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The Blue Devils blew a 12-point lead in a stunning 84-82 home loss to N.C. State, struggling to handle freshman phenom Dennis Smith Jr. Duke has now lost three of its last four games and has to play its next two games on the road, beginning with a matchup at Wake Forest Saturday.
Duke scored 20 straight points early in the second half to rally from a double-digit deficit and beat Miami 70-58 Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Four Blue Devils scored in double figures to spark an offense that scored 46 points after the break following a dismal first half.
Two of The Chronicle’s men’s basketball beat writers, senior Brian Pollack and sophomore Hank Tucker, are tenting for Duke’s home game against North Carolina Feb. 9, and they answered a few questions about what it’s like to be in line for a basketball game for almost a month. Leave your questions in the comments, and they will get as many of them answered as possible next week.
Only one team remains unbeaten in ACC play, and Duke fell below .500 through at least five conference games for the first time since 2007.
After getting dominated inside in a blowout loss to No. 9 Florida State Tuesday, the seventh-ranked Blue Devils will face another elite frontcourt Saturday at noon at No. 14 Louisville. Here are three keys to success for Duke.
The ACC standings are starting to take shape after strong weeks by some of the conference's most talented teams.
Interim head coach Jeff Capel coached the Blue Devils to a 93-82 win against Boston College in the first game of Mike Krzyzewski's absence due to lower-back surgery, but the victory may have come at a cost. Graduate student Amile Jefferson suffered a foot injury in the first half and did not return, and Duke had to stave off a rally by the Eagles in the closing minutes.
The Blue Devils have grown used to losing players to injury this year, but after a dominant 110-57 win against Georgia Tech with all their major contributors finally healthy, they are now preparing to lose their head coach.
Although tenting for this year’s home game against North Carolina generated unprecedented student interest, Duke is not immune to the attendance questions that are facing athletic departments across the country.
With its full complement of players in head coach Mike Krzyzewski's last game before back surgery, Duke is playing up to its potential for the first time in nearly a month.
After three uninspiring performances in a row culminated with a blowout loss to Virginia Tech last Saturday, Duke had one last chance to send its head coach off in style before Mike Krzyzewski undergoes back surgery Friday.
Following Monday’s unexpected news that head coach Mike Krzyzewski will miss an indefinite amount of time after having back surgery this Friday, three of The Chronicle’s men’s basketball beat writers discuss how they think his temporary absence will impact the Blue Devils’ season.
In Duke’s previous two wins against ranked opponents this season, timely 3-pointers and midrange jumpers helped the Blue Devils pull away down the stretch.
Time and time again in ACC play last year, Duke faltered down the stretch and wound up losing enough games to fall out of the NCAA tournament.
The race for the ACC regular-season title is wide open after a slew of upsets in the first weekend of conference play.
With No. 5 Duke opening ACC play Saturday at Virginia Tech, The Chronicle’s men’s basketball beat writers break down some of the biggest storylines of the Blue Devils’ nonconference slate.
With the end of 2016 quickly approaching, The Chronicle's sports department takes a look back at the biggest sports stories of the year. Each day, The Blue Zone will review a major game, event or storyline that helped shape the course of the year in Blue Devil athletics.
Following the Thursday announcement of Grayson Allen’s indefinite suspension, The Chronicle’s men’s basketball beat writers react to head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s decision and explain what impact it could have on the No. 5 Blue Devils moving forward when they start ACC play Dec. 31 at Virginia Tech.
Update: At 8:56 a.m. Thursday, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski put out the following statement announcing Allen is suspended indefinitely:
GREENSBORO—At first glance, Wednesday's game against Elon appeared to present a chance for the Blue Devils to stay fresh between final exams and a lengthy break for Christmas with ACC play approaching.
