Duke uses defensive ‘curveball,’ survives Wake Duke erased a six-point second-half deficit after switching to a 2-3 zone defense over the final nine minutes of play and utterly suffocated the Deacons’ scorers to escape with a 63-56 win.

LPT You never know what curveball life’s going to throw (family and career LPTs, cancer) Today marks 3 years since I was diagnosed with aggressive multiple myeloma (17p deletion for those who know about cancer). The median survival time for this cancer is 58 months. I’m 36 months in today (October 12th is my “cancerversary”). Statistically, I have less than two years remaining. Obviously I hope to beat the odds, but I’m pragmatic en…