Duke's Mason Plumlee said that Quinn Cook was the team's rock in the first half.
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February 13, 2013
You may recall that I picked Florida State’s Michael Snaer to be this season’s ACC Player of the Year. When I get it wrong, I get it wrong. But the bulk of the ACC media picked NC State’s C.J. Leslie to win that award and that’s not going to happen, either. If post-season voting were to take place now, neither would make first-team All-ACC. Plumlee is averaging 18.2 points...
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February 13, 2013
PLUMLEE (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)Duke's Mason Plumlee has been named the ACC Player of the Week, and Virginia's Justin Anderson has been selected the conference's Rookie of the Week.In earning his second player of the week award this season, Plumlee averaged 24.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 blocks while leading fourth-ranked Duke to wins over NC State...
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February 13, 2013
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- With its star big man on the bench with foul trouble, Duke went small to beat its top rival -- and one of its smallest players came up big.
The run that propelled the second-ranked Blue Devils to a 73-68 victory over North Carolina on Wednesday night started when Mason Plumlee sat down and backup guard Tyler Thornton warmed up.
"I think the hero for us...
Quinn Cook and Mason Plumlee scored 18 points each as Duke moved to 22-2 on the season with a five point victory over North Carolina on Wednesday night.
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February 12, 2013
Well the debate over who would be ranked #1 has been decided. Sort of. Indiana, despiste losing to Illinois remained #1 in the AP Top 25. I believe the last time a #1 team did not fall in the rankings after a loss in the regular season was the 1992 Blue Devils (last year Kentucky lost in the SEC tournament but held on to the final #1 ranking by winning the National Championship...
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February 13, 2013
It’s that time of year again. The first matchup in the greatest rivalry in all of sports…Duke vs. North Carolina. Tonight’s game comes from the greatest venue in all of sports as well – Cameron Indoor Stadium. The crowd will be electric as UNC comes in still stinging from a 87-61 loss to Miami. In fact UNC has only beaten one ranked opponent all year long and that...
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February 14, 2013
PLUMLEE (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)#2 DUKE 73, NORTH CAROLINA 68 - It wasn’t a classic, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort as Cameron, poor shot selection and awful free-throw shooting doomed the visiting Tar Heels agains the steady Blue Devils.UNC had no answer for Mason Plumlee who led #2 Duke with 18 points.Quinn Cook scored anther 18 and Rasheed Sulaimon finished with 13...
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February 14, 2013
Duke got knocked back on their heels to start the game last night as UNC came out with a smaller lineup and forced Duke to play their tempo. The Blue Devils were unable to counter that strategy until the second half, when a smaller lineup of Quinn Cook, Tyler Thornton, Seth Curry, Rasheed Sulaimon and Josh Hairston turned a 7-point deficit into a one point lead in less than three...
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February 13, 2013
It is the best week in the college basketball regular season it’s rivalry week. Wednesday’s action features the best rivalry in all of sports North Carolina and Duke. See who I like and don’t like from this game and many other games on Wednesday.
Must Plays:
Mason Plumlee (Duke) – Plumlee made a smart decision to stay for his senior season at Duke. He is right in the middle...
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February 14, 2013
Three good basketball games around the ACC last night. Duke's win over UNC was the featured game of the night, but Miami and Boston College both picked up solid wins as well.
UNC missed a chance for a big win last night. The Blue Devils came out of the game not shooting well and the Heels had Cook, Curry, and Mason Plumlee in foul trouble in the first half. Yet at halftime...
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February 14, 2013
No one said it was going to be easy, well with the exception of the odds makers who had Duke as a 10.5 point favorite over their arch rivals, North Carolina.
Duke didn’t play its best game but most fans will always take a win over arch rival North Carolina.
What we ended up getting wasn’t a classic but a rather typical, hard fought, close game between the two bitter rivals...
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February 13, 2013
There is a fair amount of resignation within the Tar Heel fan base concerning how this game will go. Much of that is founded in the much talked about manner in which UNC has started games lately. The feeling is Duke will come out of the gate red-hot, can a few threes, get a couple of Mason Plumlee dunks and the Cameron crowd will go bonkers. The theory goes that UNC will be completely...
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