The ACC announced on Monday its annual men’s basketball all-conference, all-defensive and all-freshmen teams. The honors are as follows, with voting point totals in parentheses:
All-ACC teams released: Austin Rivers on first team, Seth Curry and Mason Plumlee on third
Submitted by Andrew_Carter on 03/05/2012 - 15:42Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski: Blue Devils have shown great will to win
Submitted by Andrew_Carter on 02/20/2012 - 12:25Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski doesn’t want to compare his team’s recent comeback victories against North Carolina and N.C. State. But if those wins have taught him anything about the Blue Devils, it might be this:
“I do think our team has shown a great will to win,” Krzyzewski said on Monday during the ACC teleconference.
River's buzzer beater lifts Duke to 85-84 win over UNC
Submitted by Andrew_Carter on 02/08/2012 - 23:08
Updated 12.25 a.m.
CHAPEL HILL — There have been some wild, crazy endings to North Carolina-Duke games over the 233-game history of the rivalry, and the one that happened here on Wednesday night at the Smith Center will take its place as one of the craziest and most memorable of all – if not the most.
The Tar Heels’ sophomore Harrison Barnes gave his team an 82-72 lead with 2:38 to play, and the game appeared over. Writers on press row went back to the media room to write their stories, most of those in attendance waited for the minutes to melt away, and even the Tar Heels appeared content to hold on and escape.
But it wasn’t over.
After a furious rally that placed the result in doubt, Duke’s Austin Rivers made a long 3 from the right side as the final buzzer sounded. The shot gave the Blue Devils an improbable 85-84 victory, and they spilled from their bench and onto the court as people here – fans, UNC’s players and staff, mostly everybody – stood in a stunned stupor.


