ChronChat: Score predictions, MVP picks and more for Duke men's basketball's UNC showdown
Before North Carolina takes the trip down to the road to face Duke, The Chronicle's beat writers are here to make their score predictions and more.
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Before North Carolina takes the trip down to the road to face Duke, The Chronicle's beat writers are here to make their score predictions and more.
On Saturday, Duke and North Carolina need a win for similar reasons: To keep pace in the battle for a double bye in the ACC tournament, and to add to their respective NCAA tournament resumes.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Duke simply cannot stack wins on top of each other right now, and its NCAA tournament resume is suffering. But a pivotal couple weeks offers the program a chance to finally build momentum in conference play.
BLACKSBURG, Va.—It is, after all, a team game.
BLACKSBURG, Va.—Just two days after a resume-boosting home victory against Miami, Duke made the trek to take on Virginia Tech for the first time since the Hokies knocked off the Blue Devils in last season’s ACC tournament title game. Duke started hot, but Virginia Tech quickly clawed back into it, taking control of the opening period from there. Heading into the locker room, the Hokies lead 45-38.
During a Tuesday media availability, Duke head coach Jon Scheyer said "we need to take a step forward" heading into Wednesday's home matchup against Pittsburgh and Saturday's road matchup against Clemson.
Next stop, the future.
Shorthanded, the Blue Devils left Winston-Salem, N.C., empty-handed.
Duke begins its journey through a long and difficult stretch of ACC games Tuesday against Wake Forest.
No Jeremy Roach, no problem—at least Saturday against Maryland Eastern Shore.
Before Tuesday night's tilt between No. 15 Duke and Iowa in the Jimmy V Classic, The Chronicle's beat writers predict the outcome. Here is what they forecast in the Blue Devils' latest visit to Madison Square Garden.
Looking for its first top-25 win of the season, No. 17 Duke welcomes No. 25 Ohio State to Cameron Indoor Stadium for a Wednesday night showdown in the last-ever ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Before tipoff, our beat writers make their predictions.
The Blue Devils were the runners-up at the Phil Knight Legacy event, but questions still surround this team.
On the heels of back-to-back wins against Oregon State and Xavier, No. 8 Duke now looks ahead to its championship tilt at the Phil Knight Legacy against No. 24 Purdue in Portland, Ore. With both the Blue Devils and Boilermakers in pursuit of a trophy in the Rose Quarter, our beat writers make their predictions before Sunday's 3:30 p.m. tipoff at the Moda Center.
For the second straight Thanksgiving, Duke is out west.
Five contests in, it has been a mixed bag for the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils are back, and so is Cameron Chronicles.
With the official tipoff of a new era at Duke just days away, The Chronicle's senior beat writers predict all things Blue Devil basketball.
For Duke, what’s old is new.