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With teams making late pushes for the playoffs and the season winding down, the Blue Zone takes a look at what some former Blue Devils are doing in the NBA:
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With teams making late pushes for the playoffs and the season winding down, the Blue Zone takes a look at what some former Blue Devils are doing in the NBA:
PITTSBURGH—Once again, Duke looked out of sorts early against an underdog, but its defense and a late surge has pushed it well ahead.
PITTSBURGH—Christian Laettner’s shot in Philadelphia. Every tournament game with Mike Krzyzewski at the helm. A Final Four shocker vs. UNLV.
PITTSBURGH—Five NCAA championships? Check. First men's coach to reach 1,000 wins? Check.
PITTSBURGH—First $106.36 at LongHorn Steakhouse, and now Chipotlegate.
Another elite recruiting class, another national player of the year for Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Second-seeded Duke opened up its NCAA tournament on a high note, blowing past No. 15 seed Iona 89-67 Thursday in Pittsburgh. The Blue Zone gives three key takeaways and stats from the win and looks forward for the Blue Devils:
PITTSBURGH—Trevon Duval has weathered hurricanes this season.
Lehigh and Mercer—two mid-major schools that traumatize Duke fans—are probably prefaced by expletives more often than not.
With the first round of the NCAA tournament starting Thursday afternoon, our men’s basketball beat writers make their predictions for which teams will make the Final Four and eventually be crowned national champions. If you want to compete against their picks, you can register and play in The Chronicle’s Bracket Challenge here.
After an exit in the semifinals of the ACC tournament, second-seeded Duke will look to get the ball rolling in the NCAA tournament Thursday against 15th-seeded Iona at 2:45 p.m. The Blue Zone gives three keys for the Blue Devils to move to the next round:
Each day leading up to the first round of the NCAA tournament, The Chronicle will preview one of the four regions in the bracket, touching on the true contenders in the region and potential bracket-busting Cinderellas. After starting with the South, we looked at the Midwest and now, we look at the East:
Texas Southern Tigers: 15-19, 12-6 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference
Despite a furious comeback in the waning minutes, Duke couldn’t manage a second straight win against North Carolina, falling 74-69 in the ACC tournament semifinal. The Blue Zone gives three key takeaways and stats and looks forward for the Blue Devils:
After struggling mightily against top competition earlier in the season, Duke rattled off two easy wins against ranked Virginia Tech opponents last weekend.
UNC Greensboro Spartans: 27-7, 15-3 in the Southern Conference
Arkansas Razorbacks: 23-11, 10-8 in the SEC
Clemson Tigers: 23-9, 11-7 in the ACC
Cincinnati Bearcats: 30-4, 16-2 in the American Athletic Conference
They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details—and the numbers.