Duke men’s basketball was one of many athletic programs nationwide to call attention to racial injustice this year.
Last Wednesday, I had the honor of covering a Duke basketball game in person, something that is sure to be a rare occurrence this season.
Five former Blue Devils checked in on ESPN's list of the top 100 players in the NBA.
The No. 20 rank is respectable, and the forecast of this team is much sunnier than it was a week ago.
Hosts Derek Saul and Shane Smith are joined by fellow men's basketball beat Jake Piazza to discuss Duke's success against the Fighting Irish, as well as how the team should operate with Johnson on the sideline.
The Blue Devils avoided these scoring droughts against the Fighting Irish with a focus on teamwork and avoiding “iso-ball”.
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.
