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SPORTSWRAP Editor: Nick Martin Managing Editor: Ryan Hoerger Blog Editor: Amrith Ramkumar Photo Editor: Brianna Siracuse Senior Associate Editors: Daniel Carp, Matthew Pun Associate Editors: Bobby Colton, Zac Elder, Delaney King, Karl Kingma, Vaishnavi Krishnan Danielle Lazarus, Brian Pollack, Alex Serebransky, Jay Sullivan, Ali Wells Staff Writers: Olivia Banks, Maddie Carrington, Grant Costa, Helen Liljenwall, Kate Pantano, Josh Rosen Special thanks to Chronicle Editor Carleigh Stiehm, Photo Editor Darbi Griffith, Ryan Hoerger, Amrith Ramkumar and Brian Pollack.

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Duke lacrosse has won two consecutive NCAA titles but the time for celebration is over, as head coach John Danowski is already planning out how to add a fourth trophy to the Blue Devil trophy case.

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The Chronicle profiles sixtime National Coach of the Year Dan Brooks following his Blue Devils comeback national title victory against USC.

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After winning the ACC Coastal Division and appearing in a primetime bowl game, we review—and preview—the football team’s newest recruits.

7 With the top-ranked incoming recruiting class in the nation, we take a look at how Duke’s men’s basketball team will fare this coming season.

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The Chronicle sits down for a 1-on-1 interview with men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski about how the World Cup will inspire Team USA. Also, the tale of how Dr. Miguel Nicolelis’ world-famous exoskeleton that performed the Opening Kick at this year’s World Cup came to be.

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Duke baseball head coach Chris Pollard has paid attention to the resurgance of the football program and, judging by the looks of his team, it paid off.

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Women’s golf National Player of the Year Celine Boutier participated in her first U.S. Open.

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Senior Daniel Carp reflects on what it means to be entering his final year of ‘eligibility.’ Also, a quick look at where Jabari Parker and Rodney Hood landed in the NBA Draft.

When I sat down with Athletic Director Kevin White a month ago, I was prepeared to ask questions about how great this year was, how he planned to top it next year and so on.

But as I asked my questions, I began to see something I had not expected—disappointment. He spoke of the near-misses countless teams and individuals had this past season. Of course, he gushed over the two national championships.

But it was clear he wanted more.

“This was a good year,” he said. “I think we’ve got our sights set on 2014-15 to be that historic year. I think next year can be an, ‘Oh my God,’ year.”

That’s right. 2013, a year in which women’s golf and men’s lacrosse won national titles, volleyball and football—football!— won the ACC (Coastal), women’s tennis went 27-5, men’s tennis won nine-straight matches sans its best player, Juliet Bottorff broke a 28-year old track record and Jabari Parker, aka Melo 2.0, dropped 19.1 points per game was a “good year.”

As someone who will be following these teams closer than 99.9 percent of the regular world for the next 10 months, that’s exciting.

And as Duke fans, you should be thrilled to see these teams. And I’m not just referring to Jahlil and Co. (I’m still not sure people understand that men’s lacrosse is a title away from being a full-fledged dynasty.)

So enjoy the 32nd edition of sportwrap and prepare—if you can—to witness an “oh my God” kind of year.

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THIRD TIME’S A CHARM After winning its second consecutive national title, Duke lacrosse is already back at it, looking for a third.

by Nick Martin THE CHRONICLE

Just weeks after winning their second consecutive national title and third in the past five years, the Blue Devils are trying to stay focused and disciplined in pursuit of the rare three-peat.

Three-peat. Just the word brings forth images of Jordan’s Bulls, Kobe’s Lakers and the late-90’s Yankees. Fans love to focus on these teams and talk about their greatness. But to those actively trying to accomplish the feat, that’s all any outside talk is—talk.

Duke head coach John Danowski has reiterated throughout his teams’ backto-back NCAA championship runs that all the talk of dynasties and three-peats is for those not focused on the day-today actions that lead to the three national titles in five years Danowski’s Blue Devils have captured. But it is hard to ignore the fact that, after holding off Notre Dame to take this year’s championship, Duke is one more impressive season away from the rare three-peat.

But Duke will have to go for it without the player that has been its biggest offensive threat for the past four years, as attack Jordan Wolf concluded his collegiate career following his graduation and the end of the NCAA tournament.

“You miss everyone. But college is you get your four years, you get your opportunity, then it’s someone else’s turn,” Danowski said. “And Jordan, it was really fun watching him grow up over the four years. Not only [did he] become a better player, but a better leader as a senior.”

The men behind the titles Although Duke will certainly miss Wolf, its offense will be left in good hands. Much was made during the season of the success of then-sophomore midfielders Deemer Class and Myles Jones, and rightfully so, as the the duo combined for 75 goals and 128 points this past season. But what may have not been as reported was the coaching that facilitated that level of success.

Danowski’s staff has a spread of experience, ranging from Danowski’s 32 years on the job to his son and former Duke standout Matt Danowski’s two. Ben DeLuca is the newest to the cohort, joining the Blue Devils as a volunteer assistant coach this past February. Ron Caputo goes back the furthest with Danowski coaching-wise, as the two began working together in 2004 at Hofstra.

The staff may not have been together for the longest time, but the group gelled this season as it went on its second

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Duke head coach John Danowski has led his squad to back-to-back national titles, as the Blue Devils have been national champions the past three-out-of-five years. consecutive title run, largely because of the faith Danowski has in his assistants.

With all three excelling at coaching the players in their specialized areas, it allows the laissez-faire approach to work, making Danowski’s job less stressful and, ultimately, more fun.

“The nice part about what we became this year as a staff is that we really work well together,” Danowski said.

“I give our assistants a lot of freedom

to work with their guys. Coach Caputo and I have been together since Hofstra in 2004, with the exception of one year away where he stayed at Hofstra… And then Matt is growing as a coach. And Ben DeLuca, to come in cold, not really knowing our system [was tough], but coaching is coaching. He was able to fit in seamlessly. We had fun together. We like each other. We have fun coaching.

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Basking in the glory “Next man up”, “focus on the next game” and “not concerned with last season” were all terms Danowski said on a weekly basis when asked about injuries or the connection between the back-to-back championship runs.

It’s classic coaching rhetoric used throughout the profession and highlights the intense focus Danowski and his counterparts have while in the midst of hunting a title.

But underneath all the cliches and intense focus on the upcoming opponent, Danowski fully comprehends how special his Blue Devil teams are. All it took was a bus ride home to let it sink in.

“There is a euphoria that does exist,” he said. “The bus ride home is really special. It’s surreal, you’re pinching yourself because you know how difficult it is to accomplish this kind of feat. You look around, you see the smiles on the trainer, the equipment manager and the strength coach and you know how everybody feels.”

After a couple of weeks, Danowski says the euphoria begins to fade and the excitement of the upcoming season sets in and it’s back to square one.

“You do start thinking about next year and the challenges that next year brings,” Danowski said. “Then, all of a sudden, there’s this new excitement that kind of takes place of this euphoria that says... ‘How far can this team go? How quickly can seniors develop and who are the seniors? Who are the freshman coming in and what roles are they going to play?’”

Keeping things in perspective Prior to this year’s championship victory, a back-toback title run had been accomplished just seven times.

What’s more, the rare three-peat has only occurred twice, both by legendary programs and coaches. Henry Ciccarone’s John’s Hopkins squads dominated from 1978-1980 and Bill Tierney’s Princeton team held the title from 1996-1998. Roy Simmons Jr.’s Syracuse teams lost just one game between 1988-1990, but its 1990 trophy was vacated after the NCAA discovered it had used an ineligible player.

And despite the fact that his team is one title away from joining those renowned programs in the record books, Danowski will not let his team listen to the talk of his program being in the early stages of becoming a dynasty. Because even though the foundation is certainly there—three national titles in the past five years is tough to overlook—he maintains that his squad has to keep everything in perspective because of the sheer difficulty of the men’s lacrosse landscape each year.

“That’s just outside talk. It’s so difficult [to make the playoffs],” Danowski said. “Watch any sport. I mean, you marvel right now at the the San Antonio Spurs and their consistency. Tim Duncan, they’ve made the playoffs every year he’s been in the pros. That’s phenomenal. So you have that kind of mentality where you realize how difficult it is to repeat.

How difficult it is to make the playoffs in sports.”

And just as the Spurs seem to find a gem in the NBA Draft each year, Danowski and his crew do their best each offseason to find the best fits for the Blue Devils. The incoming Class of 2014 features no shortage of high school success. James Riley, an incoming defender from Mendota Heights, Minn., was named the Minnesota Player of the Year, and midfielder David Gill and attack Mitchell Russell both claimed state championships in New Jersey and South Carolina, respectively.

“As a group, we’re very happy with the fact that every man had an outstanding senior year,” Danowski said. “We’re very curious to see how quickly they can pick things up. My suspicion is that we’re going to get a lot of run out of this class.”

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WOMEN’S GOLF

Brooks brings out the best when it matters most Dan Brooks has won six national titles by giving his golfers the drive—and space—they needed.

by Amrith Ramkumar THE CHRONICLE

Last year, Duke finished second at the NCAA Championship, losing to Southern California by a whopping 21 strokes.

This year, after taking a six-stroke lead into the final round, the Blue Devils found themselves trailing an almost identical Trojan squad with just nine holes left in the tournament.

That’s when head coach Dan Brooks stepped in.

“The fact that [Southern California] had come back and had us by three or four shots at the turn, had the momentum and had played the difficult holes—that didn’t look very good for Duke,” Brooks said. “We needed to counter [Southern California’s momentum] and get some sort of rally going.

[Assistant coach Jeanne Cho] and I just went to each player and tried to get [more] energy going and even talked to the Duke fans to get them to make a little noise.”

The small move Brooks made was just one of the many that have defined

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Blue Devil head coach Dan Brooks and his team came from behind on the back nine to claim Duke athletics’ second national championship of the year and the sixth of Brooks’ career. his historic career, as Duke went on to make 13 birdies on the back nine as a team and win by two strokes, giving the Oregon native his sixth national title in the last 15 years.

The six championships Brooks has earned for the Blue Devil women’s golf program are the most of any Duke athletic program, and his 18 ACC Championships and 119 tournament victories make him the winningest coach in the

sport.

The 30-year veteran uses a very basic characteristic to evaluate each of his squads.

“I’m [always] looking for heart,” Brooks said. “If you’ve got the passion, you’ll find out if your talent is as good as other people’s talent. Southern California was so good this year, and, for us to have a chance to beat them, we needed to be a team. We needed to

have a lot coming from the belly, and a lot came from the belly with this team.

That’s how we were able to [win].”

A defining aspect of Brooks’ coaching style is the independence and freedom he gives his players, regardless of their prowess.

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Cutcliffe furthers foundation with Classes of 2014, 2015 After consecutive bowl appearances, Duke is making a splash in the world of recruiting.

by Brian Mazur THE CHRONICLE

The future of Duke football is riding on the signatures and verbal commitments from some of the nation’s most talented players, some of whom have not even graduated high school.

And the future is bright.

The Blue Devils declared their re-entrance into the football world in 2013 after a 10-2 season and an appearance in the nationally-televised Chick-Fil-A Bowl. Despite the team’s success, a blowout loss to eventual national champion Florida State showed that Duke football lagged behind the nation’s best in terms of talent.

But what might have been more important was head coach David Cutcliffe’s demonstration in February that the Blue Devil’s winning ways would translate into success on the recruiting trail. Cutcliffe and his staff reeled in a quartet of four-star recruits that included ESPN300 wide receiver Trevon Lee. According to ESPN, the last time Duke signed a four-star recruit was punter Will Monday in 2011. The Blue Devils had never signed an ESPN300 recruit

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stirs interest.”

The interest has began to flow outward from the state of North Carolina, which has traditionally been the Blue Devils’ strongest territory for recruiting.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

THE FUTURE IS NOW Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s Class of 2014 is being heralded as the greatest class of his career.

by Ryan Hoerger THE CHRONICLE

The departures of Jabari Parker and Rodney Hood for the NBA left a large hole in Duke’s roster, but also a very temporary one. Exit Parker and Hood, enter seven gold medals for Team USA, two high school state championships and four McDonald’s All-Americans.

As the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class descends upon Durham, with it come lofty expectations. The quartet of center Jahlil Okafor, point guard Tyus Jones, small forward Justise Winslow and shooting guard Grayson Allen—all of whom are ranked in the top 25 in the ESPN 100—are already drawing praise as the best freshman class of head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s career.

For his part, Krzyzewski acknowleedges ed ges the talent of the

group, comparing it to the recruiting classes that helped put Duke on the map in the early 1980s because of the need for instant impact. The Blue Devils return just 39 percent of their offense from last year’s team, which was upset by No. 14-seed Mercer in the opening round off the NCAA tournament.

“It’s an outstanding class.

What it turns into will determine what people say, whether it’s the best or one of the top two or whatever,” Krzyzewski said. “To me, because of how things change so quickly with people going early, it reminds me a little bit of [Johnny] Dawkins, [Tommy] Amaker, [David] Henderson, [Jay] Bilas. Those guys came in early in my career because they came into a group that needed an infusion of talent right away. In other words, we only have 10 scholarship players [for 2014-15]. So 40 percent of the team are freshmen, so it’s not only a good class, but one of the more important classes that we’ve had. That combination makes it incredibly intriguing to see how they develop.” develop.

Only three Blue Devils return from consistently last year’s team who consistentl logged double-digits

minutes in senior Quinn SulaiCook and juniors Rasheed Sula mon and Amile Jefferson.

Parker In addition to replacing Parke and Hood, Duke must also absorb tthee losses of sharpshooter Andr th Andre Dawkins D Da wkins and role players in team ccaptains ca ptains Tyler Thornton and Josh Hairston.

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Tyus Jones, the top-ranked point guard in the Class of 2014, announced his decision to come to Duke alongside the No. 1 overall recruit, center Jahlil Okafor. eran presence, so it will be important for Cook, Sulaimon, and Jefferson to play at a consistently high level. But, just as they learned to adjust from Mason Plumlee and Ryan Kelly to Parker and Hood, they’ll now need to learn how to play with Okafor, Jones, Winslow and Allen.

“We have a new team every year. So continuity is very difficult for us. The two times in the past five years we’ve had

continuity, we’ve either won a national championship or were close. The third year where we had continuity and newness combine, Kyrie [Irving] got hurt,” Krzyzewski said. “This should be like a whole new team and its own team. It has to develop its identity quickly and the togetherness that a team needs real fast See M. BASKETBALL, page 9

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region that had previously produced record-setting receiving duo Connor Vernon and Donovan Varner has now transformed into a steady flow of solid football players to Durham.

Four players, wide receivers Trevon Lee, Chris Taylor, quarterback Nicodem Pierre and defensive lineman Edgar Cerenord will represent the sunshine state in Duke’s incoming recruiting class. Even with a number of attractive in-state options, the Blue Devils clearly separated themselves from the competition.

As Duke has become an option for some of the nation’s top football players, its competition has changed from traditional recruiting foes Wake Forest, Vanderbilt and Virginia to perennial powers like Clemson, Notre Dame and even Alabama.

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He knows he can identify people, top-ranked or not ranked, that can excel on and off the field.

“We’re not in a business where we can go seek people that aren’t talented,” Cutcliffe said. “But then, after that, they’ve got to be fits. They’ve got to be our kind of people, not just in the classroom but also offthe-field.”

During the past month, Cutcliffe has not only sought talented recruits, but has successfully lured them into his program. In the month of June alone, he has received verbal commitments from seven threestar prospects, according to 247sports.com. He already has a total of 12 verbal commitments, only six fewer than he signed to the Class of 2014 this past February.

There are indicators that the class could get much better. Four-star recruit Rashad Roundtree delayed announcing his top five schools earlier this month, but assured a Georgia television station that Duke would be on it.

When Roundtree did announce the top five schools he was considering, the Blue Devils appeared next to Georgia, Auburn, Alabama and Ohio State. Although it is likely that Roundtree will stay in his home state and become a Bulldog, it is notable that he considers Duke a viable option at the next level. “[The recent success] opens up more doors, more people,” Cutcliffe said. “I think people understand who we are, what we’re doing. I’ve never paid attention to the number of stars by a guy. If they have five stars, that doesn’t mean I’m not going to recruit them.

What it means is we make our own evaluation and look at talent, it all starts there.”

Despite the rise in interest from the nation’s top recruits, players who flew under the radar in high school have made the biggest impact on the program during the past five years.

All-ACC and now Buffalo Bills defensive back Ross Cockrell was only recruited by one other FBS team, Virginia. Jamison Crowder, now considered one of the top 10 receivers in the nation, was the 1,203rd best prospect in 2011 according to 247sports.

All-American defensive back DeVon Edwards only had one FBS offer—it was from the Blue Devils.

The incoming class of 2014 will combine some of the nation’s most talented players in Lee, Pierre and Lloyd with fifteen other recruits that will put Duke in a position to sustain its recent success. The class could even have the best chance to lead the Blue Devils to an ACC Championship victory and a bid to the new college football playoff.

And although the exact impact of the incoming class may not be known, Cutcliffe has a good feeling about the team’s newest members.

“The transition to freshman, you don’t know until you deeply get involved in [the program],” Cutcliffe said. “Sometimes even the first year is not an indicator.

Some will play, some will redshirt. That is not an indicator of who is going to succeed. We feel good about the class and I think they’re outstanding young people.”

Expect to see Duke continue to sell its program, a blend of top-notch academics and a winning mentality, to a higher quantity and better quality of recruits in the upcoming years. Even if Cutcliffe’s team does not match last season’s win total, the foundation for a powerhouse football program has been set.

Staunch recruiting helped build this foundation, but now we are seeing the state of the program give recruiting a boost.

“All while [the incoming class] is coming, we are having these camps and we are actively recruiting,” Cutcliffe said. “That’s one of the beauties of what we do.

A lifeblood of the program is just constantly talking.

Whether are dealing with guys that may enter in here in 2015. We are already dealing with guys that may enter in here in 2016. “We’re just getting the 2014’s in here. So it’s an interesting process.”

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while we’re trying to maintain the level of success that we’ve had over the years.”

Allen was the first puzzle piece in the class to fall in place, committing to Duke in April 2013. He spent nearly seven months as the lone Blue Devil signee, until Krzyzewski won the sweepstakes for the package deal of Okafor and Jones, who in November announced their decision to play in college together via a nationally-televised broadcast. Six days later, Winslow cast his name into the ring.

At 6-foot-10, Okafor—the nation’s top-ranked recruit—will give Duke something it lacked at times last year: a consistent back-to-the-basket threat. Krzyzewski called the Chicago product “the most NBA-ready type of guy” in the class, but said he doesn’t expect Okafor to attract the level of individual scrutiny that was brought upon Parker last season. In a year where freshman phenoms littered the college basketball landscape, Parker was Duke’s standout performer. Now, Krzyzewski has several elite freshmen, which will still attract plenty of attention.

“There’s not the focus on just the one,” Krzyzewski said. “Coming in as a group like that, there won’t just be the focus on Okafor, or I don’t think there will be. I think there should be a focus on them as a group, which we have to be concerned about to make sure that it’s not just the freshmen, it’s the whole team. Now, what we do during the summer, they’ll all be here in a couple weeks, that’ll help for them to get to know one another.”

Okafor and Jones are already familiar with each other from the AAU circuit, and Jones and Winslow competed together for Team USA at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship in mid-June. Allen and Okafor have also teamed up on the basketball court, though not in the traditional way: the 6-foot-4 Allen scaled his Blue Devil teammate to capture the slam dunk contest title at the McDonald’s All-America game festivities.

Duke has harbored a one-and-done in three of the past four seasons, and one or more of the freshmen in this year’s class may decide to follow in the footsteps of Irving and Parker and depart Durham after one season. Krzyzewski noted that the days of competing against greats like Ralph Sampson and Michael Jordan year-in, year-out are gone forever; instead, Duke and other schools must continue to covet top-tier talent, running the risk that it could be a short-term investment.

“You should go after the best players who also fit Duke. If they turn out to be one-and-done, so be it,” Krzyzewski said.

“Hopefully that one was a great one, both individually and collectively. We’re going to continue to do that while [the rules allow] one-and-done. The fact is, we’re going to have to play against that level of player... You end up recruiting a kid over a two-to-three year period for a one-year return. It’s a lot of time [and] money. But that’s what it is. And so, we’ve got to stay in that fight for that.”

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Krzyzewski to coach in World Cup Duke head coach looks to inspire Team USA by using the American play at the FIFA World Cup as a standard for national pride. mer Wake Forest and current Los Angeles Clippers point guard C Ch hris ris Pa ri aul u has ass tol olld ESPN o ESPN ES No hiss lo ove ffor or Kr or Chris Paul told off hi love Krzyzewski. When CBS Having four national championships and a pair of Olympic ymp mpic icc Spor Sp orts or ts’’ Ke ts en Be B rger aasked skked ed JJames aam mes es aabout bo ou utt K r Sports’ Ken Berger Krzyzewski’s impact on w ellll thee team, th team te am,, th am thee fo four urr-t-tim tim ime NB ime N BA MV M V VP P repl re epl plied plie ieed “What he means to gold medals as head coach of the national program, as we well four-time NBA MVP replied, as the number one recruiting class in all of college basketetUS SA Basketball B skkeettb Ba baalll iiss be beyo yond nd jjust usst what what w oo USA beyond wee do on the court. It’s what haatt tand ta nd d ffor o aass Am or mer e iccan ns ball, would be enough for most coaches to hang their hat we sstand Americans.” on. But Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski has more in mi m mind nd nd And An nd Krzyzewski Krzy Kr zyze zy zeew wsski iiss qu u to put the praise And quick for his summer. Namely—winning the World Cup. baack on b on his hiis team, h teeam am, mentioning am, m back Paul, Duo cceer oc er rant rant nt,, James Jam Ja mees and and C Not the FIFA World Cup that is currently captivating ssoccer rant, Carmelo Anthony as at wi w som so mee o tthe he fe few w who make the USA fans across the globe, but, rather, the FIBA World Cup that willll some off th en envi nvi v ronm ronmen en one of the best he take place Aug. 30 through Sept. 14 in Spain. environment lll, ha has has ever ever e b FIBA, or the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, has been a part of in his renamed its international tournament, formerly known aass th the near 40 yyears of coaching. near ter eres est. t “Th Thee thing th hin ingg that t World Championships, in order to generate more interest.

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Team—on which Krzyzewski was an assistant coach—United However, the USA team is not the only squad that has States basketball tapered off in the early 2000’s. When KrzyzeKrzyzewski’s attention. Far from it, as he prepares to welcome wski was brought on in 2005 to be the next head coach, he one of the deepest and most talented recruiting classes of his remembered the way in which America thought all it had to do career into the Duke program. And although his duties with was walk on the court to win. the American squad have previously not cut too much into “For a while, we were just better than everybody. Then interhis responsibilities back in Durham, this year’s World Cup will nationally, they caught up and passed the college guys because force him to be abroad until September 15, nearly two weeks they were playing with men,” Krzyzewski said. “In ’92, it looked into the school year. like we had this huge difference but it wasn’t as big... We had Two weeks is a long time to be gone, especially during that false sense of security and started getting beat. We can get the opening two weeks of school when the freshmen playbeat right now, even if we prepare. The Spurs, nine of their 12 ers are attempting to acclimate to their new classes and guys are international. It’s a different ball game and has been, practice schedules. And not to mention the fact that rebut I think this NBA championship points it out even more.” cruiting for the coming year’s class starts Sept. 8. But just But that was not all he had his eye on. With the World as Krzyzewski has faith in his United States players, his staff Championships and the FIFA World Cup falling on the same at Duke leaves him with no worries. summer every four years, Krzyzewski also took note of the “The only thing that I don’t like about [the World Cup] is American soccer team. Not so much the on-field performance that I miss the first two weeks of school. Coach Capel, [who] or success, but, rather, the passion with which it played. would normally be with me, he’ll be with me only half the With his team’s shot at the World Cup coming up, Krzyzetime,” Krzyzewski said. “When we go overseas, [he’ll fly back wski’s focus on the pitch has intensified during his down time to Durham]. I want him as the associate head coach here. It’s when he isn’t texting recruits, running his summer youth important for us to get off to a good start. The good thing camp and planning for the arrival of his four incoming freshabout it is in July, [the incoming freshman will] all be here. men. And what he has seen during the United States’ run has We can work them out a little bit, a couple hours a week, and impressed him enough to plan on including it as part of the set the foundation already. So me not being here during that American basketball team’s training camp. time won’t be as bad.”

“I’m going to take clips of different things I see with soccer so Eventually, although American fans may not want to think that, when we start our training about it, Krzyzewski will step down as camp in late July, our players see coach from the national team.

“What he means to USA Bas- head the emotion, the intensity, the And that day will get here sooner fever pitch that these countries ketball is beyond just what we rather than later, with Krzyzewski on play at and we need to expect do on the court. It’s what we record as saying 2016 will be his final that when we play,” Krzyzewski year at the helm of the program. stand for as Americans.” said. “That’s something that the But Krzyzewski’s love for the na— LeBron James tional team is no secret, so when he U.S. at basketball has to learn.

You’re not just playing against member of Team USA steps down following the 2016 Olymthat guy you played against in the pic Games in Brazil, the Americans NBA, he’s playing for his country can rest assured that his door will aland you’re playing for yours. That’s a big difference.” ways be open.

Although he is fervent about his team embodying this “I’ll always be involved with USA basketball, but not coachheightened sense of nationalism and passion, he is not woring,” he said. “Even after I stop coaching at Duke, whenever that ried about whether or not his squad will get behind him on the is, I’ll continue to have a relationship with U.S.A. basketball in matter. The players have more than proven their loyalty. Forsome aspects. It’s only been terrific.”

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One step at a time How Dr. Miguel Nicolelis’ life work was realized on the pitch of the World Cup despite efforts by FIFA and the media to spoil a monumental scientific demonstration before, during and after its success.

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For many, walking is like breathing—and, in a soccer-centric country like Brazil, dribbling a ball does not come far behind.

Walking is done subconsciously everyday, putting one foot in front of the other in hopes of reaching new destinations and new experiences. But what if the experience was walking?

Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, co-director of the Duke Center for Neuroengineering, asked a similar question nearly 30 years ago and found the answer in an exoskeleton on the pitch of the World Cup opening ceremony.

The answer he found on the pitch was not hailed by the masses, rather it was criticized and diminished by a disappointed and misled media machine looking for more than what they saw. But the purpose of Nicoelis’ demonstration was not to cater to the whims of the media, rather it was meant to plant a seed in the mind of viewers of what could be accomplished. d.

And in this, he succeeded.

Learning to walk again n Prior to any controversey, erse er sey, y, N Nicolelis icolel elis is aand nd dh his iiss tteam eaam sstarted tarrteed tar ear a s ag ago. The he team team m ev eeventually ven e tual ally l sselected eleccte el ted their work in Brazil five years 5, aalllll p 5, aral ar alyz y ed aatt le eas ast from tthe he w aaiist ist s eight patients aged 20-35, paralyzed least waist ntss w ere aware er aw war are of tthe he ultimatee go oal o down. None of the patients were goal off the project, only that Sao P Paulo’s au au ulo lo o’ss p poster-boy o tteeros r-bo b y scie bo sc scientist ci ntist had sse selecteleectted them to be part of hiss experiment. exp ex peeriim meent nt.. And, And, as An as soon as the th he patients were in place, thee re rreal eal all w work orkk be or b began. ega g n. n “We had three levels o off tr ttraining,” aini niing ng,” N Nicolelis icol ic olel ol elis el i ssaid. a d. ““It ai It eenvironment, viironm men ent, w heere w ssimulate mula mu late la late started in a visual reality en where wee si haave v these these visual vis isua uall reality reeal a it ityy goggles, go ogg ggle lees, a soccer stadium and theyy have so they saw themselves as be being ein ng a so socc soccer ccerr p player laaye y r on n tthe he p pitch. itch it ch. ch fee eedb e backk on the thee sleeves sle leev eves es of of a shirt shir sh it ir Then they get this tactile feedback ad to o we wear ar w hen he n th heyy w erre in tthe he that every one of them h had when they were t.” visual reality environment.” atients tss’ av ava atarr would atar wou ould l takee in ld n the the h virvir ir-With each step, the patients’ avatar oul u d oc cccu ur on n tthe h sskin he kin ki n of the heir he irr aarm rm vvia i ia tual reality, a vibration would occur their ensati en tion ti ion o reac acti tiion tto o th he mo m v ve the shirt, giving them thee ssensation off a re reaction the moveico olleelliis re rreported epo ort rted ed tthat hatt th ha he pa p t en ti ents ts’’ ment. Within minutes, N Nicolelis the patients’ sio ion n th hat at tthe he ffeeling eelililng iin ee n th hei eirr ar rm wa w brains generated the illusion that their arm wass ir llegs—a eeggs— s—aa ph p han anto to om se sens ens nsat attio on n.. actually coming from their phantom sensation. ual als fe felt ltt aass though thou th ou ugh ttheir heir he irr legs leg e s were were movmov ov-The paralyzed individuals ing, even though, physically, they could not feel it. The first step was complete.

“That was when we knew we were on the right direction,” Nicolelis said.

Although the scientists had been preparing years for this, there was no down time. Every day was an opportunity to collect data, work on the bugs in the suit and train the patients. And the team did not waste a single opportunity.

“We were there a minimum of 12 hours, usually 14 to 16 a day every day,” he said. “No weekends, no holidays, no nothing.

It was the most demanding seven months that I remember in my scientific career.”

The Kick And like that, seven months of preparation and five years of planning came to a head. The World Cup was upon the team and the training was completed. The only issue was that the demonstration was not for a team of eight. It was for one. And that one was Juliano Pinto.

Pinto’s selection to be the one to kick off the World Cup in the exoskeleton was not a decision made lightly. It was the culmination of months of research and data gathering. At the conclusion of the training, Pinto’s brain signals registered as the highest and most concentrated of the group, and the 29year old Brazilian—who had not walked since a 2006 car ac-

cident—was granted the opportunity. But his chance in the exoskeleton did not come without its own set of surprises.

Of the group of eight, Pinto had the highest spinal cord lesion and suffered from a high-collapsed lateral region that paralyzed him from the mid-chest down. But results were results. And if there was anything Nicolelis had gotten used to throughout his trials, it was nature surprising him.

However, the results should not have been surprising. Pinto’s high performance stemmed from a sports background, something Nicolelis said helped him in the long run.

“He’s a pretty cool guy. He’s a para-athlete. He’s actually trying to go to the Paralympics, so he has a very good mindset for outdoor competitions,” Nicolelis said. “He understands what it is to perform in a stadium full of people. And it came down to the fact that he was the best guy in terms of modulating his EEG, his brain signals.”

On the day of the event, Nicolelis’ team was brought to the pitc pi tch tch, h,, carefully caref areefful ar ully ly escorting ly esccor o ting tiingg P iin nto o aand nd tthe hee m pitch, Pinto machine alon al lon ong ng with wiith w h them. the hem. m.. A red m red e carpet carrp peet was waas laid w laaid id out, ou and, along w th wi h FIFA FIFFA officials offfi f cciial als flanking fllan ankkiing him anki him im on on both bo bot ot sides, with th he ball baalll was b was a p laace ced be b efo fore re h im.. A re im efeere r the placed before him. referee—or a man dressed ma dres dres dr esse sed se d as as a rreferee—raised efer ef erreee—rrai aised sed hi se his aarm and his man bllew b ew his his is whistle whiisttllee to to gi give ve Pinto Pin nto o tthe hee ggreen h reen re e light. en blew Th T he moment mo omeentt Pinto’s Pin nto t ’ss foot foo ot touched tto ouc u h the The baallll, kicking b kkiickin ckkin ng itt off offf the th hee end end n of of the th he carpet, ball, collllleccti co tive deep dee eep p breath b ea br eath h of of relief re was re a collective exha ex hale led d by Nicolelis Nic icol olel ol elis el is aand nd dh is tteam as is exhaled his Pin Pi ntto n to thrust thru th rust st his his aarms rm ms in n tthe he aair he ir iin victoir Pinto rryy. The Th T he demo demo m was was as a ssuccess, uccce u cess ss, an nd more ry. and, than th n that, th haat, a d rreeam ream mw as rrealized. as ealize ea lilizzeed than dream was was a born bo orrn in i Brazil Brraaziil 533 years yea ago.

“I was Ever Ev ver eryyb bod o y in nB raziil w razi ra wa as b bo orn n to play Everybody Brazil was born ffo oot oot otba balll. That ba That is is th he drea d dr reeaam o football. the dream of every kid and ki an nd every eevver verry kid kid dreams ki d eaams dr m about abou bo ou being kid n that tha h t World Wo Worl orl r d Cup Cup Cu p stage,” stag st age, age, ag e,” Ni N ico ole le said. on Nicolelis “C Ceerrta rtaain nlyy I couldn’t cou ouldn’ ld dn’ n’tt ma make ke iitt as as a ffootball “Certainly plaayyer pl e , but bu ut at the the eend nd off th nd thee de dem m I was player, demo, thin th hin nki king ng about abo b ut ut that. thaat. t Because Bec e au use I was waass there, th h thinking on the pitch p tch pi tcch at the he opening opeeni ning ng game gam amee of of the the World the Cu Cup up In In Brazil.

B az Br azill Th Thee la and do ffootball. o tba balllll It coul Cup. land off foot couldn’t escape my attention that somehow, I had made it to the World Cup. From a very unusual door but nevertheless I was there.”

Unusual or not, the moment belonged to Pinto, Nicolelis, Lin and the numerous other scientists who had put in 16-hour days for this special, once-in-a-lifetime moment.

Unfortunately, the kick was not deemed as monumental by the viewing world.

Six seconds “Disappointing.”

Articles from news sites such as Slate and Deadspin have since referred to the kick as such. But the backlash is founded on misinformed ideas.

The detractors of the Nicolelis team’s accomplishment claim the kick was underwhelming, claiming initial reports led the public to believe that the Pinto and the device would walk onto the field and kick the ball into the goal. And that is what Nicolelis, his team and the Brazilian government had planned on doing.

Then FIFA stepped in.

“We only came to talk to FIFA a year and a half ago,” Nicolelis said. “FIFA is very difficult to deal with.... It was only this past March that we started getting the direction of what they will allow us to do. It was at that point that we discovered they would only give like 29 seconds at the ceremony.”

But the team had planned for so much more.

“The Brazilian government wanted much more time,” Nicolelis said. “And [FIFA] told us that they would only have time for the ceremonial, what they called the opening kickoff of the World Cup. Since we saw that there was no alternative, we decided to go for that.”

Along with the orders from the organization, FIFA also forced Nicolelis’ camp to sign a nondisclosure agreement, meaning they could not speak of the terms FIFA had forced on them with anybody outside the program until the kick was completed at the opening ceremony.

For all of the unknowing fans and media, what had been built up to be a giant spectacle seemed rushed. Even those watching at home caught a mere glimpse of the process due to a miscommunication on the part of the cameramen, who only managed to capture six seconds worth of the 29-second demonstration.

But six seconds was all it took. For six seconds, millions of people worldwide witnessed a paralyzed man do the impossible. For six seconds, science ruled one of the biggest sporting events in the world. And, for Nicolelis and Pinto, six seconds was enough.

“The most important thing was that the scientific demonstration was done and got people all over the world very much into neuroscience and brain research,” he said. “Particularly for children here in Brazil. that was a big deal. I got hundreds of emails from kids all over the country asking me about science.”

Although much has been made of Nicolelis’ research and the science behind it—and rightfully so—what happened on the pitch following the kick was not carefully planned. It couldn’t be. For Pinto, it was the moment of a lifetime. No amount of FIFA restrictions or cameraman mishaps could take away the moment every Brazilian dreams of as a child.

“The greatest thing Juliano [Pinto] told me—I mean he was crying like a baby, we were all crying with him—he said to me, ‘You know, after several years I could feel again what it was to kick a ball.’ I think that’s what I’ll take for the rest of my life.

That feeling. Hearing him telling me that not only he made it to the World Cup, but he felt the kick,” Nicolelis said. “This is the bottom line: there was a paraplegic man standing on the edge of the World Cup pitch kicking and feeling the kick.”

The next step The project got its fair share of love too, namely from a man far more powerful in relation to Nicolelis than the disappointed media. The director of the National Institute of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, made the trip down to Brazil in order to see Nicolelis’ groundbreaking work firsthand, as the NIH funds his lab at Duke. Collins was thoroughly impressed, going so far as to blog about the prototype the day of the demo.

And with the NIH’s continued backing, Nicolelis—the 2010 NIH Pioneer Award recipient— has also secured funding from the Brazilian government for the next two-and-a-half years.

“The repercussion was tremendous here,” he said. “We’re talking to the Brazilian government to see where we can go from here on a larger scale. But also we have all the work that we do at Duke that we are going to continue.”

Although there is surely much more work to be done in the future, for Nicolelis, the 20-year Duke scientist and 53-year old Brazilian soccer fan, the moment will never fade.

“I have spent half my life in the United States and half in Brazil,” Nicolelis said. “Somehow the two halves came together on the pitch of the World Cup. That’s not too bad. As we say [in America], not too shabby. Not too shabby.”

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the Year treats them with, it seems that sustained excellence—including three consecutive national titles from 2005-2007—has not changed how Brooks develops talent.

He continues to work collaboratively with his players, frequently letting them determine which aspect of their game needs work on any given day.

“One of the best things is that [he gives] you a lot of freedom, so he’s not going to impose anything on you,” rising junior Celine Boutier—the WGCA Player of the Year—said. “That’s really important for us because we don’t have much time to practice, so we have to use our time very efficiently. The fact that he’s letting us do whatever we feel like doing is more efficient and respectful [because] we all might not need to work on the same thing.”

Although it took Brooks 15 years to win his first national title, in that time he developed a sustainable model of success based on recruiting and developing hungry individuals that care about more than just golf.

Having gone through the ups and downs that come with building a championship-caliber program, Brooks’ experience and commitment to focusing on more than just pure talent make him stand out to those that spend the most time with him.

“He’s very good at recruiting good character, not just the best player,” Cho said. “When you recruit not just the best players, when you go for more than that, you can actually build on that once they get here. He’s [also] very experienced, having won so many times.

He can use that experience and knows how to handle everything. He knows [women’s golf] front and back.”

In addition to crediting Cho—Brooks’ assistant since 2010 who speaks French, English, Spanish and Korean and uses her linguistic versatility often with Duke’s international players—Brooks also credits Alex Merrill, Jacki Silar, Kenny King, Darin Garrett and the countless other professionals surrounding him for the program’s success.

Merrill works with the team’s strength and conditioning, Silar is the administrator that works closest with Brooks, King is the team’s academic advisor and Garrett is the superintendent of the varsity golf practice area at the Duke University Golf Club where the team practices.

According to Brooks, the entire staff associated with the program “is so positive and so good at what they do… That kind of a staff can make the two-shot difference that won the national championship.”

Despite losing three of the five players from last year’s lineup, Brooks has full confidence in the remaining players and the recruits coming in because of his proven methods.

He has shown he can win with different types of players and personalities.

“It may involve leaving somebody alone, or it may involve spending hours with that kid,” Brooks said of his coaching style. “It just all depends on the player’s needs [because] this is an individual game. You don’t pass a ball. It’s my job to connect with you and figure out what you need and make sure it happens.”

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Pollard takes a page out of Cutcliffe’s notebook Baseball head coach Chris Pollard has his squad on a similar rise as Duke football.

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Baseball head coach Chris Pollard led the Blue Devils to their first ACC tournament appearance since 2009 in just his second season at the helm. years is developing a toughness and an expectation for success.”

Coming off a 33-win season and the program’s first winning conference record in 20 years, Pollard is looking to build baseball into a perennial contender in the loaded ACC. Should he need any guidance as the team continues to try to turn the corner, he need

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only look toward Wallace Wade Stadium and the revival of Blue Devil football under head coach David Cutcliffe.

“I’ve told Coach Cutcliffe that the football program has provided a great blueprint for our baseball program, because they do it the right way. They’ve built for the long haul,” Pollard said. “I try to pick his brain every chance I get.

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Things were not going well for the Blue Devils, trailing 10-4 in the bottom of the eighth inning April 13 against N.C. State. Head coach Chris Pollard didn’t like the way his team looked in the dugout and lit into them, trying to spur the squad to life.

Seven unanswered runs and a walkoff single later, Duke was celebrating an improbable victory, one that proved to be season-defining. It could also be program-changing.

“When we got in the dugout, I blasted them pretty good because I felt like they were feeling sorry for themselves,” said Pollard, who was hired following the 2012 season. “And they responded by going out and putting up seven runs over the last two innings and ended up coming back and winning that ballgame. We really kind of took that momentum and ran with it... We faced adversity and didn’t back down and got tougher. That’s been a big part of the growth of this program over the last two

I talk a lot with our guys, especially this past fall, we would see things happen on the football field this past fall. We’d come out on Sundays and talk about it.

The football program has rolled out a blueprint for success that we can glean a lot from.”

The football team might have given Pollard a master plan for growing success at Duke, but he is no stranger to rebuilding struggling programs. Hired in 2004, Pollard inherited an Appalachian State team that had won just 10 games the season before; in 2012, the Mountaineers went 41-18 and advanced to the championship game of the Charlottesville Regional after beating top-seeded host Virginia in the NCAA Tournament.

Before that, he revived the baseball program at Pfeiffer University, turning a team that had had three losing seasons in the four years before he arrived into a 41-win conference champion in his final year at the helm.

A big part of the turnaround at each university has been the attitude adjustment and growth in confidence that come with incremental success.

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Boutier enjoys first experience at U.S. Women’s Open

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It wasn’t the result she was hoping for, but rising junior Celine Boutier still gained a lot from missing the cut at this week’s U.S. Women’s Open.

The reigning National Player of the Year shot rounds of 77 and 76 to finish at 13-over-par with a total score of 153 after 36 holes. With the cut line at 10-overpar, Boutier was unable to limit the high scores on the difficult Pinehurst No. 2 course in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. to stick around for the weekend. Two double bogeys in her first seven holes Friday largely derailed her chances to make the cut.

Despite the disappointing result, the Frenchwoman will be able to draw on her experience she gained in her first major on American soil as she continues preparing for a professional career under the tutelage of the Duke coaching staff.

“It’s always a great way to learn, because I think it’s probably one of the toughest courses I’ve ever played,” Boutier said. “So it’s hard to handle the frustration first, because obviously I’m not going to shoot 5-under on these types of courses, but it’s always great to play and I know what I have to work on in the future for the next U.S. Opens, hopefully.”

Boutier’s biggest teacher was the difficult, par-70 Donald Ross course that

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Duke women’s golfer and reigning National Player of the Year Celine Boutier used her first U.S. Women’s Open experience as a learning one in hopes that what she learned on the course will translate to the college level. hosted the men’s U.S. Open last week.

The sloping, turtleback greens that characterize the course and the way the USGA made it play this month gave players in both tournaments fits because good shots frequently ended up in bad spots.

The slim margin for error motivated Boutier to become even more detail-ori-

ented about her strategy on the course and add more variety to her a game. For a player who has been so successful in her first two seasons as a Blue Devil, the tournament could prove very beneficial by giving her more incentive to strive for more, a scary thought for her collegiate competitors.

“I feel like my game was pretty good

in general, but the course is just so hard that you--even if your shots are good, you’re going to make a mistake because of the way you played it,” Boutier said.

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Victories and victory laps NBA Draft Update I can rarely tell you what day it is, but I can always tell you what happened in last night’s game. Sports are my calendar.

The dog days of summer drag on until football season and the school year finally begin. The first few weeks are drawn out and exciting because you think there’s so much time to savor it—next thing you know, it’s the playoffs and finals and basketball season all at the same time.

Basketball season flies by, and March almost always ends prematurely, fading into drafts and graduations and promises that next year will be “the year”—the year you watch your team go all the way or finally get your GPA up or reconnect with lost friends.

Sometimes they throw an Olympics or a World Cup in there just to make things more exciting, but no matter what, you end up right back where you started— summer nights at the ballpark, waiting to start the cycle anew.

This year is different. The cycle has turned into a ticking clock. The next Senior Day is ours.

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have melted away into your last seven Saturdays in Wallace Wade and a dozen or so nights at Cameron, it doesn’t feel like that much.

That’s the downside of living your life by the sports calendar. You are always looking forward to the next thing—the next game, next year’s team, next year’s crop of recruits that are always without fail poised to turn your program around.

Spending a lot of time thinking about tomorrow makes it pretty easy to forget about today.

In the past three years, my job has taken me from the sidelines at Duke to the Carrier Dome and the Georgia Dome and seemingly everywhere in between. That has given me far more than the chance to cross a few items off my sports bucket list—I’ve racked up a lifetime’s worth of memories in the process. With one more year before my life takes a drastic turn, I have the chance to add to that stash.

The only problem is, I’m not sure if I want to. I worry about losing people at the expense of sports and sports at the expense of people.

I don’t know if I want to live my life by the sports calendar this year. I don’t want senior year to fade from football season to basketball season to graduation in the blink of an eye. I could spend this next year concentrating on things that are See VICTORIES, page 17

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Former Duke forwards Jabari Parker and Rodney Hood both had their name called at the 2014 NBA Draft.

Parker was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the No. 2 overall pick.

The Chicago native was predicted to go within the top two as he and Kansas’ Andrew Wiggins were the two runaways for the first two draft picks following Joel Embiid’s foot fracture. The pair fulfilled expectations when Wiggins was selected with the first overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Milwaukee is coached by Larry Drew, who is in his second year at the helm.

The Bucks finished 15-67, the worst record in the NBA in the 2013-14 season.

The Bucks boast a young core led by Giannis Antetokounmpo, Larry Sanders, John Henson, Brandon Knight and O.J. Mayo. Parker will more than likely see the floor right away for Milwaukee, as the team averaged 95.5 points per game, third-worst in the NBA last season.

Parker averaged 19.1 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game in his lone season at Duke. Following the selection he announced he would be wearing No. 12 for the Bucks.

Rodney Hood was selected by the Utah Jazz with the No. 23 overall pick.

The Blue Devils missed out on their chance to have two lottery picks in the

same draft for the first time since 2006, as Hood slipped to No. 23.

Utah is coached by former Duke guard Quin Snyder, who is entering his first year as head coach. The Jazz finished 25-57 in the 2013-14 season.

Hood’s 3-point stroke is what drew Utah to the 6-foot-8 forward, as they ranked 24th in made 3-pointers per game last season.

Hood nailed 71 triples last season and was selected behind fellow sharpshooters Doug McDermott and Nik Stauskas.

His versatility on the defensive end of the floor as well as his 6-foot-8.5 wingspan and athleticism allow the forward to cover more defensive ground than his counterparts but his limited exposure— he had to take a year off following his transfer to Duke—and his well-documented stomach issues resulted in him falling out of the lottery.

Hood shot 42 percent from downtown and averaged 16.1 points and 3.9 rebounds in his sole season at Duke.

NBA commissioner and Duke graduate Adam Silver may have stole the show when he stopped the draft to announce that Isiah Austin—a Baylor center who found out he could no longer play basketball just days before the draft due to Marfan Syndrome—had been drafted by the NBA. Austin joined Silver on stage as the pair received a standing ovation from those on hand at Barclays Center.

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where you struggle… it’s natural that if you struggle for a long time, you start to expect that you’re going to struggle,” Pollard said. “That’s human nature. It takes a lot to overcome that and get to a place in your mind where, instead of expecting negative things to happen, you expect good things. That doesn’t happen overnight, and we’re still a work in progress with that, still have a long ways to go with that. That’s something that you get better at over time. I think we took a big step with regards to that this season.”

Pollard came to Duke following a break in traditional hiring practices, according to director of athletics Kevin White. Rather than browse the athletic department’s connections, Duke partnered with an executive search firm—a growing trend in college athletics—to conduct a national search. Pollard, a local candidate enjoying his postseason run at Appala-

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chian State in Boone, N.C., was one of 10 finalists named by the agency, and blew White away during his interview. “[He’s a] scary bright guy with a big motor that’s aspirational as heck and I think his passion for his craft is infectious. The student-athletes kind of pick up the virus from Chris and the staff,” White said.

“I think baseball—I don’t see, I’m convinced—baseball is on precisely the same trajectory as football.

They’re about two years, if not maybe three, apart in terms of where we’re heading and how quick we’re going to get there. I look for us at some point to become an every year NCAA tournament baseball program with the leadership of Chris Pollard.”

The 2014 campaign’s success was highlighted by a dominant pitching staff, which held opponents to a .234 batting average and posted a 3.14 ERA—the best Blue Devil mark since 1971 and just more than half of what it was four years ago. Scouts took notice,

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The selection of third baseman Jordan Betts by the Boston Red Sox in the 18th round gave the Blue Devils multiple draft picks for the first time since 2010.

The 11-10 comeback victory against the Wolfpack in mid-April provided an instant jolt of confidence, as the Blue Devils rattled off 10 straight wins to vault themselves into the thick of the ACC standings. Duke ultimately earned the fourth seed in the ACC tournament, its first appearance in the event since 2009.

The parallels between the dramatic turnarounds of the football and baseball programs run deep; both are enjoying success not seen in 20 years. Still, one advantage Cutcliffe has over Pollard in accelerating the rebuilding phase is the large national TV audience commanded by college football. Cutcliffe noted that Duke’s postseason appearances in the last two years— the 2012 Belk Bowl and 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl—were the only games aired in their timeslots, allowing the Blue Devils to tap into a wider recruit base and grow awareness nationally. “[The recent success] opens up more doors, more people. I think people understand who we are, what we’re doing,” Cutcliffe said. “We’re not in a business where we can go seek people that aren’t talented. But then after that, they’ve got to be fits. They’ve got to be our kind of people, not just in the classroom but also off the field.”

The lack of national exposure doesn’t hinder Pollard from making a strong recruiting pitch: “You have an opportunity to get a Duke education, one of the best educations in the entire world, and while you do it, you get to play baseball in the ACC, and the ACC is the best college baseball conference in the country. The ACC led all conferences in college baseball with 65 players selected in the draft.

We had the most first-rounders of any conference in the country, we had the most guys drafted in the top 10 rounds,and we had the most guys drafted overall.

Guys can look at Duke and say ‘I’m going to get a world-class education, I’m going to play in the best conference in the country and I’m going to put myself in a better position, in a few years, for the major league draft.’”

That message, coupled with this season’s success, seems to be resonating. Two recruits, Justin Sellinger and Chris McGrath, were drafted in the 11th and 35th rounds of the MLB Draft, respectively. Pollard said he communicated with the players regularly in the days that followed, and received indications “with 100 percent certainty” that both will be in Durham come August.

Pollard will have a much younger group in 2015, losing 10 seniors from last year’s team, and is hoping last year’s taste of success will motivate the Blue Devils to make larger strides next spring. But he noted that there is more work to be done before Duke reaches its end goal.

“When you’re building something for the long haul versus the quick fix, you’re looking for incremental progress, not necessarily a quick fix,” Pollard said “[Youth] has its challenges, but it’s also a lot of fun coaching a young team… There’s a level of excellence associated with our university, and our guys have to accept that as a challenge to uphold that standard of excellence. We’ve talked a lot about living up to the standard of excellence that Duke represents. It’s a daunting challenge but it’s also a very fun challenge as well.”

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when they know they have the chance to go out on top (see Michael Jordan, Ray Lewis, Tim Duncan and Tim Duncan after he realized he could somehow get better and win another championship). Most college seniors can easily identify with one or both of those categories.

So turn the calendar to a new year. Ready or not, it’s time for my last ride.

And the best part is, there’s no pressure—if I was really that great, I would have gone pro after freshman year anyway.

Daniel Carp is a Trinity senior. He served as sports editor of The Chronicle’s Volume 109.

probably more important—like my grades or finding a job or my last year of going to school with my sister.

I would redshirt if I could. Who wouldn’t want to tap into their fifth year of eligibility? The only thing stopping my classmates and I is that a fifth year means another fat tuition check. I don’t think any of us is hoping this one goes into OT. But if there’s one thing sports has taught me, it’s that you can’t script anything and gameplanning only gets you so far—stories, like games are meant to evolve organically, and the most memorable ones are always the most triumphant and the most agonizing.

If there is one thing to not worry about, it is that being a senior brings out the best in you, both on and off the field. There are two times players are guaranteed to perform their best—when they’re in a contract year (in hopes of earning more money in free agency) and

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shots in my bag, so I feel like if I learn to play different approaches, I’m going to be better.”

The statistics backed up Boutier’s Friday comments, as she hit 13 of 14 fairways in regulation, but was only able to hit 10 of the 18 greens in regulation because getting approach shots to stop on the greens was such an arduous task.

But after getting over the difficulty of the first few holes in each round, the NCAA Championship runner-up got much better in both rounds at grinding for pars, the mentality necessary to succeed in the U.S. Women’s Open and many other majors. Boutier showed more toughness as the week wore on, playing her final 11 holes in just one-over-par and showing she could cope with tougher conditions.

“It’s been really exciting and I had, I think, a little bit of stress on the first couple holes, but then I got—I think I got into the competition and the game,” Boutier said. “And I think it went pretty well. It’s a tough course, so I’m not really happy with what I scored, but I’m pretty happy with how I handled it.”

Also making the week special was the proximity to her university, as head coach Dan Brooks, assistant coach Jeanne Cho and strength and conditioning coach Alex Merrill were all in attendance, along with multiple Duke fans.

Cho also helped Boutier find a local caddie, Darick McRae, who helped the ACC Player of the Year a great deal around Pinehurst’s puzzling greens. McRae is the grandson of Willie McRae, who has caddied at Pinehurst for 71 years.

The unique opportunity to play one of the most historic courses in the world as an amateur was not lost on Boutier, who found another positive in the perspective she gained after enduring such a strenuous test.

“Definitely I think [other courses] will seem a lot easier and if you play good on this type of course, you can play well anywhere.”

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