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Before Tuesday night's tilt between No. 15 Duke and Iowa in the Jimmy V Classic, The Chronicle's beat writers predict the outcome. Here is what they forecast in the Blue Devils' latest visit to Madison Square Garden.
The once-jubilant crowd had long since scattered and the rain had long since died down, but a dull gray fog lingered over Koskinen Stadium. Players pulled their shirts over their faces in disbelief, head coach John Kerr paced around pensively and Eliot Hamill’s goalie gloves hung at his wrists as he tearfully embraced his teammates for the final time.
Looking for its first top-25 win of the season, No. 17 Duke welcomes No. 25 Ohio State to Cameron Indoor Stadium for a Wednesday night showdown in the last-ever ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Before tipoff, our beat writers make their predictions.
PORTLAND, Ore.—The Rose Quarter. The Rose Garden. The City of Roses. Oregon’s largest city is all about roses, and Sunday afternoon, Purdue won rose gold.
On the heels of back-to-back wins against Oregon State and Xavier, No. 8 Duke now looks ahead to its championship tilt at the Phil Knight Legacy against No. 24 Purdue in Portland, Ore. With both the Blue Devils and Boilermakers in pursuit of a trophy in the Rose Quarter, our beat writers make their predictions before Sunday's 3:30 p.m. tipoff at the Moda Center.
PORTLAND, Ore.—Alaska’s annual Iditarod, a long-distance dog sled race across the state, is one of the world’s hardest sporting endeavors for numerous reasons—the weather, the terrain, the competition, etc. In so many ways, however, the key to pulling through the finish line at Nome on the western coast is just hanging on.
Before every game this season, our football beat writers predict whether the Blue Devils will pick up a win in their weekly matchup and keep track of their records throughout the year. Duke has one last regular-season game Saturday when Wake Forest comes to Wallace Wade Stadium for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff.
PORTLAND, Ore.—One of history’s great questions concerns who fired the infamous “shot heard ‘round the world” to kickstart the Revolutionary War.
For the second straight Thanksgiving, Duke is out west.
Before every game this season, our football beat writers predict whether the Blue Devils will pick up a win in their weekly matchup and keep track of their records throughout the year. Duke is set for one last road game Saturday against Pittsburgh with a four-game winning streak on the line.
Duke’s 24-7 victory Saturday against Virginia Tech was significant for many reasons for head coach Mike Elko and the Blue Devils—perhaps the best defensive performance of the season, 310 total yards for quarterback Riley Leonard, a seventh win after a combined five wins the two seasons prior. The most important, however, may be the depth they showed out wide.
After falling behind early to visiting Virginia Tech, Duke clawed its way back in a tight battle at Wallace Wade Stadium. With 30 minutes to play, the Blue Devils lead 10-7 in Durham.
Before every game this season, our football beat writers predict whether the Blue Devils will pick up a win in their weekly matchup and keep track of their records throughout the year. With a two-game winning streak to its name, Duke aims for its third straight Saturday at home against Virginia Tech.
It has been a historic season for the Blue Devils, and four of their stars just made history of their own.
In many ways, head coach Jon Scheyer’s inaugural season can be described with one word: young.
In its first game under new head coach Jon Scheyer, No. 7 Duke established a 42-26 lead against a resilient Jacksonville by the halftime whistle. With another period to play, here are five of our observations:
Defense wins you leagues. Offense wins you championships.
With a first-round bye, the Blue Devils had two possibilities for their first opponent of the ACC tournament: the defending ACC champion or the defending national champion. In one of the weirdest soccer games of the season, the defending national champion won out, as Clemson downed Notre Dame 3-1 with the help of two own goals.
The 2022-23 season hasn’t even started yet, but Duke is already planning ahead.
2021-22 record: 21-10, 11-5 in the ASUN