Duke associate head coach Johnny Dawkins has accepted the head coaching job at Stanford, multiple sources told ESPN.com.
Dawkins just completed his 11th season on the bench with his college coach, Mike Krzyzewski. Dawkins was in the mix for the Georgetown opening a few years ago when the Hoyas hired John Thompson III and is in charge of player development for the U.S. Olympic team coached by Krzyzewski.
Dawkins will succeed Trent Johnson, who abruptly left for LSU after leading the Cardinal to the Sweet 16. He inherts a team that will lose the Lopez twins, Brook and Robin, to the NBA draft, but will return its primary perimeter players in Mitch Johnson, Lawrence Hill and Anthony Goods, who will all be seniors next season.
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ok, seriously, thats not all I have to say. King was/is a great shooter, unfortunately IMO, he never cautioned on the side of error. He was/is quick to pull the trigger even if he’s in no rhythm what-so-ever. There was no place behind the numerous shooting gaurds Duke has. uuummm, did we mention that we’re looking for someone inside yet??
Duke lost to West Virginia 73-67 in the second round of this year’s NCAA’s. The one thing that Duke needed the most hurt the team in advancing further in the tourney. Without a true post player Duke kept on getting manhandled in the paint. This weakness showed in their near loss to Belmont.
Team Captain DeMarcus Nelson was a no show for Duke this tournament he was a combined 3-17 shooting for the two games he also turned the ball over 6 times in the two games. Nelson may have been the captain, but he did not lead very well as you can all see by his numbers.
Coach K gave his all for this team, battling the flu yet still showing up to coach. Bravo Coach K! Next year we expect you to give just as much as you gave for these two games. We all love you!
Bless You Coach K.
Duke held on and beat a feisty team from Belmont with the final score being 71-70. Belmont challenged Duke throughout the entire game never giving an inch to Duke. To make things worse for Duke Coach K was battling the flu on the sidelines yet he kept on coaching this team to it’s first win for 2008 NCAA Tournament. Now Duke is on to the second round.
Duke lost 78-74 to Clemson and the right to the finals in the ACC Tournament. Duke just shot around 25% from the three point line killing any chance of advancing. Singler and Scheyer both forgot to show up for the game Singler was 1-9 and 0-5 from the three point line. Scheyer shot 3-11 and 2-6 from the three point line. Without these two players adding their shots to the team Duke failed to beat Clemson for the first time in a very long time.
Now Duke has to wait for the NCAA Selection Committee to see where they are going to end up and what seed. They will find this out Sunday.
Duke beat Georgia Tech in their first game of the ACC Tournment 82-70. The Blue Devils looked like they were going to run away with this one after a strong first half, but the Yellow Jackets came on strong in the second half. The Yellow Jackets came as close as 2 points from tying the Blue Devils when the Blue Devils put the game away. Duke cannot play this way in their next game, they need to get a killer instinct and put the next team away instead of letting them back into the game as they did with Georgia Tech.
As much as it pains me to even make this post, I must move forward.
Here’s my take:
Although somewhat irrelevant, that was a pretty pathetic no call on Hansbrough on Scheyer late in the game. Sorry UNC readers, that was foul considering all the calls you guys got in the first half.
Enough of the crying. I’m sure I’ll get to whine a bit more on Monday at work.
Why we lost:
Duke has never shown the physical toughness on defense as long as I’ve been a fan. Thats over 26+ years. What am I talking about? Hell, even in my high school games you Never, and I mean Never let a team come into your house and dunk on you. The dunk by “whomever-it-was” over Paulus is exactly what I’m talking about. Who the hell lets someone dunk on them in such an important game? Duke, thats who. I was taught to go up hard and block the shot. If you fouled oh well, but hell at least made an attempt to stop someone from bullying you around in your gym. You at the very least sent the message that if try that shit again, you’re going down even harder. Duke’s never shown that to me. They don’t protect their turf or their own for that matter. Once I saw that dunk I knew it was over.
Where the hell was Henderson again? He’s my biggest let down on the Devil roster this year. Dribbling it into the hands of Lawson was pretty laughable.
Scheyer should be the sixth man of the year. He shows heart, skill, and tenacity 24/7 when he’s in the game.
Well here’s to looking forward to the tie breaker in the ACC Tourney.
Duke beat Virginia 86-70 at Virginia in a tuneup for the big game at home against UNC.
Well, its begun already. The chit chat that makes UNC/Duke rivalries so much fun. Just today the smack talking has begun at my office. I didn’t even instigate it as one might think because Duke won the last game. Instead UNC is looking to take revenge on their loss to the Devils and ruin a senior night.
I’m actually scared this time around. Duke’s not playing the ball they’re capable of playing and their shots haven’t been falling from afar. In order to beat this UNC team they need all cylinders turning. Not only is this a big rivalry but alot is on the line. ACC and NCAA spots are important.
I think this week I’ll be tuning into 610 am (here in Charlotte) to listen to the Mac Attack to find out whats on the minds of those foes we call “heels”.
In a nailbiter Duke beats NC State 87-86. Duke struggled on the free throw line again. Duke needs to start improving on the free throw line or their trip to the NCAA’s will be short.
In the mean time Coach K has earned his 800th victory. WTG Coach K!!!