Duke dropped from No. 15 to No. 17 with Sunday's loss at Pittsburgh, as top-10 teams suffered a total of 10 losses in another crazy week in college basketball.
Three days after Grayson Allen tripped Xavier Rathan-Mayes in the waning seconds of Duke’s 80-65 victory against Florida State, and two days after Allen received a reprimand from the ACC, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski shed more light on the topic after the Blue Devils’ 76-62 loss to Pittsburgh.
Motivated by their fight to push themselves onto the right side of the NCAA bubble, the Panthers brought all they had against the Blue Devils, commanding sizable advantages in most statistical categories.
Pittsburgh outrebounded Duke 39-20 and outscored the Blue Devils 24-6 in the paint to pick up its first top-25 win of the season.
The Blue Devils lacked energy and aggressiveness in their road loss to Pittsburgh.
Despite making headlines following his tripping incident late in the game against Florida State, Grayson Allen is this week's Blue Zone Player of the Week.
Pittsburgh controlled the game from the get-go, dominating the interior and blowing out No. 15 Duke 76-62 Sunday afternoon at the Petersen Events Center.
At the half, No. 15 Duke trails Pittsburgh 39-32 at the Petersen Events Center, behind an efficient offensive performance by the Panthers. The hosts grabbed 20 rebounds to Duke's 10 and hit four of their first five 3-pointers to jump out to an early lead.
A healthier No. 15 Duke team and an emerging asset in freshman Chase Jeter take on Pittsburgh Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Petersen Events Center.
Looking to keep pace near the top of the ACC, the Blue Devils hit the road to take on Pittsburgh.
The No.15 Blue Devils play their last conference road game Sunday when they face off against Pittsburgh.
Just two days after receiving an official reprimand from the ACC for tripping an opponent, Grayson Allen will have to deal with another physical, athletic Panther squad, headlined by Jamel Artis and James Robinson.
With the NBA’s annual trade deadline passing, a group of former Blue Devils are gearing up for the season’s final stretch as the calendar flips to March.
The ACC has issued a public reprimand to Duke sophomore Grayson Allen after the Blue Devil guard tripped Xavier Rathan-Mayes in the final seconds of Thursday's 80-65 win against Florida State.
Ever since Amile Jefferson went down with a fractured right foot, Duke has counted on at least one player to break out for a big scoring night. There was no one dominant player Thursday, but that still spelled trouble for Florida State.
Sophomore Grayson Allen made headlines late in Duke's game against Florida State after tripping guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes.
Nike designed new Kobe 11 Elite PEs for the Blue Devils postseason run, while former Duke pitcher Marcus Stroman became a sponsor of the Jordan Brand.
The Blue Devils got a balanced effort in a 15-point win against Florida State.
Chase Jeter delivered one of his best stretches of ACC play with three points, five rebounds and two drawn charges and Matt Jones returned from a one-game absence with 11 points and three 3-pointers.
Nothing seemed to fall for the Blue Devils in the game's first five minutes, but once the ball went through the net for the first time, there was no looking back.
