Cameron Indoor Stadium

The Sun's Olympic correspondents, Rick Maese and Kevin Van Valkenburg, are blogging to each other at baltimoresun.com/olympicsblog . An excerpt: To: Kevin, et al. Subject: Before we talk about 2012 ... The rail at Churchill Downs ... in the shade at Amen Corner ... ringside at a heavyweight title fight ... the Wrigley Field bleachers ... in front of the Crazies at Cameron Indoor Stadium. I'm not sure what you think the coolest seat in sports is, Kevin, but I got to think being at the Water Cube these past nine days is pretty close to the top. And sitting in front of a television and soaking it all in from home is not a bad second.

Maryland basketball fans might want to hold onto their ticket stubs from last season's games against Duke and North Carolina. They are now officially collector's items. According to the 2013-14 schedules released by the ACC on Tuesday, the Terps will visit both Cameron Indoor Stadium and the Dean Dome. No return trip necessary. Ever. This should not come as a surprise, considering the now acrimonious (not to mention litigious) relationship between the lame-duck Terps and the ACC. As a going-away present, it's a lot cheaper than dropping the $52 million exit fee the lawyers in Greensboro are trying to extract from their Maryland counterparts.

DURHAM, N.C. -- With the Maryland men's basketball team trailing No. 2 Duke by four at halftime inside one of the more intimidating arenas in the nation, no one would have blamed the Terps if they had folded their hand and said good night. It turned out that Maryland was holding four of a kind. Second-half performances by junior forwards Nik Caner-Medley and Travis Garrison, junior guard Chris McCray and sophomore forward Ekene Ibekwe propelled the Terps to a 75-66 upset of the Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium last night.

DURHAM, N.C. -- The Maryland women tried to make the most of a gimme at Duke yesterday, and senior center Jessie Hicks took a bloodied nose to prove it.But before leaving the game with five minutes to play, Hicks scored a game-high 23 points to lead the third-ranked Terrapins to an 82-51 Atlantic Coast Conference victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium."

DUKE Coach: Mike Krzyzewski, 25th season at Duke (621-181), 30th overall (694-240). 2003-04 record: 31-6, 13-3 (first in ACC) Starters lost: Two Top returners: Daniel Ewing, Sr., G; Shavlik Randolph, Jr., F; J.J. Redick, Jr., G; Shelden Williams, Jr., F. Key question: Can Williams and Randolph remain aggressive without getting in constant foul trouble that has hampered the pair in the past? With only eight scholarship players, a Blue Devils team with a serious lack of depth cannot afford to be without one of its top weapons.

GAME to watch No. 14 N.C. State@No. 1 Duke When -- Tonight, 7 TV -- ESPN The point -- The second-steadiest team in the ACC last won at Cameron Indoor Stadium in 1995. The Wolfpack has had success against the Blue Devils in Raleigh, where it won in 2002-03 and 2003-04. In its lone ACC loss this season, N.C. State failed to execute its offense against North Carolina's extended defensive pressure. It must do better this time if it wants to derail Duke, which can improve to 17-0 for the first time since 1991-92.

CELEBRATING 600 Maryland coach Gary Williams was honored before the game for his 600th career victory. Williams, who last week became the seventh active Division I coach to reach that number with a win at Boston College, received a montage in a glass case from university chancellor Dan Mote. He also received congratulations from several former players via taped messages shown at halftime. GETTING SOME SEPARATION The victory helped Maryland reclaim sole possession of third place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and, at 6-3, the Terps trail second-place North Carolina by only a half game.

Coach: Mike Krzyzewski, 26th season at school (648-187), 31st overall (721-246) 2004-05 record: 27-6, 11-5 (third in ACC; NCAA Sweet 16) Returning starters: Senior G Sean Dockery, senior G J.J. Redick, senior F-C Shelden Williams Sun prediction: NCAA champion Why it will happen: The ACC is down, everywhere except Durham. Shooting guard Redick received a National Player of the Year award, and there's much more to his game than the three-pointer. There isn't a more complete big man in the nation than Williams, a shot-blocker deluxe who will be allowed to show off his shooting range for the NBA scouts.

DURHAM, N.C. -- On Sunday, Duke retired the jersey worn by point guard Bobby Hurley the past four years. Tonight, Hurley could retire a record. Hurley needs just five assists against Maryland to pass former North Carolina State guard Chris Corchiani as the NCAA's all-time assist leader.Corchiani, who played from 1987 to 1991, had 1,038 assists in four seasons with the Wolfpack. Hurley had 31 assists the last two games."He really doesn't want the notoriety," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said recently about Hurley.