Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, January 17, 1993 TAG: 9301170149
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: D7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: DURHAM, N.C. LENGTH: Medium
BLUE DEVILS OUTSLUG IOWA, EYE VIRGINIA
THE FIRST HALF of Duke's tough weekend schedule was a 65-56 victory over No. 13 Iowa. Today, the only unbeaten team left in the country, No. 14 Virginia, visits Cameron Indoor Stadium.\ It was with "eyes open" that Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski scheduled back-to-back basketball games with Iowa and Virginia, which is not to say he welcomed the prospect late Saturday.
The Blue Devils emerged from a physical battle with a 65-56 victory over 13th-ranked Iowa, then prepared to meet unbeaten and 14th-ranked UVa less than 24 hours later.
"We'll be just as prepared for this game as we were Iowa," Krzyzewski said. "Of course, [Virginia] didn't have to play today. That's not an excuse. I don't want people to think, `Poor Duke.' "
However, that was exactly the impression left by senior point guard Bobby Hurley, who complained that the Big Ten officiating crew of Art McDonald, Tom Clark and Randy Drury ruined Saturday's game.
"You wondered if they had a date after the game and didn't want to blow the whistle," Hurley said. "Maybe they had Big Ten football officials instead of basketball officials.
"It was hard to be focused out there. I had to get Coach K to settle me down. Both teams were frustrated. There was almost a fight."
Hurley was hardly a peacemaker.
After he was on the receiving end of a Kevin Smith intentional foul with 1:33 left, Hurley blew kisses to the Iowa bench and had to be separated from two Hawkeyes' players at midcourt.
Krzyzewski defused the situation - Grant Hill was jawing at another Iowa player - by calling a timeout. However, Krzyzewski was hardly the model of decorum when he picked up a technical foul in the first half.
With 7:34 left in the half, at which point his team had been called for one foul, Krzyzewski left the team's huddle during a timeout and challenged McDonald to "use your whistle."
There was no response from McDonald, but Krzyzewski wouldn't let up. At one point, he made a fist at McDonald and dispatched Hurley to talk with the official on three separate occasions.
"What I did was really wrong," Krzyzewski said.
With three minutes left in the first half, Iowa had two personal fouls and Duke had one. The Blue Devils (12-1) finished the game with seven, 13 fewer than the Hawkeyes (12-3).
It became evident early that the game would be low-scoring, although both teams were averaging more than 85 points. It was 28-28 at the half and 40-40 before Duke took the lead for good on a Tony Lang layup with 10:07 left.
Lang had two buckets during a 7-0 Duke run and joined with sophomore center Cherokee Parks down the stretch to restore faith in an inside game that failed to produce in Duke's only loss, 80-79 at Georgia Tech.
Lang, a junior forward, scored nine of his 11 points in the second half. Parks scored all eight of his points after halftime and played Iowa's highly touted A.C. Earl to a virtual standoff.
Earl, rated one of the top centers in the country, had two points in the second half and finished 5-of-14 from the field. The Blue Devils blocked as many of Earl's shots, three, as he rejected theirs.
Duke has not lost to a nonconference opponent at Cameron Indoor Stadium since Louisville won here in 1983, and the Blue Devils' home winning streak against all opponents has reached 36 games, one short of the ACC record.
Krzyzewski was quick to praise Virginia, which has played eight of 10 games at home, only one against a ranked opponent. The Cavaliers will be a heavy underdog today.
"The fact they're undefeated overall is not really relevant," Krzyzewski said. "What's relevant is the fact they're undefeated in the conference. Right now, Virginia is ahead of us.
"I think our guys know Virginia real well. In fact, there are some good friends on both teams. I think they're happy for Virginia's success; they just don't want them to be successful [today]." \
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