In the time since their first meeting Feb. 3, the Blue Devils and the Tar Heels have positioned themselves as the top two teams in the ACC. Now, with their second matchup looming and an ACC regular season title on the line, the Blue Zone looks at what has changed.
Early this week, Pinehurst No. 2 hosted the Blue Devils at the Wake Forest Invitational, who tied for fourth place out of 12 teams, including national powerhouses Auburn and East Tennessee State.
On Wednesday afternoon, 7-foot-1 five-star center Khaman Maluach committed to join the Blue Devils this upcoming season, per ESPN's Jonathan Givony.
The Blue Devils scored enough runs for the two days combined in what ended up being the lone midweek contest for the group. They hung 28 runs on the visitors, the most since 1999, highlighted by a 16-run fifth inning in which they batted around the order twice.
With this year’s tenting season officially behind us as of Sunday, let’s take a walk through 2024’s iteration of K-Ville to see some of the signs, decorations, names and other quirks that turned this makeshift tent city into one of campus’ most vibrant communities.
Junior guard Reigan Richardson was named to the All-ACC Second Team, and freshman and fellow backcourt member Oluchi Okananwa was selected as both the Sixth Player of the Year and named to the ACC All-Freshman Team.
Duke confidently handled N.C. State 79-64 Monday night, and the Blue Zone is here to break down the game.
One criticism of the Blue Devils this season despite their status as a potential ACC regular-season champion and NCAA tournament No. 2-seed has been their relative inability to lock down opposing bigs. There’s some truth in that, to be sure, but it’s perhaps more intentional than many will give Scheyer and his team credit for.
PNC Arena has been a thorn in Duke’s side in recent years, but the Blue Devils poked back with an elite second-half performance to fight off those demons in Raleigh with a 79-64 win.
The ninth-ranked Blue Devils made the short trip across the Research Triangle Monday night for a date with N.C. State, looking to end its conference road schedule with a win. Things haven’t proven to be so easy through 20 minutes here at PNC Arena, though, with Duke leading the Wolfpack 33-30 heading into the locker room.
In the first of two games this week against in-state opponents, Duke men’s basketball will head down Tobacco Road to take on N.C. State. The Blue Zone brings you a key player from each squad to watch out for.
Sportswrap is your one-stop shop for everything Duke athletics, where we’ll recap how each of Duke’s sports currently in competition performed over the last week and give a brief look ahead. Here’s our recap for the week of Feb. 26-March 2.
Big home wins against Louisville and Miami helped Duke men’s basketball move up one spot in the latest AP poll to No. 9. The Blue Zone analyzes the movement around the nation.
For head coach Kara Lawson’s team, Sunday’s 63-59 loss at North Carolina is not worth panicking over. In fact, Duke once again showed its ability to hang tough and battle back, leaving it in good headspace for the postseason.
The best teams in college baseball are able to flush close losses and move forward. The Blue Devils did just that against Akron.
As the postseason approaches, hosts Ranjan Jindal and Caleb Dudley preview Duke men's and women's basketball's last games of the regular season.
What started off as a relatively easygoing weekend for No. 18 Duke with a 6-1 victory against Syracuse ended in two tiebreaks that showcased the Blue Devils’ newfound spirit, as they eventually took down the Eagles 6-1 as well.
The Blue Devils earned a 73-48 statement win against Virginia Saturday, and the Blue Zone is here to analyze the matchup.
No. 10 Duke men's basketball enters the final week of the regular season with a road contest at N.C. State, and the Blue Zone is here with three keys to victory for the Blue Devils.
In their first crack at conference opposition, No. 7 Duke proved more than up to the task against Syracuse, conceding zero runs across three games.
