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After a couple of easy conference games, No. 4 Duke will return to Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday at 2 p.m. to face No. 2 Virginia. Here are three keys to the game:
CHAPEL HILL—After blowing an early 19-point lead, Duke still had the opportunity to come out with a win against rival North Carolina, up by eight with less than a minute and a half left to play.
Coming off of two straight conference victories against Pittsburgh and Wake Forest, the No. 5 Blue Devils will travel to South Beach in hopes of beating the No. 25 Hurricanes in their house for the first time since 2011. Here are three keys to the game:
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—Graduate student Rebecca Greenwell had been only two triples away from setting Duke’s all-time career record for made 3-pointers for eight games and was hurt for five of them.
CORAL GABLES, Fla.—The Blue Devils survived four games with preseason All-American graduate student Rebecca Greenwell sidelined due to knee injury thanks to the leadership of graduate student Lexie Brown, whose play earned her two straight ACC Player of the Week awards.
Twenty-five years ago, Maine's struggling women's basketball program offered Joanne P. McCallie her first head coaching job at age 26. After McCallie turned the Black Bears around and led them to six NCAA tournament appearances in eight years, she will now welcome her former team to Durham with a new squad of her own looking to make a run this season.
COLUMBIA, S.C.—A season ago, the Blue Devils pulled off an incredible upset at Cameron Indoor Stadium against a visiting South Carolina squad that went on to win the national championship.
After taking down a ranked opponent for the second time this season against Ohio State, the Blue Devils will look to upset South Carolina Sunday afternoon in their lone road game of December.
A battle of the 3-ball commenced Thursday night with two of the best backcourts in college basketball facing off at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and Duke walked away with its biggest win of the season.
After a slow start caused by stagnant offense and little help from the frontcourt and bench, Duke came out of halftime with a purpose thanks to its best player and its bench, shutting down Presbyterian's hopes of keeping the game close.
Following a disappointing loss at Villanova, the Blue Devils will have to fix recurring mistakes Wednesday before hitting a grueling stretch of their nonconference schedule.
After outlasting Michigan State in a hard-fought battle in the Chicago, the Blue Devils will return home for one of the lighter weekends on their schedule, starting with a matchup against Southern Friday evening.
After an intrasquad scrimmage and an exhibition game to fix any preseason errors, Duke will finally get a taste of a game that counts.
Bego Faz Davalos
On a roster filled with height and out-of-state imports, a 5-foot-9 point guard and the lone North Carolinian on the team might be the piece Duke needs to put the team over the top come March.
Speed killed in Duke’s lone exhibition game, with the Blue Devils routing Alaska Anchorage and validating their high preseason ranking.
With high expectations and a No. 12 ranking in the preseason AP poll, Duke will have its first chance to display its talent against another team in its lone exhibition game.
Jordan Goldwire
The Blue Devils have already exceeded expectations by playing themselves into the middle of the pack in the ACC, and they will get one more chance to climb even higher Friday night.
2016-17 record: 28-9, 11-7 in the ACC
