When offense takes a back seat, you get to put one of the Blue Devils’ greatest strengths in the driver's seat: defense.
Duke’s frontcourt this season can be summed up in one word: dominant.
Today, the Blue Zone breaks down Paolo Banchero's output and the rest of the Blue Devils’ big 57-43 win on the road against Notre Dame.
The Blue Devils have been running the same script on repeat for over three weeks. But unlike Bill Murray’s classic Groundhog Day, nobody’s laughing.
The efficiency may not have been there early in the game Monday night, but there was no doubt freshman forward Paolo Banchero was the best player on the floor. The Seattle native finished with 21 points on a 10-of-22 mark from the field along with nine rebounds.
The first schedule of the Mike Elko era is set.
Duke entered unfriendly confines Monday night, squaring off against a hot Notre Dame squad with a raucous crowd behind it. Despite that, the Blue Devils were locked in defensively and outrebounded the Fighting Irish by 10 en route to a 27-14 lead at intermission. Here are five takeaways from the action so far.
With another week of college basketball in the books, it's time for the Blue Zone's thoughts on the latest AP Poll. This week, Duke stayed put in the rankings at No. 9.
With the first of this year's Tobacco Road matchups between Duke and North Carolina drawing near, the Blue Zone is here to preview each positional battle ahead of Saturday night's tipoff. First, we take a look at both teams' backcourt.
After another week of fierce conference play, our beats are here with another installment of The Chronicle's Power Rankings of each team vying for the ACC crown.
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 Jan. 24-30.
With Duke men's basketball on the road against a surging Notre Dame team Monday night, the Blue Zone has you covered ahead of time with a trio of can't-miss prop bets.
Duke men's basketball hits the road again, this time taking on the Fighting Irish in South Bend, Ind. After taking home wins against Clemson and Louisville, the Blue Zone brings three keys for the Blue Devils to keep that streak going.
Today, the Blue Zone takes another look at AJ Griffin's shooting clinic and the rest of the Blue Devils' win against Louisville.
Duke's comeback attempt came up short during its visit to Louisville.
It’s clear from the numbers that the Blue Devils aren't favored, but despite that, the group has a chance for a big win and to achieve its goal of playing a solid game on both sides of the ball that head coach Kara Lawson spoke of earlier this week.
Against the Cardinals, Roach was the cool under pressure distributor the Blue Devils needed as Louisville mounted a furious comeback.
The story of the game was Duke’s dominance inside—the Blue Devils grabbed 20 offensive rebounds to the Cardinals’ 10, totaling 22 second-chance points in the process.
Duke touched down in Louisville Friday for their noon tipoff Saturday against the Cardinals. After a slow start for the first couple minutes, the Blue Devils exploded into a 14-2 run, Louisville fought back. The Blue Devils only take a 40-35 lead into the locker room. Here’s our five observations from the first 20 minutes.
No. 9 Duke is learning to fight, and its first of a three-game road stretch begins this Saturday at Louisville.
