Former Blue Devil Johnny Dawkins was relieved of his coaching duties at Stanford Monday afternoon.
Grayson Allen was the Blue Zone's Player of the Week following his strong performance in the ACC tournament.
The Blue Zone breaks down the West region which is home to Oregon, Oklahoma and defending champion Duke.
The Blue Zone takes a look at the Midwest region in the NCAA tournament, where many expect Virginia and Michigan State to battle for a Final Four berth.
Duke was awarded a No. 4 seed when the NCAA tournament field was revealed Sunday evening on CBS. The Blue Devils will open up first-round action Thursday against 13th-seeded UNC Wilmingtonin Providence, R.I.
The Philadelphia 76ers center will undergo an arthroscopic procedure after suffering a slight tear in his right meniscus, the team announced Friday.
With the NCAA tournament almost upon us, a group of former Blue Devils that made names for themselves in March are doing the same in the association.
Duke led by as many as 16 points early in the second half, but Notre Dame closed on a 22-6 run to force overtime as the Blue Devils missed 16 of their last 18 shots in the second half.
After building a 16-point lead, Duke faded down the stretch and allowed Notre Dame to crawl all the way and take a lead late in the second half. The Blue Devils gutted it out to force overtime, but following 40 tough minutes against the Fighting Irish—piled on top of 40 back-and-forth minutes versus N.C. State Wednesday—five more minutes proved too much to handle
Fifth-seeded Duke blew a 16-point lead and fell in overtime to fourth-seeded Notre Dame in the ACC tournament quarterfinals Thursday. The Fighting Irish defeated the Blue Devils in the conference tournament for the second straight year.
After forcing overtime with a 14-0 run near the end of regulation, fourth-seeded Notre Dame scored the first five points of the extra session and outlasted the fifth-seeded Blue Devils 84-79 Thursday at the Verizon Center, knocking Duke out of the ACC tournament for the second straight year.
Fifth-seeded Duke grabbed the advantage with a 13-0 run late in the half and leads fourth-seeded Notre Dame 45-37 at the Verizon Center after 20 minutes of play Thursday.
After outscoring N.C. State in a track meet Wednesday, Duke might expect more of the same against Notre Dame, which beat the Blue Devils 95-91 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in mid-January.
Luke Kennard and Brandon Ingram scored 22 points apiece and Marshall Plumlee delivered the go-ahead 3-point play with 1:14 left to get Duke past N.C. State.
Freshman Luke Kennard could be the key to a Duke victory Thursday against Notre Dame.
The Blue Devils had seen the play before. They knew how it ended—an outcome different from the one they sought—so they decided to flip the script. In the highest-scoring 40-minute ACC tournament game since 1990, Duke survived 92-89 against N.C. State on the back of a gritty defensive stand on the Wolfpack’s last fluid offensive possession, stymying one of N.C. State head coach Mark Gottfried’s most trusted plays.
The ACC experienced lots of technical difficulties with the shot clock during Wednesday’s second-round contest between Pittsburgh and Syracuse. There could be plenty more of those scoreboard errors with the amount of offense on display Thursday.
The Blue Devils overcame N.C. State in a 92-89 offensive showdown Wednesday afternoon. Fourth-seeded Duke will take on Notre Dame hoping to advance to the ACC tournament semifinals.
The Blue Zone looks at three keys of the game ahead of Duke's matchup against Notre Dame.
Duke and N.C. State seemingly could not miss for much of the game Thursday, but a late Marshall Plumlee putback and defensive stand sent the Blue Devils past the Wolfpack for the third time this season.
