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Thursday evening, five former Blue Devils hope to hear their name called on stage at the 2022 NBA Draft in Brooklyn, N.Y. Before then, The Chronicle predicts where each Duke product could land and breaks down the rest of the lottery.
From overtime hero to “Captain Zero,” the next step in the career of Wendell Moore Jr. will be as a professional player in 2022-23.
In the wake of last week’s horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 students and two teachers were killed, it hardly seems like sports matter at all.
That was rather unceremonious, wasn’t it?
This time last year, Duke’s number 51 was plying his trade in midfield.
Sometimes the shots just don’t fall. Or, in this case, the putts don’t sink.
A month or so ago, it looked like the writing was on the wall for the Blue Devils.
Is it that time of year already?
Last summer, Krzyzewski’s Labrador Retriever, Blue, died in his arms after 12 years by his side.
After one year in Durham, AJ Griffin's professional career is taking flight.
It’s Duke-North Carolina for the third time this season and for the first time in NCAA tournament history. Before the two blue-blood rivals face off in the actual final installment of the Coach K era, the Blue Zone brings a player from each team that can be the difference:
Amid the inevitable chaos and attention that a first-ever Duke-North Carolina Final Four matchup brings, it’s easy to overlook the many other Blue Devil athletes pushing for the biggest stage their respective sports have to offer.
March is no stranger to the improbable.
When the season kicked off in February, all signs pointed to another title-contending year for head coach John Danowski and his Duke team.
Another high-stakes matchup awaits No. 2-seed Duke in No. 4-seed Arkansas in the Elite Eight for a berth in the all-coveted Final Four in New Orleans next weekend. Here’s a player for each team that can be the difference in getting there:
At the now-defunct Charlotte Coliseum, a last-minute three from Arkansas’ Scotty Thurman brought Duke to its knees less than 150 miles from its home campus in the final of the 1994 NCAA tournament.
Following a hectic first weekend of March Madness and a tense game against Michigan State, No. 2-seed Duke returns Thursday to face No. 3-seed Texas Tech in San Francisco, Calif. Here’s a player from both teams that can be the difference:
I’ll be the first to admit that my last take of the week—proclaiming Duke would win by 20-plus points against North Carolina in head coach Mike Krzyzewski's final home game—fell flat on its face. I’m nothing if not persistent, though, and I’m back with another take, one that I feel much more resolute in.
WASHINGTON—President Eisenhower once said that what matters “is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.”
Welcome to March. The nation’s conference tournaments have finally concluded after an expectantly hectic few days and many teams have finally, and dramatically, stamped their ticket to the Big Dance. Here are the Blue Zone’s thoughts on Selection Sunday: