As the Blue Devils’ season comes to an end, the Blue Zone takes a final look at every player’s performance this year. First up is star freshman Cooper Flagg.
During the spring season, The Chronicle is polling its readers every week via its Sportswrap newsletter to highlight one Blue Devil athlete’s outstanding performance. This week, the spotlight is on pitcher Cassidy Curd of Duke softball.
As spring sports are underway, The Chronicle is back with our breakdown of every sport, including key rules, terminology, tournament formats and more. Click here to access our beginner's guide to all other sports. This is our golf edition.
Usually, college baseball’s most exciting games are reserved for the weekends, when conference rivals battle it out in a three-game series. But, a pair of midweek walk-offs gave the Blue Devils plenty of fireworks at Jack Coombs field.
No. 1-seed Duke exited the NCAA Tournament after a heartbreaking loss to No. 1-seed Houston in the Final Four Saturday evening. The Blue Zone analyzes the 70-67 defeat.
Find out the proportion of missed free throws by opposing teams in Cameron Indoor Stadium over the past four years, sorted by the Cameron Crazies' distractions.
Vanessa de Jesus, a graduate point guard, reportedly told On3's Talia Goodman that she is entering the transfer portal. De Jesus played four seasons for the Blue Devils, excluding the 2023-24 season that she missed with a knee injury.
On Friday, following three overruled calls on the clinch court, the Blue Devils defeated the Golden Bears by default. Duke had another narrow 4-3 win Saturday against Stanford, which was only the second time this year that the Blue Devils played back-to-back matches.
Over the course of three days, the Blue Devils won three decisive victories — including a run-rule win Friday — against the Tar Heels.
In a West Coast weekend series, No. 15 Duke lost Friday 4-3 to No. 10 Cal in a narrowly-decided match determined by several third-set stretches. Traveling south of the Bay Sunday to face No. 9 Stanford, Duke was dealt another defeat 4-0 to close out the weekend.
Archrivals Duke and North Carolina squared off for a midseason three-game series in Chapel Hill, with the 19th-ranked hosts looking to defend their turf. They successfully did, but the Blue Devils forced a 14-inning ballgame before falling 8-7 in the final matchup.
Led by head coach Adrian Spracklen, the Blue Devils took home second overall with 165 points and a first-place finish in the second final of the Second Varsity Four.
The Blue Devils extended their win streak to five games in an important ACC matchup against the Panthers. Hem was the star for Duke, tallying six goals and an assist en route to the team's fifth conference win of the season.
The late-game execution and missed free throws hurt the Blue Devils down the stretch, but failing to clear the defensive glass and giving Houston open looks paved the way for the Cougar comeback.
Scheyer and his team fell in devastating fashion 70-67 to fellow No. 1-seed Houston in San Antonio’s Alamodome Saturday night.
In their first Final Four appearance under head coach Jon Scheyer, the Blue Devils are facing off against the Houston Cougars. Through 20 minutes, Duke has jumped out to a 34-28 advantage.
In a Final Four matchup between two elite No. 1-seeds, Duke and Houston will vie for a spot in the national championship. Our beats predict who will win the Saturday night clash.
The late-game execution was subpar in both losses, but Scheyer knew that winning the war is more important than the battle. Having his team figure out how to handle the pressure of the moment, combined with a coaching style defined by doling out the hard truth and promoting self-confidence, would lead this team to greater future success.
As Scheyer's squad prepares to face Houston in San Antonio for a spot in the national championship, the Blue Zone takes a look at the last time a Duke coach made his first Final Four.
Just one day away from a historic Final Four which pits four No. 1 seeds against each other, the Blue Zone makes the case that the “chalkiness” of this year’s NCAA Tournament is a good thing for college basketball.
