No. 15 Belmont Falls Short Of Upset Of No. 2 Duke - ESPN Video

NCAA Pants Party: Duke Vs. Belmont [NCAA Tournament Previews]
deadspin.com 3/18/2008 — Duke Blue Devils (27-5) vs. Belmont Bruins (25-8) When: Thursday Where: Washington, D.C. DUKE BLUE DEVILS 1. It's Pronounced "SHY-er fah-SAY." Photos of it are center (and roommate) Brian Zoubek's desktop background. "Weird," says guard Gerald Henderson. "It's just weird." They're referring, of course, to the infamous (Jon) Scheyer Face, found on the mug of Duke's sixth man. Judging ...

CBS Coverage Maps For Thursday Found
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 3/19/2008 — I've been searching for this for the past day or so, and thanks to reader KS they've been found. Here are the links to the coverage maps for Thursday's opening round games of the Tournament.... Window #1 Window #2 Window #3 Window #4 I'm ...

This Is Why Duke Sucks...Part 1 & 2
steady-burn.blogspot.com 3/20/2008 — Both brilliant videos from Peter Rosenberg's This is Why Duke Sucks collection...Go Belmont!

So Close Duke, So Close......Belmont had you!
thesporthump.com 3/21/2008 — Hating Duke is one of the least original stances in all of sports fandom. Probably because it's one of the most satisfying. Maybe if Dick Vitale, Billy Packer, and Jay Bilas died in a fiery car wreck and half of the Duke student body succumbed to a deadly outbreak of an ebola-avian bird flu hybrid, the schadenfreude would be satisfying enough to hate the basketball team a little less

Duke Escapes Upset, Edges Belmont 71-70 — Slam Dunk Central

Thursday’s match-up pitting #2 Duke and #15 Belmont was your classic David vs. Goliath-type of game; Duke has won 3 NCAA titles, while Belmont has never won a tournament game in their history. In this tilt, Goliath barely prevailed, as Duke escaped with a narrow 71-70 victory over Belmont in the NCAA West regional at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Duke’s high scorer was ...

So Close Belmont! — Juiced Sports Blog*: Writing Enhanced by Flaxseed Oil

Belmont falls to Duke in one dandy of a game SCOTT JACOBS In a tournament chalk full of nothing so far, Belmont finally gave us a show. The 15 seed from Tennessee hung neck and neck with Duke all the way to the end, even leading by a point with under 20 seconds to go. But they couldn’t hold on, and the dream dies with that. You have to give Belmont a lot of credit. They played one ...

Gerald Henderson Saves Duke's Season; Leads Devils Over Belmont — FanHouse

Again, as I said a few days ago , the Belmont-Duke game was going to be better than most people figured. And, boy, it was! Belmont had a one point lead until Gerald Henderson rebounded a miss, took it the length of the floor, and scored a game winning layup with :13 remaining. A last second heave by Belmont went wide left and the Blue Devils escaped with a win. Duke needed somebody to step up ...

Neary Madness in March: Duke Survives — The Big Lead

No. 15 Belmont 70 No. 2 Duke 71 This certainly qualified as madness. Should there be an asterisk because Coach K was ill? Gerald Henderson went coast-to-coast for a layup with 11 seconds left, and then Belmont’s gusty guard, Justin Hare threw up an airball, but the Bruins got it back on jump ball. Then Belmont foolishly threw away the inbounds pass, much to the chagrin of 95 ...

Belmont Is Backdooring Duke to Death — FanHouse

I earlier told you that Belmont and Duke would be exciting . So far, it has been. Heading into halftime, the Belmont Bruins are hanging tough and trailing the Blue Devils by just 7 points. Belmont's deep shooting is what they are known for but it is another play that is killing Duke: the backdoor. Belmont is going old school and running backdoor cuts on the Blue Devils. With Duke fighting ...

Get to Know Belmont: Player & Coach Q&A — College Basketball by Collegehoops.net

Live from Washington DC, CHN's Jon Teitel is covering the NCAA Tournament pod featuring Xavier/Georgia, Baylor/Purdue, West Virginia/Arizona, and Belmont/Duke. He'll be checking in periodically with player & coach interviews as well as news updates from the Verizon Center. Tonight, Jon brings us an interview with two Belmont players and their head coach Rick Byrd: ...

Reason to Get DirecTV's Mega March Madness: Duke vs Belmont — FanHouse

DirecTV's Mega March Madness is a service where subscribers can watch all out of region NCAA tournament games. There will be some great matchups during the first round of the NCAA tournament, but none may be more exciting that Duke vs Belmont. Yes, I said that. Duke is third in the nation in scoring at 84.1 points per game. Belmont is 16th at just over 80.1 ppg. Belmont leads ...

Duke’s March to Madness (the Blue Devils Barely Escape Belmont) — Sports On My Mind

C an we stop with the “ACC is the toughest conference in the nation” nonsense? Can we throw the conference and team “Ratings Percentage Index” nonsense out the window, please ? Belmont, “RPI” 79, took #2-seed in the West Region, Duke and its gaudy RPI of 6 to the brink of extinction. This was a first round matchup that wasn’t even discussed by the ...

Slam Dunk Central NCAA Presents: Coach Krzyzewski Talks After Duke’s Win Over Belmont — Slam Dunk Central

Mr. Jared Goes To Washington — College Basketball by Collegehoops.net

What a day! We just returned from Washington, DC after attending the first day of the Western Regional. I'll tell you...the excitment in the Duke-Belmont game was something else! I picked Duke to win, but found my loyalties shifted after a trash talk bet I placed with my wife. This is a true story and I have tons of witnesses to back this up. I said this morning that Belmont would lose to ...

Thursday, March 20th: Update #3 — Rush The Court

This is going to be a brief update because we realize listing the scores is kind of useless since you’re already on the Internet. We’ll just give you a little commentary and offer some more thoughts in the morning. - The big story of the night was Belmont’s nearly historic near-upset of Duke. The amazing thing is that Belmont didn’t even have a player going off or a ...

Let's Go Belmont Clap Clap Clap-Clap-Clap — The Sporting Blog

Hey, look a Duke fan. The only Duke fan, I can see, who has the cojones not only to wear a Duke shirt, but to demonstrably root like mad for Duke in front of other people in public in a sportsbook that, in the second half, turned into a rabidly partisan pro-Belmont crowd. LET'S GO BEL-MONT! CLAP-CLAP CLAP-CLAP-CLAP LET'S GOT BEL-MONT! CLAP-CLAP CLAP-CLAP-CLAP And what did ...

Quick Evening Recap: Belmont Comes Close, Mayo Fizzles Out — College Basketball by Collegehoops.net

A quick review of the evening action on Day One of the NCAA Tournament: (2) Duke 71 - (15) Belmont 70 One last basket away from being one of the biggest (if not the biggest) upset in NCAA Tournament history. The Blue Devils were outplayed and Coach K was outcoached the entire game. With the exception of Belmont's unfortunately horrible in-bounds play with 5 seconds left, the Bruins never ...

Belmont, Making Teasing Us Until the End — College Hoops Journal

Damn you, Belmont! What a game that was. Coach K looked as worried as I’ve ever seen him throughout that one, too. I hope you felt like me: Duke losing to a 15-seed is so much more pleasurable than winning a pool. I’ll have a full update after all of the late games. (Just caught Larrenega’s pregame speech, that’ll be up later, too.)

15 SEED BELMONT BRUINS MAKING A RUN AT 2 SEED DUKE BLUE DEVILS — Rocky Top Talk

Update [2008-3-20 23:0:11 by Joel]: It's over. Belmont made one key mistake, turning the ball over on an in-bounds play, and still had a chance from half-court. They just missed the upset of the Tourney. There's about 12:00 left, and Belmont's only down four.

Belmont making CBS honchos look smart — Sports stories from Newsday

As Cornell's NCAA hopes sank slowly in the West - actually, sank quickly in the West - I found time to ignore the game and informally discuss with CBS types their decision to show Duke vs. Belmont in New York and many other places rather than Kansas State vs. USC. This was controversial in some quarters because many hard-core hoops fans wanted to see Michael Beasley face O.J. Mayo. ...

Kobe x Duke — Dime Magazine

When the Duke Blue Devils step on the court tonight for its opening game of the men’s NCAA Tournament against Belmont, the Blue Devils will be rocking Kobe Bryant’s signature kicks - the Zoom Kobe III. These special edition sneakers were designed specifically for Duke as a call out to Kobe’s admiration for Coach K. Coach [...]

Br-ACC-ketology: What is the Goal for the ACC Teams in the NCAA Tournament — FanHouse

There are four ACC teams playing in the NCAA tournament -- North Carolina, Duke, Clemson and Miami. Duke begins the conference's participation in the dance Thursday against Belmont (the rest play on Friday). Obviously, the ultimate goal for each school is to win the National Championship ... but what is each team's success point? I mean, where is the line that would determine this year as ...

West Region: Belmont (15) vs. Duke (2) — Sports Handicapping

The Belmont Bruins actually get a preferable matchup in the Duke Blue Devils in the first round of the West Region. The Atlantic Sun champs are small, but can fire the three-ball, but face a Duke team that can't punish them upfront with size. It's an interesting battle Thursday when they hit the floor at Verizon Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Devils listed as 20-point favorites ...

Live From DC: Interview w/ Duke's Greg Paulus — College Basketball by Collegehoops.net

Live from Washington DC, CHN's Jon Teitel is covering the NCAA Tournament pod featuring Xavier/Georgia, Baylor/Purdue, West Virginia/Arizona, and Belmont/Duke. He'll be checking in periodically with player & coach interviews as well as news updates from the Verizon Center. This evening, he returns within an interview from Duke starting point guard Greg Paulus : ...

Belmont spooks Duke, but can't complete upset — ESPN.com - College Basketball
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West Region: Duke Escapes, but Is Exposed by Belmont — NYT > College Basketball
Belmont came tantalizingly close to stunning second-seeded Duke, carving out a place in N.C.A.A. tournament history as “the team that almost did it.”

Duke narrowly avoids Belmont's upset bid (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops News
Mighty, mighty Duke let teeny, tiny Belmont play with the big boys. And, for stretches, get the better of them. No. 2-seeded Duke actually trailed in the final 15 seconds before barely avoiding the monumental upset, using every last one of ...

West Region: Duke Barely Gets Past Belmont — NYT > College Basketball
Mighty, mighty Duke squeezed by teeny, tiny Belmont, 71 — 70.

Belmont Upset Falls Short — Bleacher Report - College Basketball
In a day which has yet to see an upset the 15th seeded Belmont Bruins almost pulled off an epic one versus the second seeded Duke Blue Devils. Belmont clung to a 71-69 lead over Dukewith less than 15 seconds remaining. Ricky Byrd's ...

Duke survives first-round scare from Belmont — FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Belmont gave Duke all it could handle, but Gerald Henderson made sure Coach K didn't lose another first-round game.

LIVE: Belmont giving Duke all it can handle — FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL
After the favorites went unchallenged early, one finds itself in the fight of its life. Belmont is taking Duke down to the wire (LIVE).

'Happy to be here': Belmont not exactly predicting an upset of Duke — Latest Sporting News Articles for College Basketball
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Next up on the Belmont Bruins' tour of top college basketball programs: Duke....