With the second round of the NBA playoffs well under way, a few former Duke men’s basketball stars are in the midst of potential championship runs. The Blue Zone breaks down the recent performances of several Blue Devil alums.
Behind wicked speed from their sprints team, the Blue Devil women took home their second ACC outdoor title in a row. The championship meet spanned three days on the George C. Griffin Track in Atlanta.
As commencement exercises began on Duke’s campus, the tennis crew left Durham to take on TCU.The Blue Devils fell to the Horned Frogs in a hasty 4-0 loss to conclude the season for the team and run for the NCAA title.
At the first ever ACC tournament in Durham, the hosts are bringing home the hardware, as the Blue Devils took down conference powerhouse Florida State behind a fervent comeback bid in the sixth inning to emerge with a 6-3 victory. The title is the second in program history, with the last coming in 2021.
A seven-goal first quarter paved the way for a 19-7 Duke victory over Utah in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Five attack goals from senior Dyson Williams and four from graduate Josh Zawada, along with 11 saves by freshman Patrick Jameison powered the Blue Devils.
In its return to the national tournament, Duke fell in a heartbreaking 16-11 defeat to the eighth-ranked Greyhounds after a back-and-forth contest for much of the game.
As Duke baseball marches towards the end of the season, former Blue Devils are keeping busy in the professional leagues. The Blue Zone takes a look at some previous Duke stars making it big.
The top-seeded Blue Devils defeated No. 5-seed Clemson 4-3 in the tenth inning to advance to the ACC Championship. This came a day following a 2-0 defeat of No. 9-seed Boston College in the quarterfinals off an Aminah Vega walk-off home run in the tenth inning as well.
Sion James, a 6-foot-6 guard from Tulane, is transferring to Duke, he announced via Instagram. James is the third player head coach Jon Scheyer has nabbed from the portal this cycle, along with forwards Maliq Brown and Mason Gillis.
With a second place finish at the NCAA Regional in Cle Elum, Wash., the Blue Devils have punched their ticket and are on track for the NCAA Championship. Duke jumped out fast among a 12-team field including top-ranked Stanford and ACC competitors Virginia and Virginia Tech.
As the Blue Devils set their sights on further aspirations, the talent on the court is only outmatched by the genuine bonds of brotherhood surrounding this team.
The All-ACC softball awards were announced Wednesday morning, and Duke was historically honored. The Blue Devils won four of the five major awards, and had five players on the All-ACC teams.
In its last road midweek matchup of the season, No. 9 Duke took on No. 6 East Carolina. And in a game that will go a long way come Selection Sunday, the Blue Devils handled the Pirates, clinching a 5-2 victory to give the program its first win in Greenville, N.C., since 1996.
The Blue Devils let a bad start get the best of them and concluded their season with a 16-10 overall record after losing 4-0 in the second round of the NCAA tournament to No. 16 Tennessee.
After months of hard training and competition, the Blue Devils are finally about to face the ultimate test: the postseason. With ACC and NCAA competitions in May and June, the Blue Zone is here with a preview of the big-time meets.
From the start, the Fighting Irish controlled every aspect of the match, holding Duke to just two goals in the first half and cruising to a 16-6 victory. Sunday marked the Blue Devils’ fifth-straight loss to Notre Dame, who now sit as the presumptive team to beat for the national title.
The Blue Devils dominated UNC Asheville 4-0 and Alabama 4-1 in the first two rounds of the NCAA Team Championship. Head coach Ramsey Smith’s team advances to take on TCU in the Super Regionals for only the second time since 2015.
They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details — and numbers.
Friday night, with much more on the line, the Blue Devils got their revenge behind five goals by junior Andrew McAdorey, and advanced to the ACC tournament championship with a 18-13 battering of Syracuse.
Duke rowing head coach Megan Cooke Carcagno announced her decision to leave the Blue Devils following the conclusion of this season.
