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Duke dominated East Carolina 72-47 Saturday afternoon, led by 24 points from Miela Goodchild. The junior guard notched more than double the number of points of the next-highest scorer on either team, sinking six 3-pointers along the way.
The last time these two programs met, the iPhone had just been introduced, LeBron James was coming off his first NBA Finals appearance and MySpace was the most popular social networking site in the U.S.
Duke fans have not been shy in voicing their displeasure with Wendell Moore Jr.’s rocky start to the 2020-21 season.
At the close of the fall semester, three Student Conduct Board hearings have led to suspensions of one semester or more due to COVID-19 policy violations, Duke announced Sunday, and 11 additional students since Duke’s last conduct update Oct. 30 have faced sanctions that could be included on their disciplinary record.
In this ACC matchup, Miami dominated the Blue Devils in a 48-0 victory. The Blue Zone breaks down Duke's performance on Saturday with three key takeaways, stats and what to expect moving forward.
In their second top-10 matchup of the season, the Blue Devils will be taking on No. 5 Illinois, who has come out to a hot start this season. Duke, on the other hand, showed some glaring weaknesses against Michigan State. After a few lineup changes and some better shooting, the Blue Devils looked much improved against Bellarmine. One of the biggest changes could prove to be a big factor in this upcoming ranked matchup.
Deep roster
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.
There was exactly one thing that went right for the Blue Devils in 60 minutes of play against Miami Saturday night. It occurred at the 14:46 mark of the first quarter.
Over the last two seasons, Duke football weathered the storm amidst torrential rains to hand Miami a couple of losses. However, on a clear Saturday night in Durham this time around, it was the Hurricanes who provided the storm.
Despite their opponent playing for the first time since Nov. 14, the Blue Devils find themselves in an early 21-0 hole against No. 9 Miami. Duke's offense continues to have issues as the Hurricanes found a way to break through in the second quarter:
Every week the Blue Zone gives you our can't-lose prop bets for the upcoming football game:
For the third straight game, the Blue Devils blew their opponent off the court.
Prior to each Duke football game, beat writers Evan Kolin, Shane Smith, Jake Piazza, Max Rego and Cam Polo will make their predictions for the contest, and we’ll track their records throughout the season. Here are their takes on the Blue Devils’ matchup with No. 9 Miami, which pits the Hurricanes as a 15-point favorite.
Duke’s last outing against Michigan State was alarming, plain and simple. It didn’t play remotely to the caliber that one would expect from a No. 6 team and left many Duke fans in a combination of awe and disappointment. Those fans caught a breath of fresh air last night in Duke’s win over Bellarmine. The Blue Zone is here to break down the game as simply as we can: in one word.
In head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s preseason press conference Oct. 28, he said freshman center Mark Williams “is somebody we’ve never really had.”
At times, this year’s Duke team looks like a well-oiled machine, firing on all cylinders and making life hell for its opponents, as good Blue Devils should.
Following its disappointing Champions Classic loss to Michigan State, Duke opened the Mako Medical Duke Classic against a Bellarmine squad playing its first game at the Division 1 level. The Blue Devils jumped out to an early 15-2 lead before the Knights fought back over the final 10 minutes of the period, cutting Duke's edge to 35-25 entering halftime. Here are five takeaways:
Since this past summer, historically white universities throughout the nation have sought to reckon with their long history of anti-Black racism. At Duke, president Vincent Price committed to taking “transformative action now toward eliminating the systems of racism and inequality that have shaped the lived experiences of too many members of the Duke community.” Likewise, at Princeton, President Christopher Eisgruber acknowledged that “racist assumptions from the past . . . remain embedded in structures of the university itself.”
Duke is off to a strong start under new head coach Kara Lawson and looks to continue its momentum against its third nonconference opponent to begin the season.