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Monday, January 02, 2006
Down on Tobacco Road
Greetings from Durham, where Bucknell is getting set to take on No. 1 ranked Duke this afternoon.

Here is a sampling of what the papers down here are saying about this afternoon's (4:30 p.m., ESPN) game:

  • In the The Daily News of Jacksonville, N.C., Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski says, "It won't be hard to get ready for them because we respect them. They've earned the respect of everybody."

  • In the Raleigh News & Observer, Luciana Chavez takes a look at Duke guard Greg Paulus.

  • A story in the Greensboro News-Record focuses on BU assistant Mark Prosser, pointing out that his father, Skip, the head coach of nearby Wake Forest, can't come to the game because of NCAA rules prohibiting scouting future opponents in person.

    An interesting quote for American fans crazy enough to head to Loretto, Pa. for AU's game with Saint Francis (Pa.):
    "We drove by Loretto when Mark was in junior high and he said, 'I don't know if you could get a recruit to come to Loretta, Pa.' He was already thinking along those lines," Skip said.
  • In the Winston-Salem Journal, Bill Cole points out that since Duke played Saturday (a 102-69 win over UNC-Greensboro), the Blue Devils have only one day to prepare for Bucknell. That could aid the Bison, whose matchup zone can give people fits even when they are familiar with it.

  • Duke guard J.J. Redick tells Bryan Strickland of the Durham Herald-Sun, "We're playing a team that really believes that they can come in and beat us, and they can."

    Elsewhere:

  • Rich Thompson of the Boston Herald checks in with a nice piece on Holy Cross senior guard Kevin Hamilton
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