'We weren't deserving of winning': How Duke men's basketball crumbled in historic upset
(11/27/19 7:08am)
The ending to No. 1 Duke’s 85-83 loss to Stephen F. Austin Tuesday night was nothing short of catastrophic.
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The ending to No. 1 Duke’s 85-83 loss to Stephen F. Austin Tuesday night was nothing short of catastrophic.
The Blue Devils clashed with Stephen F. Austin in their first game back from New York, finishing the first half with the lead, 45-40. Here are five observations from the first 20 minutes of play.
Duke returns home after capturing the 2K Empire Classic championship in New York to face a Stephen F. Austin team that has gotten off to a 4-1 start. The Blue Devils will attempt to win a seventh contest before the Thanksgiving holiday and maintain their status as the No. 1 team in the nation. The Blue Zone breaks down three keys to the game Tuesday night:
After last Saturday’s embarrassing loss to Syracuse, the Blue Devils will now face a primetime game where both teams are fighting to not get shellacked again: Wake Forest for the second week in a row, and for Duke, the third.
For the fourth consecutive year, a once-promising Duke season will end in the first weekend of the NCAA tournament.
When Duke opened its season Tuesday, it wasn’t a 12-point performance for Jade Williams or the high-energy defense of the Blue Devils that electrified the crowd. It was Kyra Lambert.
After suffering a 48-14 drubbing at the hands of the Virginia Cavaliers just seven days gone, the Duke Blue Devils will look to rebound against an up-and-down North Carolina squad. Here are the Blue Zone’s three keys to the Saturday matinee:
Okay, take a breath.
Not that many Blue Devil fans out there are ready to have this conversation.
2018-2019 record: 11-20, 4-14 in the ACC
2018-2019 record: 14-19, 8-10 in the Southland Conference
BLACKSBURG,Va.—Unquestionably, the Duke offense will be the side garnering the attention from the Blue Devils’ 45-10 win in Lane Stadium Friday night. And it certainly deserves the praise, with Quentin Harris and his squad racking up touchdown after touchdown in an absolute firestorm of attack in the second half.
BLACKSBURG, Va.—The Duke Blue Devils came away from the first half of their ACC clash with Virginia Tech with a 21-3 lead, following superb defensive play and overcoming early offensive woes to surge ahead in a big way later in the second quarter. Here are some quick observations and stats from the first 30 minutes of play:
Though one may think a date such as Friday the 13th would favor the eerily-named Blue Devils, fortune was not with Duke Friday evening.
Jalon Calhoun, a true freshman, and Quentin Harris, a redshirt senior, are certainly in much different phases of their careers.
Originally heavily favored, Duke finds itself with a comfortable lead against in-state rival North Carolina, the Blue Devils ahead 28-10 as the teams head to the locker room. Here are some quick notes and observations with the Blue Devils looking to pull away in the home opener.
As the evening sun shone down in Durham and freshmen breathed a sigh of relief as the first week of classes came to a close, it was a similar new beginning for the Blue Devils, who finally opened their 2019 campaign with a busy weekend.
2018 Season: 7-6, 3-5 in the ACC (T-5th in ACC Atlantic)
The Duke field hockey team is revving up for another campaign after the title hopes of the 2018 season fizzled out in the second round. An unfortunate 1-0 loss to Wake Forest sent the Blue Devils packing, capping off a 16-6 season that ended with a No. 5 overall ranking but without the hardware the team had in its sights. As it prepares for a fall slate fraught with just as many challenges and tough contests as the previous year, The Chronicle takes a look at a few notables with opening day right around the corner.
It seemed as if the softball gods were slightly more focused on the Easter holiday than on giving Duke a win against its rivals.