanced itself from the rest of the ACC with its discipline, defense and three-point shooting. Duke's perimeter game and pressure defense helped it compensate for the lack of a true inside player this season, but having Brian Zoubek -- who missed nine games with a broken left foot -- healthy for the postseason helps. Senior DeMarcus Nelson, who was named the top defensive player in the league and usually guards the opponent's best perimeter player, leads the team in scoring. (except on Senior Night against the Tar Heels.) Five players finished the regular season with double-digit scoring averages, including Jon Scheyer -- one of the best players in the country off the bench. No other team in the league hoisted up more three's (282) than Duke and only Miami made more than 38.7 percent of them. Greg Paulus kept Duke in the game against UNC in the regular-season file, and his three-point shooting has been a catalyst all season. Over 70 percent of his made field goals have come from beyond the arc (72-of-101). As long as Duke continues to stay healthy, there's no reason the Blue Devils' shouldn't have an extended stay in the NCAA tournament, making last season's first-round exit an afterthought. -- Heather Dinich |
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Roster/Stats (per game)
| PLAYER | POS | PTS | REB | AST | ||
| DeMarcus Nelson | G | 14.5 | 5.8 | 2.9 | ||
| Kyle Singler | F | 13.3 | 5.8 | 1.4 | ||
| Gerald Henderson | G-F | 12.7 | 4.7 | 1.6 | ||
| Jon Scheyer | G | 11.7 | 3.9 | 2.4 | ||
| Greg Paulus | G | 11.4 | 2.1 | 3.2 | ||
| Nolan Smith | G | 5.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| Taylor King | F | 5.5 | 2.0 | 0.4 | ||
| Lance Thomas | F | 4.3 | 3.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Martynas Pocius | G-F | 4.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | ||
| Brian Zoubek | C | 3.8 | 3.4 | 0.5 | ||
| David McClure | F | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | ||
| Jordan Davidson | G | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | ||
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Rankings
| AP | COACHES |
| #16 | #16 |
2007-08 ACC Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
| North Carolina #3 | 14-2 | - | 36-3 |
| Duke #16 | 13-3 | 1 | 28-6 |
| Clemson | 10-6 | 4 | 24-10 |
| Virginia Tech | 9-7 | 5 | 21-14 |
| Miami (FL) | 8-8 | 6 | 23-11 |
| Maryland | 8-8 | 6 | 19-15 |
| Wake Forest | 7-9 | 7 | 17-13 |
| Florida State | 7-9 | 7 | 19-15 |
| Georgia Tech | 7-9 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Virginia | 5-11 | 9 | 17-16 |
| North Carolina State | 4-12 | 10 | 15-16 |
| Boston College | 4-12 | 10 | 14-17 |
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2008 Commitments
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
| E. Williams | Shooting Guard | Signed | 92 |
| O. Czyz | Power Forward | Signed | 86 |
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