Thoughts on the AP poll: Duke men's basketball drops to No. 21
By Jake C. Piazza | December 14, 2020New week, new thoughts on the latest AP rankings of the 2020-21 season.
New week, new thoughts on the latest AP rankings of the 2020-21 season.
The headliner of Duke’s 2020 recruiting class was forward Jalen Johnson and even with the difficult start to the season, many analysts are considering Johnson’s potential to land him in the first round,
Duke women's basketball had been lucky enough to play its first four games this season without an interruption. That was bound to change eventually.
Head coach Kara Lawson gave little in the way of clues as to what Duke’s playbook would look like this season. Three games in, there’s film to look at, and we can get a sense of what the team prefers to run.
In these early games, the Blue Devils have looked more like a group of individuals and not the cohesive unit that is needed to succeed in college basketball but most importantly, they need to find a team identity before ACC play.
It’s time to have a serious discussion that we need to stop avoiding.
It looks like Duke will get no more warm-ups before its 20-game ACC gauntlet.
Hosts Derek Saul and Shane Smith are joined by fellow men's basketball beat Max Rego to discuss what went wrong against the Fighting Illini and what Mike Krzyzewski had to say about the state of college basketball and COVID-19.
In the battle to remain undefeated, the perennial contender Cardinals ultimately proved too strong for the upstart Blue Devils.
We break down each of the Blue Devils' conference opponents this season.
Duke fans knew this season would come with interruptions, but perhaps not this many.
No one expects an inexperienced team like Duke to run polished half-court sets, but right now there isn’t a clear mold for how the pieces are coming together offensively.
The Blue Devils have been riding high so far this season en route to three nonconference blowouts. But the time has come for a reality check.
The Blue Devils entered this season having lost two nonconference home games since the start of the millennium. Over the last eight days, they’ve matched that total.
Duke will have to turn things around to maintain its 8-game winning streak in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
Duke comes into the gym Tuesday night with a chip on its shoulder, having been bested by No. 4 Michigan State Dec. 1.
Duke hasn't lost an ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchup since 2011. Our beat writers are split on whether that streak extends another year.
Krzyzewski’s squad may still be working out the kinks, but beating Illinois is going to require as close to a mistake-free game as possible.
Let's take a look back at each of Duke's 21 ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchups since the series' inception in 1999.
Hosts Derek Saul and Shane Smith are back to discuss the Blue Devils' win over Bellarmine and how the rotation looks moving forward.