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Since its first season in 1905, Duke men’s basketball has produced 100 NBA Draft picks, 50 All-Americans and 10 National Players of the Year. That’s a lot of hardware.
For the first time since 1995, an NCAA tournament is set to occur without Duke included.
Today is Feb. 28, the last day of the shortest month of the year. Ordinarily, Duke fans would be thrilled about the short wait until March.
In a game that could push Duke into NCAA tournament standing, the Blue Devils have quickly ceded the lead to Louisville. Although Matthew Hurt has starred thus far, Duke has not been able to stop the Cardinals’ offense, with Louisville taking a 36-26 advantage into the break. Here are five observations from the game’s first 20 minutes:
There’s a lot for the Duke women’s golf team to be concerned about. While the Blue Devils technically enter this season as reigning national champions, much of their title-winning squad from 2019 is gone. Duke did not play at all during the fall due to COVID-19 concerns. The team’s lone senior, Jaravee Boonchant, stayed in her native Thailand during the entire fall semester.
Duke hosts North Carolina Saturday at 6 p.m. in 2021's first rendition of the Tobacco Road rivalry. Our beat writers make their predictions for the primetime matchup.
Basketball is something of a religion here at Duke, so I feel I should confess something to the basketball gods: In middle school, I was a teammate of North Carolina’s starting point guard Caleb Love.
Four years ago, Kobe Bryant said he would have picked Duke if he went to college. Exactly one year prior to Duke's win against Georgia Tech Tuesday, Bryant died in a helicopter crash.
Duke is trying to stave off its first four-game losing streak since 2007, and will have to beat a surprisingly good Georgia Tech squad to do so. The Blue Devils hold the early lead, up 33-25 after the first half at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Here are five observations from the first 20 minutes of play:
Comeback stories are awfully nice. They’re one of the hallmarks of college basketball, and they’re a trope known well by Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski.
No. 19 Duke came to Blacksburg, Va., riding a three-game winning streak. However, No. 20 Virginia Tech quickly exploited the Blue Devils’ weaknesses, jumping out to a 46-34 lead at halftime. Here are five observations from the first 20 minutes:
On Monday, Mike Krzyzewski confirmed that Jon Scheyer would be serving as head coach for Duke against Boston College while Krzyzewski quarantined at home due to a potential COVID-19 exposure. Fortunately for Scheyer, the Blue Devils beat the Eagles in Cameron Indoor Stadium Wednesday night.
After multiple postponements gave No. 21 Duke a three-week break, the Blue Devils showed some rust in their first half against Boston College. With Coach K in quarantine, the Jon Scheyer-led squad struggled and trails the Eagles 43-35 at halftime. Here are five observations from the first 20 minutes:
A lot can happen in three weeks. But for the now-cloistered world of Duke basketball, the past 21 days were marked by events that didn’t happen.
Given that the team avoids another last-minute postponement, Duke will begin the stretch run of its conference schedule Saturday at Florida State. Four of our senior beat writers break down some of the Blue Devils’ biggest storylines right now.
No. 10 Duke takes on No. 6 Illinois Tuesday night at 9:30 p.m. in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, with the Blue Devils going in as a four-point favorite. Our beat writers make their predictions for the highly-anticipated matchup.
In the opening minutes of the season, No. 9 Duke looked as lifeless as the tarp of fans who silently cheered the team on from the sidelines. Ten minutes into the game, the Blue Devils were tied at 17, and they couldn’t buy a bucket.
With the Blue Devils' 2020-21 season beginning in less than a week, our senior beat writers break down their predictions for the upcoming campaign. How do you think Duke will fare?
The preseason never fails to give Duke fans funny ideas. Some of them induce “ha-ha” laughter, but the vast majority of them cause laughter of the more disturbing “stop tickling me, it hurts” variety.
You may have seen Darcy Bourne before, and it’s not because she’s already a star on Duke’s field hockey team.
