Freshman trio emerges for Duke men's basketball in win at Notre Dame
By Jake C. Piazza | December 17, 2020Good things really do come in threes.
Good things really do come in threes.
Duke cruised to a 75-65 win behind newfound ball movement on offense and gritty effort on defense.
Even without Jalen Johnson, the Blue Devils have looked comfortable thus far, leading 41-34 into the break. Here are five observations from the first 20 minutes.
The Blue Devils enter Wednesday night's contest as 4.5-point favorites.
The Chicago native can score at all three levels of the floor and his smooth jumper can give a defense problems.
The Fighting Irish contain the same qualities that propelled both Michigan State and Illinois to wins against Duke this season: experience and a star guard.
Duke will have to play down a man Wednesday against Notre Dame
New week, new thoughts on the latest AP rankings of the 2020-21 season.
The headliner of Duke’s 2020 recruiting class was forward Jalen Johnson and even with the difficult start to the season, many analysts are considering Johnson’s potential to land him in the first round,
In these early games, the Blue Devils have looked more like a group of individuals and not the cohesive unit that is needed to succeed in college basketball but most importantly, they need to find a team identity before ACC play.
It’s time to have a serious discussion that we need to stop avoiding.
It looks like Duke will get no more warm-ups before its 20-game ACC gauntlet.
Hosts Derek Saul and Shane Smith are joined by fellow men's basketball beat Max Rego to discuss what went wrong against the Fighting Illini and what Mike Krzyzewski had to say about the state of college basketball and COVID-19.
Duke fans knew this season would come with interruptions, but perhaps not this many.
No one expects an inexperienced team like Duke to run polished half-court sets, but right now there isn’t a clear mold for how the pieces are coming together offensively.
The Blue Devils entered this season having lost two nonconference home games since the start of the millennium. Over the last eight days, they’ve matched that total.
Duke will have to turn things around to maintain its 8-game winning streak in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
Duke comes into the gym Tuesday night with a chip on its shoulder, having been bested by No. 4 Michigan State Dec. 1.
Duke hasn't lost an ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchup since 2011. Our beat writers are split on whether that streak extends another year.
Krzyzewski’s squad may still be working out the kinks, but beating Illinois is going to require as close to a mistake-free game as possible.