Even within the first few minutes, it was clear that Duke would be taking the win back to Durham. It posted 20 points to Charleston Southern’s 10 within the first quarter, led by 16 at half-time and surrendered only 35 points at the final whistle, its lowest all year.
As 2021 comes to a close, The Chronicle's sports department takes a look back at the biggest stories of the year in Duke athletics. Each day, we will review a major game, event or storyline that helped shape the course of the year for the Blue Devils.
Duke men's basketball's nonconference schedule is finished, and it plays its first ACC game of the season on Wednesday, facing off against Virginia Tech Wednesday night at home in Cameron Indoor Stadium. With that in mind, the Blue Zone takes a look at how the Blue Devils finished their nonconference slate and three key matchups of their ACC season.
Coming in at No. 10: Duke men's soccer bounces back from a subpar 2020 season to go to the ACC Championship game and third round of the NCAA tournament.
Having wrapped up the nonconference portion of its schedule, Duke men's basketball is set to kick off its ACC slate Wednesday with a home matchup against Virginia Tech.
In addition to pregame testing for Duke’s opponents, Krzyzewski also said he is “not big on the forfeit thing” in reference to the ACC’s policy on what happens when a team cannot play a game due to COVID-19.
No. 2 Duke comfortably handled their business last week to finish off its nonconference play in dominating fashion.
With Duke women's basketball ranked once again in Monday's AP Poll, the Blue Zone is here with our thoughts on the latest rankings.
Former Wake Forest defensive coordinator Lyle Hemphill has been brought on as the safeties coach, the program announced Sunday evening.
With nothing but ACC games from now until March, our beats are here with another installment of The Chronicle's Power Rankings of each team vying for the ACC crown.
In the three-game stretch concluding Saturday, Roach found his shooting stroke and sank 8-of-14 3-point attempts, good for a 32% improvement from before the midseason break.
Today, the Blue Zone breaks down Trevor Keels' performance and the team's paint presence in Saturday's 87-56 win against Elon.
It took 11 months from the first pick to the last, but now all three of Duke’s super-senior captains are going pro.
After a rough stretch in November when his shooting clip dipped, freshman guard Trevor Keels rejuvenated himself, finishing the two earlier games this week with a combined 25 points on 40% shooting from beyond the arc.
After two cancellations due to COVID issues in opposing programs, Duke hosted Elon Saturday in its last nonconference game of the season. The Blue Devils picked up right where they left off front their last game, and are out to a 44-26 lead at the half. Here’s five of our observations from the opening 20 minutes.
The super senior is the first Blue Devil to be drafted in the first round since 2018, and the highest-drafted Duke defender in NWSL history.
Duke men's basketball assistant coach Nolan Smith will miss Saturday afternoon's game against Elon due to the school's health and safety protocol.
No. 2 Duke men's basketball is set to play their third matchup in five days Saturday afternoon in Cameron Indoor Stadium. After two opponent cancellations due to COVID-19 protocols, Duke will now face an Elon squad hungry to end their seven-game losing streak against the Blue Devils.
Duke will have to wait another game to actually play its first ACC contest.
After the Blue Devils' game against Cleveland State and Loyola Maryland being canceled due to respective positive COVID-19 cases in each program, Duke nailed down a game against Elon Saturday at 4 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
