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Column: For Duke men’s basketball to reach its potential, it should prioritize scoring inside and transition buckets

(11/30/24 4:05pm)

In Duke’s 70-48 win against Seattle, it held a team to less than 60 points for the fourth time this season. KenPom currently ranks Duke as the best defensive team in the country, a metric of which any team would be proud. Still, in two of the Blue Devils' three most difficult games this season, they came out on the losing end. So the question remains, how?

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/11/duke-seattle-mens-basketball-game-analysis-column-shot-selection-driving-transition-scheyer-flagg-maluach-brown

Scouting the opponent: Wake Forest's run-heavy offense poses final regular-season challenge for Blue Devils

(11/28/24 5:35pm)

Twelve games. Fourteen weeks. Year one of the Manny Diaz era is almost complete. Regardless of how Duke football closes its season out, these Blue Devils have already exceeded expectations. A 5-0 start, a historic comeback against their most hated rival, votes in the AP poll. After the departures of former head coach Mike Elko and starting quarterback Riley Leonard threatened to destabilize the program, Duke has continued to establish itself as far more than just a basketball school.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/11/duke-wake-forest-football-scouting-opponent-hank-bachmeier-demon-claiborne

Holiday horror movies: Why?

(11/28/24 5:00am)

It is no secret that there are a lot of holiday-themed horror movies. Even beyond Halloween, an obvious outlier, something about holidays inspires the mind of horror writers, directors and producers. As a result, we have horror movies for everything from Christmas to President’s Day to Easter to New Year’s to Independence Day to even Valentine’s Day. And Thanksgiving is no exception. 

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/11/holiday-horror-movies-why-story-thankskilling-thanksgiving-thankskilling3-into-the-dark

No. 13 Duke women's basketball outlasts No. 8 Oklahoma, scores record 109 points in Ball Dawgs Classic

(11/28/24 1:00am)

The days leading up Thanksgiving are those of rest and relaxation for many college students. Not for No. 13 Duke women’s basketball, though: After defeating Kansas State Monday, the Blue Devils extended their stay in Henderson, Nev., to take on No. 8 Oklahoma in the Ball Dawgs Women’s Championship Game.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/11/duke-womens-basketball-oklahoma-overtime-win-las-vegas-thanksgiving-lawson-beers-richardson

Scouting the opponent: Kansas is ready for the Vegas Showdown with a veteran starting 5

(11/26/24 5:44pm)

The Blue Devils are in Las Vegas to take on a No. 1-ranked Kansas team in the second matchup of an early-season test in the West, which they started by taking down then-No. 17 Arizona. Kansas has been looming on head coach Jon Scheyer’s schedule, as any matchup with the top team in the country would.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/11/duke-mens-basketball-scouting-the-opponent-kansas-jayhawks-dickinson-mayo-harris-griffen-adams-self-veteran

‘Lovely’ and ‘wretched’: Durham residents express mixed feelings about Duke students living off campus

(11/26/24 5:21am)

Since Duke’s fraternities moved off campus in 2021, residents of the neighborhoods surrounding East Campus have expressed mixed feelings towards students — Greek-affiliated or otherwise — living in their communities.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/11/duke-university-students-living-off-campus-durham-residents-express-mixed-feelings-greek-life-night-parties-disruptive-durham-neighborhoods-united-durham-county-misdemeanor-program-good-neighbor-program

How could the second Trump administration impact Duke?

(11/26/24 4:58am)

President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House may prove a point of tension for Duke as it looks to navigate the higher education landscape under a second Trump presidency. 

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/11/duke-university-second-trump-administration-impact-duke-higher-education-institutional-neutrality-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-muslim-travel-ban-propalestinian-protests-college-campuses-endowment-tax-student-loan-repayment-affirmative-action-dei