Duke University NCAA News

Looks like the Steve Alford program hasn't gone quite as well as UCLA A.D. Dan Guerrero had hoped: the LA Times ran an article Guerrero found so negative that he felt obliged to respond with a statement: "It is unfortunate that Chris Foster's Los Angeles Times article on UCLA men's basketball Coach Steve Alford focuses only on issues and opinions ... (more)

Oklahoma has never been an easy place to live. You can go down the list: the Trail of Tears, the land rush, the Dust Bowl, the Depression, the boom and bust cycle of the oil business and last but certainly not least, being right in the middle of Tornado Alley.

Duke lacrosse is back in the Final Four for the seventh straight time - that's an amazing accomplishment.

Duke target Theo Pinson is set to announce on Wednesday . He's down to Georgetown, North Carolina, Duke, Louisville and Indiana.

It's oddly exciting to think of the Charlotte Hornets returning . Let's face it - the Bobcats never really fully took hold here.

This is pretty cool: Blue Devils Tricia Liston and Alexis Jones have been named to the 2013 USA Basketball Women's U19 team.

Joe Giglio looks at the upcoming ACC - the new ACC race we should say - and sees Duke way ahead of everyone else.

Apparently after a good break Coach K is reconsidering and may go back to coach the U.S. team one more time .

He visited Georgetown and was to visit Duke Monday and Kansas on Tuesday . No word from him or anyone on whether Andrew Wiggins' commitment to KU is a good or bad thing from his perspective.

That doesn’t mean he doubts his ability to make an NBA team. Curry’s Duke career ended in the NCAA tournament.

It sounds counterintuitive: If a big man stays all four years at a high-profile program like Duke, then what could NBA scouts not know about him that is pertinent? But Plumlee knows what a player can do to help or harm himself this late in the process.

If you are following all the draft chatter, you can assume the quote from one of the foremost NBA draft experts is just one of the latest criticisms of this year's class.

Jabari Parker, Rodney Hood, Quinn Cook and Rasheed Sulaimon give the Blue Devils the league's best, most athletic lineup.

The expected pitching duel between aces Carlos Rodon of N.C. State and Trent Swart of Duke failed to materialize, but there was no shortage of dueling.

Duke's Rasheed Sulaimon celebrates with Quinn Cook and Tyler Thornton during an NCAA Tournament game against Creighton in Philadelphia.

Interviews at the NBA Draft combine with highly-rated prospects like former Indiana stars Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo have started speculation that the Celtics could be looking to move up.

"To date, we haven't received a single reply from Wellman, the athletic department, or the administration.

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.