With Duke set to close out the regular season Saturday at home against rival North Carolina, the Blue Zone previews a player from both sides who can be a difference-maker for his team.
I don’t know Coach K well outside of talking to him in press conferences and my 72 hours of fame after a brief exchange we had after a game a year ago, but I don’t think even he could have had the faintest idea that his legacy would grow to this.
Eight United States presidents. Five PlayStation consoles. The Harlem Shake. Mike Krzyzewski has seen them all during his tenure as head coach at Duke.
Krzyzewski’s time at Duke can really be broken down into the four main decades that he has coached through (sorry 2020-21 and 2021-22, you didn’t make the cut).
When it comes to Duke men’s basketball, Coach K isn’t just bigger than the program. He is the program.
When Krzyzewski walks off the court as head coach for the final time this spring, he may be finished calling out plays, but he will still have a community looking up to him as the exemplar of what it is possible to achieve through reaching their fullest academic potential.
“Every year I'm like, ‘Oh it's not a big deal,’ and it is actually kind of hard because you want her to do well and I want her team to do really well but obviously this is a day where we want to make sure Duke prevails,” Kimel said after the game.
In a match requiring determination down the stretch, the 10th-seeded Blue Devils overcame a 16-point deficit in the final 25 minutes to take down 15th-seeded Pittsburgh 55-52 Wednesday afternoon.
Playing against Notre Dame on the road, the No. 8 Blue Devils won decisively, outscoring the Fighting Irish 5-2.
Although relations between Duke and Pittsburgh are very friendly, indicated clearly by the Panthers honoring Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski before the game and the fact that Pittsburgh head coach Jeff Capel was a player and coach for Krzyzewski, the Blue Devils came out swinging Tuesday night.
In its penultimate act, No. 4 Duke cruised to a 86-56 win against Pittsburgh on the road at the Petersen Events Center.
Duke got off to a hot start in its final road game of the regular season, jumping out to an early lead against Pittsburgh on the way to a 36-19 halftime advantage. With 20 minutes to play here at the Petersen Events Center, here are five observations from the first half.
With Duke on the road for one last time in the regular season against Pittsburgh, the Blue Zone has you covered with some can't-miss prop bets.
Exciting news broke Tuesday morning for Duke fans, whose phenom freshman guard Shayeann Day-Wilson was named ACC Rookie of the Year.
Duke escaped its three-game weekend series at Baylor with a tight loss Friday and a split double-header Sunday that was, to put it lightly, a mess.
With Duke set for one final road game Tuesday night against Pittsburgh, the Blue Zone takes a look at a player from both sides who can be a difference-maker for his team.
There's a reason Duke moved up three spots in the latest AP Poll despite beating two unranked teams last week.
While the Blue Devils’ modus operandi Saturday was unleashing as many shots as possible on as many possessions as possible, the Quakers had a different, sneakier approach.
It’s finally tournament time in the ACC, as Duke women’s basketball makes the short trip to the Greensboro Coliseum in to take on Pittsburgh in the first round. Here are five things to know before the Blue Devils, at long last, return to the postseason slate.
After the Blue Devils won the opening tip and got on the board first with a 3-pointer from Celeste Taylor, it seemed like they could get revenge from their last meeting and strengthen their case for the NCAA tournament with a win against No. 18 North Carolina. However, that would be the last time Duke led.
