Halftime: Duke 53, Boston College 34
By Brian Pollack | January 7, 2017After exploding for a season-high 110 points against Georgia Tech Wednesday, the Blue Devils are lighting up the scoreboard again.
After exploding for a season-high 110 points against Georgia Tech Wednesday, the Blue Devils are lighting up the scoreboard again.
The Blue Devils will have to keep Boston College from staying in the game from the 3-point line Saturday.
Harry Giles should have the opportunity to build on his best performance of the season and continue to round into form against Boston College.
After what felt like eons of waiting for Duke fans, they finally saw what a healthy Blue Devil team could look like in Wednesday's rout of Georgia Tech. Now Duke hopes to show it can sustain a high level of play without its head coach on the sidelines.
The Chronicle's Hank Tucker breaks down how everything went right for the Blue Devils in a dominant 53-point win.
Seven Blue Devils scored in double figures for the first time in nearly a decade.
The Blue Devils have grown used to losing players to injury this year, but after a dominant 110-57 win against Georgia Tech with all their major contributors finally healthy, they are now preparing to lose their head coach.
When news of Grayson Allen's indefinite suspension came down two weeks ago, there was a general consensus that the preseason All-American would likely miss multiple games as a result of his third tripping incident in less than a year. But Wednesday night, the junior was back in uniform for Duke.
After three uninspiring performances in a row, culminating with a blowout loss to Virginia Tech last Saturday, Duke had one last chance to send its head coach off in style before Mike Krzyzewski walks into back surgery this Friday.
With its full complement of players in head coach Mike Krzyzewski's last game before back surgery, Duke is playing up to its potential for the first time in nearly a month.
Head coach Mike Krzyzewski announced that he will undergo lower-back surgery Friday and miss about four weeks to recover—meaning Wednesday's contest will be his last for quite a while.
The Blue Devils will need to move the ball and exploit mismatches on the perimeter against a defensive-minded Georgia Tech team.
The Chronicle's Mitchell Gladstone and Hank Tucker discuss the Blue Devils' matchup with Georgia Tech and head coach Mike Krzyzewski's impending absence from the team.
The short- and long-term implications of Coach K's third surgery in a year.
Freshman guard Frank Jackson will look to collapse the Georgia Tech defense and set up his teammates for easy baskets Thursday.
With conference play beginning, the final week of 2016 saw several top-25 teams fall and trimmed the list of remaining unbeatens to three.
The Blue Devils have had to deal with plenty of adversity with injuries and a suspension to All-American Grayson Allen, and things won't get any easier entering the second week of ACC play.
Luke Kennard is still performing at a high level, but none of his teammates are stepping up around him.
The race for the ACC regular-season title is wide open after a slew of upsets in the first weekend of conference play.
The Chronicle's Mitchell Gladstone breaks down what went wrong against the Hokies in Duke's 89-75 loss to open the conference schedule.