Duke University NCAA News

You could almost feel the relief pouring out of C.J. McCollum as he talked at the rookie predraft combine.

Olivia Janowicz and Brianna Morgan posted straight-set singles wins and helped top-seeded Florida blank No.

Mar 15, 2013; Greensboro, NC, USA; Maryland Terrapins guard/forward Dez Wells reaches for the ball as Duke Blue Devils forward Ryan Kelly and forward Mason Plumlee are in the background.

NBA Draft Combine prospects commonly take much different views on the college experience, from the floor to the classroom.

Mason Plumlee against Virginia Tech's during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Feb.

No one expects Andrew Wiggins to spend more than one year in college, so who gets to take him on? Kansas put together a very tough schedule before signing him, starting with Duke in the second game of Wiggins' brief college career.

According to USAToday, Coach K made nearly $10 million dollars last year, which leads quickly to the standard question: are coaches overpaid? As Larry King used to say, no one is overpaid: you get what you're worth.

Syracuse.com continues their series on ACC rivals, with the latest article being on Virginia Tech .

Here's a catchup on DeMarcus Nelson from the Blue Zone . We always respected him at Duke.

Tennessee may have a major problem: the former Director of Student Judicial Affairs Jenny Wright, who has been fired, was allegedly involved in improper relationships with UT athletes , including Trae Golden, who left Tennessee last week.

When Jon Scheyer suffered his eye injury, we assumed it would be a quick recovery and we fully expected him to be on the Heat, where he would have been a great fit.

Rising senior Josh Hairston underwent successful surgery to repair ligament damage in his right thumb Tuesday and is expected to be sidelined for 6-8 weeks.

The speculation about Andrew Wiggins really took off late in the afternoon and by around 10:00 a.m., we should start hearing the first sirens in the Bluegrass State as Kentucky fans excite themselves into aneurysms.

Syracuse.com has been taking a look at ACC rivals. Pitt is no stranger, as they like Syracuse have been in the Big East a long time.

ACC Commissioner John Swofford and representatives from ESPN appeared at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Monday to announce a major new ACC event.

Duke made a pitch to land big man Tarik Black on Monday. Black , who is transferring after three seasons at Memphis, made an on-campus visit at Duke where he met with the Blue Devils' coaching staff and toured the campus.

The anticipation is going to get really intense Monday until lunchtime Thursday: Andrew Wiggins will announce on Tuesday at 12:15 . It'll be interesting to see if he lives up to expectations: Canadian basketball has gotten radically better over the past decade or so.

Joy Cheek, an assistant coach on the Duke University women's basketball for the past two seasons, apparently is joining coach Kevin McGuff's new staff at Ohio State.

Feb 16, 2013; College Park, MD, USA; Duke Blue Devils forward Mason Plumlee defends Maryland Terrapins center Alex Len at the Comcast Center.

We can understand the desire to try your luck somewhere else, but consider: if you're not good enough to start for a mediocre FSU team, odds are the basketball gods are telling you that you're not NBA material.