Duke collected a swift win against Clemson Friday afternoon as it never trailed before going on to win, 4-0. However, the win streak ended at three as Duke struggled to capitalize on opportunities against Georgia Tech Sunday.
In a pivotal game three of the opening series in conference play, No. 12 Duke cemented its status as arguably the best team in the league and possibly one of the best in the country, defeating No. 1 Wake Forest 10-8.
The Cavaliers once again proved to be an Achilles’ heel, besting the home squad 6-1 in a hard-fought match Sunday afternoon, just two days after Duke took down Virginia Tech.
This weekend, Duke sent three women up to The Track at New Balance in Boston to compete in the NCAA Indoor Championships. Two brand-new All-Americans — senior Brianna Smith and graduate student MaKayla Mason — returned.
After each Duke men's basketball game this season, check back here for the Player of the Game and more. The Blue Devils fell to North Carolina in the final ACC regular-season matchup, with the Tar Heels clinching the conference title in the process. The Blue Zone analyzes the 84-79 defeat.
Fifteen-point deficits after eight minutes of play are not individual, and they are incredibly difficult to come back from. Scheyer’s squad was so close it could taste it — but it couldn’t quite cross that bridge. This was a whole-team loss, and you could feel it as you walked into the locker room.
For every energizing play the Blue Devils could conjure the seventh-ranked Tar Heels could seemingly conjure two, helping the visitors lead from start to finish en route to a 84-79 victory inside Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Inside Cameron Indoor Stadium for the final game of their regular season, the ninth-ranked Blue Devils struggled to keep pace with the seventh-ranked Tar Heels for much of the first half before a late-period fightback closed the gap. Duke trails North Carolina 40-31 heading into the locker room.
It’s finally here. The Blue Devils are set for their second showdown with their Tobacco Road Rivals, and the Blue Zone is here with some can’t miss prop bets before the rematch with the Tar Heels.
In an extremely anticipated matchup in Winston-Salem, N.C., No. 12 Duke took down No. 1 Wake Forest 8-5 in a game that was expected to be a pitcher’s duel, but evolved into a slugfest that cemented the Blue Devils’ status as a contender for both the ACC and the College World Series.
It was a fight, to be sure, and a chaotic one at that.
No. 9 Duke faces its last — and biggest — test of the regular season Saturday evening at Cameron Indoor Stadium, welcoming historic rival and national No. 7 North Carolina. With an ACC regular-season title on the line, The Chronicle’s beat writers are here to offer their forecasts for what promises to be a chaotic evening.
In a true back-and-forth contest, the seventh-seeded Blue Devils fell to No. 2-seed N.C. State 54-51 in a raucous ACC tournament quarterfinal contest. For the Wolfpack, Aziaha James led the way with 16 points and eight rebounds in a 39-minute performance. On the other side of the ball, Oluchi Okananwa led Duke with a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double.
The Blue Devils will be hosting North Carolina in its final regular season game in Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday. Ahead of the matchup, the Blue Zone brings you two players to look out for in the historic battle of the blue.
While Thursday night’s victory was not as vicious as the 84-46 win Duke claimed back in January, the Blue Devils still put together an impressive win, going back to the basics and showing off one of the strongest parts of their offensive attack this season.
After 30 hard-fought games filled with the jubilant highs of victory and the agonizing lows of defeat, No. 9 Duke’s 2023-2024 regular season concludes Saturday as the team welcomes No. 7 North Carolina at Cameron Indoor Stadium.Here are five things to keep in mind as these titanic rivals clash with millions watching around the country.
As the Cameron Crazies gear up for Rivalry Week, the tent city in K-Ville has come down. But this year, tenters were the beneficiaries of a few new rules, including a week of reprieve.
Duke struggled with consistency across three rounds, facing challenging winds on the latter two, but had its share of positive showings and moments nonetheless.
In their opening postseason battle, the seventh-seeded Blue Devils handled business, defeating No. 10-seed Georgia Tech 70-58 in the second round of the ACC tournament Thursday evening at Greensboro Coliseum.
Duke will likely be coming up against some of the top squads in the conference in rematches from the regular season as it heads into a stacked playoff bracket. With all that in mind, let’s take a look at the prospective opponents that Duke could face throughout the tournament all the way through to the finals.
