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After struggling last weekend at the Hootie at Bull’s Bay Intercollegiate, the Blue Devils set program records en route to their best performance of the season in preparation for postseason play.
After winning back-to-back tournaments, the Blue Devils struggled this week with the postseason rapidly approaching.
Matt Jones
After avoiding upsets against 13th-seeded UNC Wilmington and 12th-seeded Yale, No. 4 seed Duke will play the underdog role Thursday when it takes on top-seeded Oregon in the Sweet 16. The Fighting Ducks will look to make it to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2007, while the Blue Devils will look to return for the second consecutive year. Here are three keys to the game:
The No. 1 seed: Oregon (28-6, 14-4 in the Pac-12). It might've been a surprise to some to see Oregon earn a No. 1 seed ahead of a team like Michigan State. But the Ducks rolled through the regular season and the Pac-12 conference tournament en route to being selected as the top seed in the West. Led by forwards Dillon Brooks and Elgin Cook, Oregon finished its season strong, winning 14 of its last 16 games. The Ducks had a six-game win streak, lost back-to-back games, and then finished the season on an eight-game winning streak, which included a 31-point win against Utah in the championship game of the tournament.
Weber State Wildcats
Fresno State Bulldogs
Connecticut Huskies
Texas A&M Aggies
After a sluggish start to the spring slate on the West Coast last month, the Blue Devils will try to find their rhythm a little closer to home.
After falling to North Carolina Saturday, No. 5 Duke will look to regain form against the twelfth-seeded Wolfpack Wednesday in the ACC tournament. N.C. State will enter the game with some momentum after pulling out a close 75-72 win in its first-round matchup against Wake Forest. Before the game, the Chronicle takes a look at one player from each team who could be the difference maker in the upcoming contest.
As the NBA season begins to wind down, a group of former Blue Devils have begun to elevate their play and help their respective teams prepare for the closing stretch of the season.
After a thrilling last second win Saturday against Virginia, No. 20 Duke continues its toughest stretch of the season with a rivalry game at No. 5 North Carolina. The Blue Devils enter the game on a four-game win streak marked by some of their best play of the year. Meanwhile, the Tar Heels have won two straight after back-to-back losses, and will look to avenge their pair of losses to Duke last season. Before the game, the Chronicle takes a look at one player from each team who could be the difference maker in the upcoming contest.
The Blue Devils will leave the frigid temperatures that hit Durham over the weekend for the 80-degree sunshine of Southern California.
In the midst of their first three-game losing streak since 2007, Duke (14-5 , 3-3 in the ACC) looks to rebound on the road against N.C. State. The Blue Devils will look to correct miscues such as defensive rebounding and look to hit their shots from the perimeter against a Wolfpack team that has shown life after a slow start to the year. Here are three keys to a victory:
CLEMSON, S.C.—Duke had struggled out of the gates away from Cameron Indoor Stadium this season.
Azura Stevens
Marshall Plumlee
After winning its first true-road game of the season at Boston College, Duke (12-2, 1-0 in the ACC) travels to Winston-Salem to take on Wake Forest (9-4, 0-1) in the team's second game of conference play. The Blue Devils will look to build on one of their best defensive performances of the season with another solid game on both ends of the floor. Before each game, the Chronicle takes a look at one player from each team who could be the difference maker in Duke’s upcoming contest:
Brandon Ingram
