Lindsay Duncan of Duke named to all-America golf team for fourth consecutive season ...

Transition is key word for 2013-14 Blue Devil basketball, and not just in terms of moving youngsters into the post positions vacated by departed seniors Mason Plumlee and Ryan Kelly.

The Duke men’s golf team placed four members on the Division I Ping All-East Region Team as announced by the GCAA on Tuesday for the fourth straight season.

With a glistening new NCAA championship trophy sitting to his right, Duke men’s lacrosse coach John Danowski admitted his thoughts drifted back seven years on Tuesday.

With NCAA Tournament most outstanding player Brendan Fowler dominating face offs and a balanced offense scoring from left and right, the Blue Devils came back and overwhelmed No. 1 Syracuse 16-10 in the national championship game at Lincoln Financial Field.

Having arrived on campus the summer after Duke won its first men’s lacrosse championship in 2010, Josh Dionne has longed to add to the Blue Devils legacy.

Duke doubles team advances, UNC's Suarez-Malaguti defeated

Duke is heading back to the NCAA men's lacrosse tournament championship game, surviving a late surge by Cornell to play for a second national title. David Lawson scored the winning goal with 6:35 left in the fourth quarter to lift Duke to a 16-14 victory against Cornell in the semifinals at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday.

Kara Cannizzaro scored four straight second-half goals and Abbey Friend scored three times as No. 3 seed North Carolina crushed No. 2 seed Northwestern 11-4 Friday to advance to Sunday night’s women’s lacrosse NCAA Championship game.

One of the greatest golfers in Duke history closed her career in remarkable fashion on Friday at the NCAA Championship as senior Lindy Duncan played the final three holes at four-under-par to finish second, while Duke placed second in the team competition despite setting a 72-hole school scoring record.

At Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, the Blue Devils will play Cornell today (2:30 p.m., ESPN2) with a berth in the national championship on the line. Duke (14-5) will look to end a two-year drought in national semifinals. The Blue Devils haven’t played in the national final since winning their lone NCAA championship in 2010.

The 66-year-old Krzyzewski also made one other important point — his commitment to coaching USA Basketball through the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro means he’ll be Duke’s coach at least that long as well.

Hopes and dreams are on the line today and Saturday as first UNC and then Duke open play in the NCAA women’s and men’s lacrosse Final Four.

Mike Krzyzewski will make at least one more run for the gold.

Duke’s Hall of Fame basketball coach, having led Team USA to gold medals in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic games, has agreed to remain in that position for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.

The third-ranked and top-seeded Duke women’s golf team carded a 2-under 286 Tuesday in the opening round of the NCAA Championship and sit only two shots off the lead with 54 holes remaining at the 6,372-yard, par 72 University of Georgia Golf Course.