DURHAM, N.C. – Duke head football coach David Cutcliffe will be honored by the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday evening as the NHL organization celebrates College Night against the Boston Bruins.

Game time is set for 7 p.m. at the RBC Center, and the first 10,000 fans in attendance will receive an Eric Stall Figurine.

Tickets for students will be $25 for Lower Level and $15 for Upper Level tickets.

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DURHAM, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the 2008 Men’s Basketball Tournament legends on Monday with former Blue Devil Mike Gminski among 12 named.

Gminski is one of only 23 players in ACC history to have been named first-team All-ACC three times (1978-80). He was a second-team All-America in 1978 and 1980 and earned consensus All-America honors in 1979.

As a freshman he averaged 15.3 points and 10.7 rebounds to earn Co-ACC Rookie of the Year. In his sophomore season he averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds per game while leading Duke to the ACC Championship and National Championship game. He was the ACC Player of the Year as a junior. He ranks fourth on Duke’s all-time scoring list with 2,323 points, second with 1,242 rebounds and second with 345 blocked shots.

He is also the only three-time Academic All-America in Duke history and was a three-time member of the ACC’s All-Academic Basketball team from 1978-80.

Gminski went on to the NBA where he was selected in the first round of the 1980 draft by the New Jersey Nets. He played 14 seasons of professional basketball with New Jersey, Philadelphia, Charlotte and Milwaukee. He currently is a Fox Sports college basketball analyst for Sunday’s ACC telecasts.

  G-Man is pictured here with Kenny Dennard

The Legends will be honored at the 55th Annual Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament this March 13-16 in Charlotte, NC. The Legends will be honored at the Annual ACC Legend’s Brunch and will also be presented to the ACC Tournament crowd at the Bobcats Arena at halftime of the first semifinal game on March 15, which will have a 1:30 pm tipoff.

Greer honored too  as was Waner at halftime of the Duke-Maryland game for being a 1000 point scorer in her career.

         Greer              Waner

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - All five starters fouled out for the first time in school history as the second-ranked Duke Blue Devils lost just their second game of the season in a 86-73 loss against Wake Forest here at Lawrence Joel Coliseum Sunday night.

The Blue Devils fall to 22-2 on the season and still remain atop the ACC standings with a 10-1 league record while the Demon Deacons improve to 16-8 overall and 6-5 in the league.

It marked the fifth time in Duke history that five players have fouled out, but the first time it was all five starters.  Duke had five players foul out at Maryland on Feb. 12, 2005, and here at Wake Forest on Feb. 13, 2003, under Coach K and twice against North Carolina in the 1950s and '60s. 

All five Blue Devil Starters foul out in a game they hope will be a learning experience

Nolan Smith led the way for Duke off the bench with 21 points and he was the Blue Devils go-to player down the stretch.  He connected on 8-of-12 from the field and had a pair of three-pointers.  DeMarcus Nelson scored 15 of his 18 points in the first half while Kyle Singler scored 17 points for the Blue Devils.

Smith scored the Blue Devils final seven points after the final media timeout as the Blue Devils pulled within six at 76-70 with 2:36 remaining and again at 78-72 with 1:48 left, both off of lay-ups from Smith.  Duke then had a pair of misses and six straight free throws from the Demon Deacons put the game into double digits at 84-72. 

Wake Forest started strong out of the gate, connecting on four quick three-pointers and storming out to a 19-12 lead just over six minutes in.  The Blue Devils were giving up less than four threes per game in ACC play.  Duke chipped away at the lead and a Nelson lay-up with 9:13 remaining in the first half gave Duke its first lead at 25-24.  The teams played the remainder of the first half close with neither team getting more than a four point lead until Jamie Skeen's tip-in as the first half clock expired, giving the Deacs a 47-42 lead at the break.

After L.D. Williams had a monster dunk and three pointer on back-to-back possessions, Wake Forest opened up a 52-44 lead just three minute into the second half.  Duke responeded with an 11-0 run over the next three minutes to go up 55-52.  A Smith three and Singler layup gave Duke a 60-55 lead at the 11:22 mark but the Blue Devils wouldn't hit another field goal for more than seven minutes and were outscored 17-3 during that run.  Greg Paulus hit a three-pointer to pull Duke within six at 72-66 before Smith's final seven points.

Duke will look to rebound when it travels to Coral Gables, Fla., to take on the Miami Hurricanes Wednesday night in a 9 p.m. tipoff on the ACC's TV package from RAYCOM.  Duke then returns home for the final non-conference game of the year as St. John's travel to Cameron Indoor Stadium next Saturday at 4 p.m. on CBS.

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