Within a three-day span, Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State and Wake Forest all held their pro days, allowing a convenient half-week trip for NFL representatives to assess potential picks before April’s NFL Draft in Las Vegas.
In San Francisco, the Blue Devils often looked not just like the most talented team in their region, but in the wider NCAA tournament. They were supposed to be on that stage, celebrating that win.
And then there were four.
Six members of Duke United Black Athletes participated in a March 15 panel led by Alexis Joseph, a senior on the women’s lacrosse team and recipient of the 2022 Samuel Dubois Cook Undergraduate Award, to discuss inclusive environments, support for minority athletes and policy changes to improve athletes’ experiences at Duke.
The stage is set for a historic Final Four in New Orleans.
Only 700 people in this line would get their name picked out of the lottery for a chance to buy a $20 ticket to the Final Four that’s good for both the semifinal and national championship (conditional on Duke winning).
The Blue Zone takes a look back at the NCAA tournament game that changed college basketball history 30 years ago.
Sportswrap is your one-stop shop for everything Duke athletics, where we’ll recap how each of Duke’s sports currently in competition performed over the last week and give a brief look ahead. Here’s our recap for the week of March 21-28.
For a team criticized for lacking cohesion, locking down its pre-existing players and supplementing them with experience and freshman seemed a sensible strategy.
The Blue Devils did not try anything too fancy at this regatta and their emphasis on solid, fundamental rowing won the day.
That scene in the moment told the story of a team despondent after a loss that would soon become infamous. But ultimately, it represented a greater storyline: an 18- and 19-year-old having to carry the weight of determining Mike Krzyzewski’s legacy.
With Duke punching its ticket to the Final Four for the first time since 2015, the Blue Zone breaks down its 78-69 Elite Eight win against Arkansas with one player, one word and one stat.
The Blue Devils put on one of their most complete performances against the Razorbacks, remaining comfortably in the driver’s seat for a vast majority of the game’s 40 minutes.
Duke led for the vast majority of the first half, keeping the Razorbacks at an arm’s length but struggling to pull away from its persistent opponent.
The second-seeded Blue Devils are in the midst of their second game at Chase Center, this time against No. 4-seed Arkansas for a spot in the Final Four. Duke was ahead for most of the half, and took a 45-33 lead into the first period. Here are five of our observations from the first 20 minutes.
The Blue Zone has some prop bets for the Elite Eight game between Duke and Arkansas.
The Blue Zone has a player for both Duke and Arkansas that could bring the firepower to send his team to the Final Four.
Duke comes in as a four-point favorite in this Elite Eight matchup against Arkansas in San Francisco. At the end of this one, the winner at Chase Center will come away with a spot in the Final Four in New Orleans and a chance at putting their team in the college basketball record books.
Much has been made about Duke’s switch to a zone defense in the second half against Texas Tech in Thursday night's Sweet 16 win, but in reality, that switch didn’t slow the Red Raiders down.
With these two programs set for just their third postseason meeting Saturday night, let’s take a second to reflect on the brief—but tense—history between them.
