Extra point: New-look Duke football puts on strong showing in season opener
In its season opener against Elon, Duke football came out with a 26-3 win. The Blue Zone is here to break down the victory with three key takeaways, stats and a look ahead:
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In its season opener against Elon, Duke football came out with a 26-3 win. The Blue Zone is here to break down the victory with three key takeaways, stats and a look ahead:
The 2024 season commences for Duke football Friday against Elon, and The Chronicle is here with an overview, stats to watch, x-factors and keys to the game:
Before every season, The Chronicle's football beats share our predictions for how the Blue Devils will fare. With a new head coach, a challenging ACC schedule and plenty of roster turnover, the 2024 season could have plenty of ups and downs. We share our record predictions, offensive and defensive MVPs and more:
The end of the workout is a chaotic symphony of sweat.
With the 2024 season coming up fast, The Chronicle is breaking down each major position group on the Duke roster: Specialists, defensive line, offensive line, linebackers, defensive backs, receivers, running backs and quarterbacks. First up is the special teams unit:
College football is almost here, as the ACC slate kicks off in less than three weeks. The Chronicle's football beats are here with their preseason ACC team rankings, with insight on where the Blue Devils fit in and some teams to watch throughout the expanded conference:
With Duke's offseason in full swing, the Blue Zone is here to break down film from the new additions to both the men’s and women’s teams. On the men’s side, we’ve already looked at Kon Knueppel, Patrick Ngongba II, Isaiah Evans, Khaman Maluach, Cooper Flagg and Maliq Brown. Next up is incoming transfer and electric sharpshooter Mason Gillis:
Two more Blue Devils are off the board.
The next Blue Devil drafted is headed to Utah.
Two Duke standouts, Jared McCain and Kyle Filipowski, will await their selections Wednesday and Thursday evening for the 2024 NBA draft in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Chronicle's sports staff is here with some predictions on the lottery picks and future destinations for the Blue Devils.
At various points of this season, Duke’s 2024 campaign could be described as a success, failure and just about everywhere in between. The Blue Devils started off hot, taking down then-No. 1 Wake Forest in their first ACC road series. However, they dropped their next two weekend series against Clemson and N.C. State, and rode through the middle of the season alternating between impressive showings and disappointments.
COLUMBIA, Mo.,— For the first time ever, the Blue Devils are heading to Oklahoma City.
COLUMBIA, Mo.,—It’s a game of inches.
COLUMBIA, Mo.,—No home-field advantage, no problem.
Currently sitting on the cusp of hosting a NCAA Regional, the Blue Devils made a statement Thursday.
Ahead of the ACC tournament later this week, some Blue Devils are already taking home some hardware.
On the surface, this iteration of Duke baseball looks eerily similar to last year’s. After all, the two teams finished with nearly identical conference records and rankings, and a grueling gauntlet of ACC opponents caused both to finish the regular season on a sour note.
Despite its relative lack of importance for NCAA tournament seeding purposes, Sunday’s ACC championship game against Notre Dame was crucial for Duke’s confidence. Instead of serving as a momentum builder, though, the game was one the Blue Devils will hope to forget.
It is said that good things come in threes.
If Manny Diaz’s coaching philosophy could be summed up in one word, it would be “excellence.”