With four freshmen playing significant minutes and Greg Paulus recovering from a preseason foot injury, the Duke coaches spent much of the first half of the season trying to determine just what...
Duke is the toughest defensive team in the ACC, relinquishing a meager 45.6 points per game, second nationally only to No. 5 LSU, which gives up 43.6.
Duke may have won its last game by 32 points, but head coach Gail Goestenkors doesn't care. She called her team's effort against Virginia Tech Jan. 7 disappointing, as the Hokies put up 54...
The young Blue Devils were dealt a harsh dose of reality in their ACC opener Saturday as an upset-minded and vengeful Virginia Tech squad came into Cameron Indoor Stadium and knocked off the...
Online Update 12/21: Greg Paulus had a career-high 20 points and Josh McRoberts had his first double-double of the season, as Duke defeated Gonzaga, 61 54, Thursday night at Madison Square...
The sophomore, who had not played since the Blue Devils' third game after contracting mononucleosis, had returned home to Los Angeles after falling ill. Boykin informed Duke's coaching staff of his...
Online Update 12/19: In its first game in a week and a half, No. 6 Duke needed a late run to finally put away unranked Kent State. The Blue Devils (10-1), who had not played a game during...
Game Analysis: Duke jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead less than a minute into the contest on three-pointers from Jon Scheyer and DeMarcus Nelson and would never trail during the game,...
Duke was sinking three-pointers from all over the floor Saturday, and they weren't coming from just one guy--J.J. Redick was nowhere to be found. The Blue Devil offense was working together.
In each of Duke's first eight games-in which they outscored their opponents by an average of nearly 40 points per game-the Blue Devils jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. Two...
Vanderbilt did not score any fast-break points in the game, and Duke only had six, all coming late in the second half. Moreover, the two squads combined for 41 turnovers.
Saturday afternoon, Duke will continue its non-conference schedule against a 2006 FInal Four team. No, the No. 7 Florida Gators are not playing in Cameron Indoor Stadium tomorrow, and neither is...
But the Blue Devils' 21-point win over 11th-ranked Vanderbilt (8-1) was plenty enough to keep Duke (8-0) undefeated after sinking the Commodores, 69-48.
Up 35-34, Gerald Henderson rebounded Brian Zoubek's missed free-throw and kicked it out to DeMarcus Nelson, who drained a three-pointer from the baseline to put the No. 7 Blue Devils up four, eight...
For the last 11 years, Cheek's father, Boris Cheek, has served as an NFL field judge, spending fall weekends traveling around the country.
When the No. 11 Commodores (8-0) battle the No. 4 Blue Devils (6-0) at 7 p.m., Abby and Emily Waner will greet an old friend in Vanderbilt junior Liz Sherwood.
The faster pace did not allow Holy Cross to consistently set its defense, resulting in a number of open looks from three-point range. The Blue Devils knocked down 5-of-9 three-pointers in the...
Blue Devil redshirt sophomore David McClure and Crusader senior Torey Thomas began playing basketball together as children in the Catholic Youth Organization league. When McClure chose to attend...
After cruising during that six-game span, the fifth-ranked Blue Devils thought they would be seriously challenged for the first time this season Monday night against No. 19 Rutgers (2-3) in the...
With the fifth-ranked Blue Devils (6-0) traveling to play the No. 18 Scarlet Knights (2-2) at 7 p.m. tonight, Mitchell will find herself in familiar territory. She attended high school just 30...
