Pack's Michel, Graham will miss FSU game

Middle linebacker Ray Michel, who leads N.C. State in tackles, and wide receiver/kick returner T.J. Graham will miss Saturday's game at Florida State with injuries, the school announced Thursday evening.

Michel, who has 53 tackles, has an ankle injury and will be replaced by Dwayne Maddox in the starting lineup. Maddox usually plays the boundary linebacker position, where Terrell Manning will start Saturday.

Graham, who has a leg injury, usually returns kickoffs and punts for the Wolfpack. Clem Johnson, Jamelle Eugene and Donald Bowens will split those duties with Graham out.

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TE commits to Duke: Forsyth Country Day tight end Nick Sink has accepted a scholarship to Duke, his football coach said.

Sink, who is 6-foot-6 and 245 pounds, was also being recruited by North Carolina and Kentucky, although neither had offered a scholarship yet.

"Duke's been recruiting him from Day One," Country Day coach Mark Moroz said. "This was pretty much a dream come true for him. His grades are fantastic. And he certainly has the ability to play in the ACC."

Moroz said the Blue Devils offered Sink a scholarship two nights ago and that Sink accepted Wednesday night. Duke plans to start him out at tight end.

In nine games this season, Sink has 26 catches for 426 yards and four touchdowns. He also plays defensive end, where he has 43 tackles, including three sacks and 13 tackles for losses.

How athletic is Sink? He also starts for the basketball team at power forward and holds the school record for 3-pointers. He's also a shot putter for the track team.

Moroz said a very specialized skill could help Sink play beyond college. Although he doesn't play center, Sink, a fine athlete who is all-state in basketball, has developed into an exceptional long snapper, Moroz said.

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Men's basketball

Knight shuns Indiana: Former Indiana coach Bob Knight will not attend next week's induction into the athletic department's hall of fame.

Athletic director Fred Glass said Thursday that Knight contacted him directly to decline the invitation. Glass said Knight was concerned that the interest in him would be a distraction from the other six inductees.

Knight won a school-record 662 games and three national championships at Indiana before being fired by then-university president Myles Brand in September 2000. Knight retired in 2008 with the most wins (902) of any coach in Division I men's basketball.

Women's basketball

Duke named host: For the second straight year, Duke has been selected one of 16 host sites for the NCAA Tournament first and second rounds, the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee announced Thursday when it released the list for the 2011 tournament.

Duke will host games for this season's NCAA Women's Tournament on March 20 and 22, 2010.

Spokane will be the first city to host the opening two rounds and a regional of the NCAA women's tournament in the same year. Gonzaga will host the first two rounds in its on-campus arena, and the regional will be hosted by Washington State at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.

Dayton, a regional site this year, Philadelphia and Dallas will host regionals in 2011.

Joining Gonzaga as hosts for the first two rounds in 2011 are Auburn, Baylor, Connecticut, Duke, Louisiana Tech, Maryland, New Mexico, Ohio State, Penn State, Stanford, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wichita State, and Xavier.

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Miscellaneous

ACC on YouTube: The Atlantic Coast Conference has launched a YouTube channel to give fans the opportunity to view web-exclusive content produced by the ACC and its partners.

The new YouTube channel can be accessed at: www.youtube.com/theACCsport.

Exclusive content that currently be found on the ACCsport YouTube channel includes: This Week in ACC Football, ACC All-Access Features, ACC Public Service Announcements, ACC Advertising Promos and The 12 Days of ACC Football. Basketball-related content will begin to be incorporated soon after the season begins.

Women's soccer

Boston College 1, Duke 0: Amy Caldwell scored her third goal of the season off a rebound in the 25th minute, and sixth-ranked Boston College made it stand up to beat visiting Duke.

With the loss, the Blue Devils drop to 7-4-4 overall and 3-4-2 in the ACC, while the Eagles improved to 14-2-1, 6-2-1.

N.C. State 2, Francis Marion 0: Senior midfielders Kendall Irby and Chantalle Dugas scored first-half goals to lead the host Wolfpack to a nonconference victory.

State (8-8-2) will host Duke at 1 p.m. Sunday in its regular-season finale.

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