Called everything from a Cinderella team to a legitimate contender for the national championship, Butler is a team of many titles. But for head coach Brad Stevens, names don’t mean anything.
Since 1998, Duke has been awarded a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament nine times. That’s almost twice as many as Kansas and North Carolina (five apiece), and at least three times as many as any...
Thirty wins, a regular season crown, an ACC tournament championship and a trip to the Elite 8 later, McCallie’s players proved that they possessed the talent and motivation necessary to be counted...
MEMPHIS—Typically the strongest element of its game, Duke’s defense failed to hold in last night’s game against Baylor. Time and again, the Lady Bears broke through for quick shots and easy buckets.
MEMPHIS — With just over four minutes left in the game, No. 2 Duke seemed to have clinched a bid to the Final Four. The Blue Devils led No. 4 Baylor by eight points, 46-38. But then things turned...
HOUSTON — For the past few years, the knock on Duke has been that the Blue Devils were a finesse squad, incapable of winning a physical, gut-it-out contest against the best teams in the country.
HOUSTON — A Final Four for Duke, at last. On the 18th anniversary of Christian Laettner’s epic jumper as time expired to send the Blue Devils into the final weekend, No. 1 Duke (33-5) reached that...
HOUSTON — Just moments before running out onto the court for their Elite 8 matchup, the Blue Devils surrounded Nolan Smith in a circle, arms interloped.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As senior Krystal Thomas left Sunday’s noontime press conference, she hummed a song while the rest of her teammates, and even her coach, laughed on the sidelines.
Duke and Purdue fought a heavyweight battle Friday at Reliant Stadium. The two teams both got punches in early and often, but ultimately, it was the timeliness of the Blue Devils’ hits that earned...
On the biggest stage of the season, in front of the crowd of 45,505, the Blue Devils refused defeat. No. 1 seed Duke defeated a talented Purdue team 70-57 at Reliant Stadium Friday night. The win...
