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They weren't able to make it to Durham for Duke-North Carolina, but Chase Jeter and Jayson Tatum should still be in for a treat Saturday night.
It took longer than expected, but thanks to a career day from freshman center Jahlil Okafor, the No. 4 Blue Devils escaped Blacksburg, Va., with a hard-fought 91-86 overtime win against Virginia Tech Wednesday night. Okafor and senior captain Quinn Cook combined for 56 points at Cassell Coliseum to lead Duke to its eighth straight win.
The bell of the Blue Zone stock exchange has just rung again, meaning it’s time to take another look at who is rising and falling with their performances for Blue Devil sports teams. Each week the Blue Zone will look at whose stock is on the rise and whose stock has taken a hit from the week in the world of Duke athletics.
Duke's top-10 showdown at Notre Dame carried a lot of weight around the ACC and nationally with the final week of the regular season for most teams upon us:
The game ended Wednesday, but Duke and North Carolina will still be battling Saturday—this time to impress five-star 2015 swingman Brandon Ingram.
No. 10 Duke has resurrected its postseason chances by winning six of its last seven games in the past month, including wins at then-No. 12 North Carolina and against then-No. 8 Louisville. With three games left for the Blue Devils after Monday's 63-50 loss at No. 4 Notre Dame, beat writer Meredith Cash and Blue Zone editor Amrith Ramkumar take a look at the team's most pressing questions entering the season's home stretch:
Thursday was an emotional day after Duke's overtime win against North Carolina, and news in the afternoon before the NBA's deadline added to the excitement.
The Blue Devils got a key ACC win Wednesday night against their rival in thrilling fashion, using a 10-point comeback in the closing minutes of regulation to force overtime and eventually prevail 92-90 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Duke's 92-90 thrilling overtime win against rival North Carolina could be remembered for more than the Blue Devil victory.
Back on Feb. 8, 2012, Duke silenced a capacity crowd at the Dean E. Smith Center with a 10-point comeback the final 2:38. No one seemed have a great explanation as to how the Blue Devils escaped a team that was dominating them in the paint 42-14 and on the glass 42-35.
Many five-star recruits are flocking to Durham for Wednesday night's Duke-North Carolina battle at Cameron Indoor Stadium at 9 p.m., but one of the Blue Devils' recent freshman sensations will also be in attendance.
The bell of the Blue Zone stock exchange has just rung again, meaning it’s time to take another look at who is rising and falling with their performances for Blue Devil sports teams. Each week the Blue Zone will look at whose stock is on the rise and whose stock has taken a hit from the week in the world of Duke athletics.
Two ACC powers suffered upsets and fell in this week's poll with three weeks left to go in the regular season:
Two more Duke wins moved the Blue Devils' winning streak to five and the team to 9-3 in a stacked ACC:
SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Grayson Allen's five-point, two-assist, one-steal performance off the bench in eight minutes was already considered one of the freshman's best games when players and media left the court following Duke's 80-72 win at Syracuse Saturday night.
SYRACUSE, N.Y.—The Blue Devils got their first win at the Carrier Dome against Syracuse Saturday night, prompting plenty of discussion about the teams' budding rivalry after Duke's 80-72 victory.
SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Greatness.
After playing two instant classics a year ago, the fourth-ranked Blue Devils (21-3, 8-3 in the ACC) and Syracuse (16-8, 7-4) look to continue their budding ACC rivalry Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. The matchup pits two of the greatest coaches in the history of the game against each other in Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim. The Blue Devils have yet to win a conference game in the Carrier Dome and will look to avenge last year’s 91-89 overtime defeat. Before each game this season, the Blue Zone will select a player on both teams that could make the difference for their respective squads:
Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer last month and underwent surgery, Duke Athletics announced via press release Thursday evening.
With Duke football kicking off spring practice this week, The Chronicle's Brian Mazur, Amrith Ramkumar and Nick Martin set out to tackle the biggest questions facing the Blue Devils at this time.
