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During my four years with The Chronicle, I’ve gotten used to doing tasks that might make others uneasy. Two years on the men’s basketball beat have made finishing game stories ahead of the final buzzer, asking the right questions in interviews and filming live videos second-nature, even though four years ago I would have never imagined claiming those skills.
Luke Kennard
This March has been, understandably, a rocky one for Blue Devil fans.
Holding one of the top offenses in the country to six hits on back-to-back days is typically a good formula for winning a three-game series.
Seton Hall Pirates: 21-10, 10-8 in the Big East
Rhode Island Rams: 21-9, 13-5 in the Atlantic 10
Notre Dame Fighting Irish: 25-9, 12-6 in the ACC
Throughout this tumultuous regular season, through all the ups and downs, there has been one question that I cannot get out of my head—one that, before the season, I never really thought would need to be asked.
This year’s Duke team features a long list of players who will not be back next year for an assortment of reasons.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish: 23-8, 12-6 in the ACC
CHAPEL HILL—Last season’s Tobacco Road Rivalry game in Chapel Hill came down to the final possession, with North Carolina’s Joel Berry II unable to get enough separation from Duke’s Derryck Thornton on the final possession as the Blue Devils completed an improbable upset.
Coming off consecutive losses on the road, the Blue Devils desperately needed to get back on track at home with two top-15 teams on the slate to finish the regular season.
For most of the year, Frank Jackson has managed to stay out of the spotlight as the fourth member of Duke’s hyped freshman class.
Just one week ago, Duke was rolling with a seven-game winning streak and a No. 10 ranking, looking like a team that was about to peak at the right time with all its pieces finally in place.
Just more than a month ago, Duke and Miami lugged identical 2-3 conference records into a January battle at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and the Blue Devils used a 20-0 second-half run to fend off the Hurricanes.
Coming off the program’s first NCAA tournament appearance in 55 years, Duke has no shortage of obstacles to overcome as it aims for an encore performance.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—Wednesday night’s contest was exactly the kind of game Virginia likes to play. Neither team topped 25 first-half points, and the Cavaliers slowed the pace down to a near-glacial rate, taking possessions deep into the shot clock and ensuring that each offense would get only a limited number of chances to score.
In winning their fifth straight game Saturday against Clemson, the Blue Devils narrowly escaped by putting up only 64 points—a season-low.
Thursday’s renewal of the Tobacco Road rivalry promises to be, as always, a fierce battle between two of college basketball’s elite programs.
SOUTH BEND, IND.—Last week, the Blue Devils pulled off a big come-from-behind win Saturday, only to have their momentum halted by a disappointing home loss against N.C. State.
