Duke Lacrosse Is Focal Point Again, This Time for the Good

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/sports/20lacrosse.html?ref=sports

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/20/sports/20lacrosse.2.190.jpg

...The top-seeded Blue Devils (15-2), who returned 34 players from last year’s team, play North Carolina (10-5) today in Annapolis, Md., in the quarterfinals of the N.C.A.A. tournament. A victory would send them to Baltimore next weekend for lacrosse’s final four, the one time each year when the sport nudges its way onto the national stage.

As Duke’s team sits on the cusp of the nation’s consciousness because of its on-field exploits, a simple but complex question lingers: Will America root for Duke...?

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Duke lacrosse players granted extra year of eligibility

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/lacrosse/2007-05-30-duke-eligibility_N.htm

[crackerman]

I am a little confused on the eligibility thing. true, their acc touney and ncaa tourney's were taken from them, but wasn't that done at the hands of the university themselves? I mean they go through 75% of the season, then duke pulls them from the remainder of the season and they get an extra year of eligibility fgranted by the NCAA? I think it's BS. Virginia's coach is very upset and I do not blame him at all.