With conference play in full swing and another full week of excitement ahead, our beats are here with another installment of The Chronicle's Power Rankings of each team vying for the ACC crown.
Sunday’s star-studded Empire Invitational pitted two of Duke’s top 2022 recruits against each other in a down-to-the-wire midseason event in New York.
Upset losses across the AP Top 25 have shuffled the rankings since last week, as Duke falls to No. 8. Here are our thoughts on the rest of college basketball and how the newest rankings look.
With Duke men's basketball set to take on Wake Forest on the road Wednesday, the Blue Zone takes a look at a player from both sides who could propel his team to victory.
Akinbode-James stepped up in a big way, registering a career-high 16 points on 5-of-9 field goals along with six rebounds and a team-high two blocks, all in 18 minutes.
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. 3-10.
“They are very resilient,” said head coach Kara Lawson. “They believe they can find a way, believe they can figure out a way even if it’s not going their way in the beginning. It might be the thing I love the most about my team: they keep fighting.”
After each Duke men's basketball game this season, check back here for the Player of the Game and more. Today, the Blue Zone takes a deeper look at the Blue Devils' narrow loss to Miami.
![Captain Wendell Moore Jr., took ownership of the Miami loss in the postgame press conference, saying he "didn't lead the guys the way [he's] supposed to."](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/dtc/cdace282-b7b7-4840-af2f-86dea4b02174.sized-1000x1000.jpg?w=220&ar=4%3A3&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format&dpr=1.5)
Obviously, there was a lot of frustration for the Blue Devils in the final one-minute stretch. Between missed shots, bad defense and tired play, Duke really looked like a young team—an inevitability it has been avoiding all season.
No. 2 Duke fell to Miami by a score of 76-74 Saturday night, the Blue Devils’ first loss in ACC play this season. A last-second attempt from freshman Trevor Keels clanked off the rim.
Duke entered this one as a 14.5-point favorite, but it’s shaping up to be far closer than the spread would have indicated. Miami came out hot thanks to its stellar guard play and jumped out to an early lead, before the Blue Devils fought back to make it 32-32 at the half. Here’s five of our observations from the first 20 minutes.
It's been an eventful week for former Blue Devils in the pros. Read all about in this week's edition of Duke in the NBA.
Miami is traveling from Coral Gables, Fla., for a daunting date with head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s Duke squad Saturday at 8 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The Blue Zone has three keys to a Duke victory and the end of Miami's eight-game win streak.
There's a lot to reflect on in head coach Mike Krzyzewski's storied career. So The Chronicle walked back chronologically through his career and picked out 16 iconic moments. "Coach K's Sweet 16" is brought to you by Duke Stores.
Duke's sophomore star Thorleifur Ulfarsson has declared for the MLS SuperDraft after signing a contract with Generation Adidas.
The top-ranked Blue Devils were hosting No. 3 North Carolina in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke entered the game 26-2, with one of those losses being a brutal 97-73 defeat by North Carolina in their first meeting of the season.
After each Duke men's basketball game this season, check back here for the Player of the Game and more. Today, the Blue Zone takes a deeper look at Paolo Banchero's double-double and the rest of Duke's victorious return to play.
The Blue Devils will have to wait a little longer to establish an ACC winning streak.
“We don’t get caught up in the comments people make. Who’s number two or number four, they really don’t mean a thing,” said Coach K. “The main thing is to be good and to get through the year healthy and to qualify for the tournament.”
