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Following a hectic first weekend of March Madness and a tense game against Michigan State, No. 2-seed Duke returns Thursday to face No. 3-seed Texas Tech in San Francisco, Calif. Here’s a player from both teams that can be the difference:
I’ll be the first to admit that my last take of the week—proclaiming Duke would win by 20-plus points against North Carolina in head coach Mike Krzyzewski's final home game—fell flat on its face. I’m nothing if not persistent, though, and I’m back with another take, one that I feel much more resolute in.
WASHINGTON—President Eisenhower once said that what matters “is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.”
Welcome to March. The nation’s conference tournaments have finally concluded after an expectantly hectic few days and many teams have finally, and dramatically, stamped their ticket to the Big Dance. Here are the Blue Zone’s thoughts on Selection Sunday:
Looking to put Saturday’s loss to North Carolina in the rearview, top-seeded Duke is set for another clash with No. 9-seed Syracuse in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Here are five things to know before Duke's postseason gets underway.
“When guys want to be part of something special, that's why you come to Duke,” said head coach John Danowski.
It’s conference tournament time in college basketball, meaning the regular season has finished up and the final AP Poll of the regular season is here. This week, Duke dropped to No. 7:
Last time, and I mean the last time, head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils made the trip to Chapel Hill, they left having inflicted the biggest defeat the Tar Heels had endured at Duke’s hand since March of 2010.
Before February's matchup, we looked back at the top moments between head coach Mike Krzyzewski and North Carolina at the Dean Dome. With likely the final chapter of the rivalry set to unfold Saturday, The Blue Zone counts down the top five all-time moments of the Krzyzewski era against Duke’s neighbors.
GREENSBORO, N.C.—The Duke women’s basketball Instagram account posted a video Tuesday where Shayeann Day-Wilson confidently said “0-0. New season.”
Blue Devils, rejoice.
It’s finally tournament time in the ACC, as No. 10 Duke makes the short trip to the Greensboro Coliseum to take on No. 15 seed Pittsburgh in the first round at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Here are five things to know before the Blue Devils, at long last, return to the postseason slate.
It’s easy to see Coach K’s three Olympic gold medals as head of the national team, five national titles, 1,196 wins and all-star talent he’s cultivated for what they are: great. We know and remember him for his back-to-back NCAA championships in 1991 and 1992, for his assistant coaching role on the historic “Dream Team” and for his domination of the 2010s that saw Duke possess a No. 1 seed and No. 2 seed four times each in March Madness.
After yet another taste of defeat in Thursday’s clash with Boston College, the Blue Devils return for one final regular-season outing at the Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill to take on North Carolina. It’s a game the Tar Heels are once again favored to edge but one that also presents a final opportunity for Duke to steady its keel before next week’s conference tournament. Here are five things to know before the second and final Tobacco Road rivalry game of the women’s basketball season.
Time flies, doesn’t it?
It’s crunch time for Duke, which begins its slate of three consecutive away games Wednesday against Virginia. After a big revenge win against Florida State in head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s penultimate home game, the Blue Zone brings three keys to a Blue Devil redemption victory against the Cavaliers:
All eyes may have been on the second-to-last men’s basketball home game of the Krzyzewski era, but perhaps they should–at least momentarily–have been turned a couple hundred yards away from Cameron Indoor Stadium to recognize the absolute masterclass put on by Duke on this beautiful late-winter day in Durham.
Duke returns this Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium to host Florida State for the second time following its heartbreaking overtime loss to the Seminoles in January. Here are five things to know before this weekend’s crucial ACC clash.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.—Duke needed a win today. It badly needed a win.
On the heels of a busy week in college basketball, it's time for the Blue Zone's thoughts on the latest AP Poll. This week, Duke dropped in the rankings to No. 9:
