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With the first round of the NCAA tournament officially getting underway Thursday with Duke's 12:15 p.m. tip against UNC-Wilmington, The Chronicle's men's basketball beat writers give their thoughts on the Big Dance in a lightning-round format.
Grayson Allen introduced himself to the nation with a 16-point performance in last year's national title game against Wisconsin, helping Duke erase a big second-half deficit to cut down the nets.
Chattanooga Moccasins
Pittsburgh Panthers
Southern California Trojans
After a win against 12th-seeded N.C. State Wednesday, Duke will look to take down Notre Dame for the second time in its last five tries. The Fighting Irish defeated the Blue Devils 95-91 Jan. 16 at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but Notre Dame has lost three of its last five games—including losses to Georgia Tech and Florida State. Before the game, the Chronicle takes a look at one player from each team who could be the difference maker in the upcoming contest.
When Duke announced March 5 that Amile Jefferson’s season was finished, the Blue Devils lost any hope they had of injecting the senior’s nightly double-double back into a depth-strapped roster.
Pittsburgh: 20-10, 9-9 in the ACC
Just three weeks ago, Duke reached its high point of the season to date with a 74-73 road victory against the Tar Heels. Since then, the Blue Devils have split four games and come in to Saturday's contest looking to build momentum before postseason play. The Blue Zone takes a look at one player from each team who could be the difference in the game:
Duke is coming in hot. But so are its opponents, which should make things exciting this weekend in the Blue Devils’ second weekend of ACC action.
PITTSBURGH—Three days after Grayson Allen tripped Xavier Rathan-Mayes in the waning seconds of Duke’s 80-65 victory against Florida State, and two days after Allen received a reprimand from the ACC, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski shed more light on the topic after the Blue Devils’ 76-62 loss to Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH—Playing a team desperate for a resume-building win, the Blue Devils had no answer on the interior Sunday.
If there’s been a single, nagging issue for the Blue Devils this year, it has been a depleted lineup.
The Duke offense was back in form Thursday night, as the No. 15 Blue Devils defeated Florida State 80-65 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke took an 11-point lead going into the half and never looked back, continuing to take advantage of the Seminoles' turnovers and executing on the offensive end.
BLACKSBURG, Va.—Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie walked toward her postgame ESPN interview with a smile she could not control. She had to bow her head down and put her left hand over her mouth.
CHAPEL HILL—The Blue Devils knew heading into Wednesday's rivalry game that the Tar Heels were capable of dominating the interior with their size. Brice Johnson has fulfilled that prophecy thus far.
CHAPEL HILL—The crowd at the Dean E. Smith Center fell silent once again Wednesday as the Blue Devil bench poured out onto the court.
Nearly halfway through conference play, Duke is sitting at 18-6 overall and 7-4 in ACC play. The team has turned it around after hitting a rough patch and appears to have hit its stride with big matchups against Virginia, North Carolina and Louisville looming. The Chronicle's men's basketball beat writers take a look at the storylines surrounding the Blue Devils.
How does a team celebrate the 1,000th game in one of college basketball’s most iconic venues?
Winners of two straight, the Blue Devils begin the toughest stretch of their regular season Monday night against Louisville. The Cardinals have won six of their last seven—including an upset last Monday against then-No. 2 North Carolina—but the program announced Thursday it was imposing a ban on postseason play amid an alleged recruiting scandal. 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.
