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The Chronicler

FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2006

THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR, ISSUE 119

END OF THE ROAD Redick fails to deliver in Sweet 16 loss by

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Michael Moore THE CHRONICLE

With less than nine minATLANTA left in the second half and Duke leading 45-40, JJ. Redick caught the ball with a chance to put the nail in yet another opponent’s coffin. DeMarcus Nelson had just missed his second free throw, and game Josh Mcßoberts had re-

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But just as he has before in his magnificent career, Redick faltered in the Sweet 16, and he could not put the Blue Devils up eight. His shot—the least contested one the senior got all night—rimmed around and out, and the Duke faithful let out a gasp of shock. LSD’s lone senior, point guard Darrell Mitchell, took the ball down the £ourt, used a high screen to free himself at the top of the key and buried a three to turn a nearly-iced game into a battle once more. “There’s a lot of ‘ifs’ throughout the game,” Redick said. “[But] that was a big momentum swing. It could have gone our way, but it ended up going theirs.” Redick’s struggles in the NCAA Tournament were well-documented coming into the fourth Sweet 16 game of his career. But even in a season in which he looked at times immortal, Redick did not even appear average in his last collegiate game.

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SEE REDICK ON PAGE 16

Senior JJ.Redick hugs head coach Mike Krzyzewski just seconds before theBlue Devils fell to LSU Thursday.

Franklin to deliver graduation speech Steve Veres

THE CHRONICLE

John Hope Franklin, world-renowned African American scholar and James B. Duke professor emeritus of history, has been named the 2006 commencement speaker, President Richard Brodhead announced Thursday. Franklin is widely recognized as one of the most distinguished African American historians. He has been awarded honorary degrees from more than 100 colleges and universities—including one from Duke in 1998. “He is someone who has led a life of consequence,” Brodhead said of Franklin,

ATLANTA It was quintessential Duke basketball—the late-game blocked shots and offensive rebounds, the six-point swing that killed the opponent’s momentum, the hard-nosed defense for a full 40 minutes. But this time, the team making all of the big plays wore purple and gold instead of royal blue and white. LSU (26-8) beat the Blue Devils, 62-54, Thursday night by making the type of plays that Duke (36-4) built its repog, -62 Htation on. The Tiger defense hounded Blue Devil superstar JJ. Redick all night, holding him to a which 11 points, matched his season low, and LSU forwards Tyrus Thomas and Glen Davis dominated the game’s final stages. “1 know we’re not—we weren’t ever a dominant team,” head coach Wike* Krzyzewski said. “We knew that, and so things have to go right for us to win.” Little had gone right for the Blue Devils by the time 38 seconds remained. But a pair offree throws by Redick had cut LSU’s lead to one, 55-54, and Duke still had a chance to steal a bid to the Elite Eight. Twenty-six seconds later, Thomas and Davis had crushed those chances. The inbounds pass after Redick’s free throws went to Thomas. With Redick chasg him to try and foul to stop the clock, Thomas pushed the ball up court. Blue Devil forward Shelden Williams stepped in front of Thomas at midcourt, but the redshirt freshman cut in between Duke’s pair of All-American seniors and had a free path to the rim. His two handed dunk increased LSU’s lead to three. Freshman poi-nt guard Greg Paulus drove to the basket on Duke’s next possession. He got off a left-handed layup, but .

open Redick beyond the three-point arc.

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noting that he is credited with helping

launch the field of African American studies. The 91-year-old author of books such as From Slavery to Freedom and the recendy published Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin said he is excited John Hope Franklin to gjve the address. “Commencements are an important milestone in the

life of the University as well as the life of the graduates themselves,” Franklin said. “I would hope I would have a message that enriches the. community as well as the graduates—something that will resonate with them.” Franklin said he was contacted by Brodhead to speak at commencement about six weeks ago. “When you choose a commencement speaker, you want somebody of serious accomplishment who will tune into the occasion,” Brodhead said. “He knows this place.... This has been his chosen home SEE FRANKLIN ON PAGE 6

SEE M. BBALL ON PAGE 14

DSG PRESIDENTIAL COVERAGE TO RESUME MONDAY The Chronicle will continue its profiles of the three remaining candidates for Duke Student Government President Monday.


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