For the first time since the end of the regular season, Duke was able to breathe somewhat easily Friday night.

Two days after Duke forward Kyle Singler wiped out ESPN's courtside equipment and personnel while chasing a ball out of bounds during Sunday's ACC championship game, he assessed the damage.

As Duke's center back, Darrius Barnes distinctly recalled wanting to prove himself against a professional soccer team.

At the coaches' meeting before Duke's NCAA tournament subregional, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski explained the sick feeling Arkansas-Pine Bluff coach George Ivory gave him 24 years ago.

Duke is the all-in play for the ACC in this NCAA basketball tournament.

Duke scratched out a 3-2 baseball victory over Liberty in 11 innings Wednesday the way fundamentally sound clubs can.

A lot of fans in this region believe the ACC has a lot to prove in this tournament, especially after Duke was seeded ahead of every team in the Big East.

Duke senior guard Jon Scheyer has been to the NCAA tournament three times without going as far as he wanted.

Two conference championships this season have provided Duke women's basketball players with a clear picture of the team's potential as they enter the NCAA tournament this week.