Duke women's basketball announces 2023-24 ACC schedule
(09/27/23 12:32am)
The Blue Devils’ 2023-24 ACC schedule dropped Tuesday night on ACC Network, and it is as hard as ever.
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The Blue Devils’ 2023-24 ACC schedule dropped Tuesday night on ACC Network, and it is as hard as ever.
CHAPEL HILL— Casinos are rare in North Carolina. But you would not have known that with the way cards were being dealt out in No. 11 Duke’s Sunday afternoon game against the Tar Heels.
It is probably fair to say that last season was a rough one for the Blue Devils. Duke went an uninspiring 7-11 overall in the 2022 campaign, including an 0-6 run through conference play. The Blue Devils averaged just 2.28 goals per game at a .175 shot percentage. As such, things did not look so good coming into this year. The Chronicle’s own field hockey beats predicted an improvement from the previous campaign, but not a huge leap forward. The most optimistic projection was a 10-8 finish with a 3-3 record in a stacked ACC.
As you probably know already, it has been quite a year for head coach Mike Elko’s team so far.
Last week, Duke played a solid all-around football game against Lafayette. It was a big win, marred by a few small mistakes and a weaker first quarter that allowed the Leopards to sneak back into it before the Blue Devils slammed the door shut.
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, the 21st-ranked Blue Devils are halfway through their clash with Northwestern at Wallace Wade Stadium. Duke enters the locker room in control, holding a 17-7 lead behind a pair of Jordan Waters touchdowns:
After a solid all-around win against Lafayette in Week 2, No. 21 Duke will be looking to improve its record to 3-0 to open the season. The Blue Devils have played two strong games against a strong team in Clemson and an FCS group in the Leopards, and now come against their first non-conference FBS opponent when the Wildcats come to town Saturday.
Not all football games are like the one Duke played against Clemson Monday. Sometimes, they are simple. Sometimes, the better team shows up and coasts to a win. That is exactly what the 21st-ranked Blue Devils did in their second game of the season.
Thirty minutes have passed in Duke’s second game of the season against Lafayette at Wallace Wade Stadium. The 21st-ranked Blue Devils lead the Leopards 21-7 after a tight opening half Saturday evening:
To say it has been an eventful week for head coach Mike Elko’s No. 21 Duke team would be an understatement. The Monday night upset win against then-No. 9 Clemson was the program’s first against a top-10 team since 1989, and the Blue Devils (1-0, 1-0 in the ACC) find themselves ranked in the AP Poll for the first time since a one-week residency in 2018.
If you’re a college football fan and haven’t recently taken up residence under a rock, you heard all about Duke’s big upset win against Clemson on Monday night. The projected point spread from Vegas? Duke +13. The final margin? Duke -21. That’s an enormous 34-point swing from the prediction to the final score, indicating a sizable upset win, nay, a blowout against a team that opened its season in the top 10.
Duke football will be looking to build off a very strong start to the season with a Saturday afternoon matchup against Lafayette. The Blue Zone is here to give you a look at the Leopards before the game:
Twice over the course of this long Labor Day weekend, the Blue Devils beat the Tigers. The matchup that everyone knows about, of course, is the football game Duke won against Clemson. But Duke earned another kind of football victory this weekend, too.
In its first game of the season, Duke came away with a massive upset victory against then-No. 9 Clemson at home. The Blue Zone is here to break down the performance with three takeaways, stats and a look ahead:
On Monday night, the second year of the “Elko Era” will begin, as Duke hosts No. 9 Clemson at Wallace Wade Stadium, and it is going to be a tough one for the Blue Devils to win.
With the 2023 season on the horizon, the Blue Zone breaks down each of the eight major position groups for this Duke squad: Specialists, defensive line, offensive line, linebackers, defensive backs, receivers, running backs and quarterbacks:
In years past, seeing teams like No. 9 Clemson and No. 13 Notre Dame on the schedule would have meant near-certain defeat for Duke. To put it simply, the Blue Devils have historically not had a program that strikes fear in the hearts of their gridiron opponents. They sit below .500 in all-time winning percentage at an uninspiring .471, and have finished with a winning record just six times since 2000. There were three seasons during that stretch where Duke failed to win a single game.
With the 2023 season on the horizon, the Blue Zone breaks down each of the eight major position groups for this Duke squad: Specialists, defensive line, offensive line, linebackers, defensive backs, receivers, running backs and quarterbacks:
2022 Season: 3-7, 1-6 in the ACC (6th in the Atlantic Division)
2022 season: 9-4