Duke basketball 2015-16 season preview
(11/06/15 10:56am)
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Duke Blue Devils
As is tradition, the Blue Devils will get a test in their first exhibition game in a matchup of defending national champions.
Rather than go trick-or-treating, the Blue Devils will face off against a dangerous Miami team Saturday at 7 p.m. at Wallace Wade Stadium. Ahead of a pivotal matchup for both teams in regard to the up-in-the-air race for the ACC Coastal Division, Duke released its weekly injury report Thursday:
CHARLOTTE—The reigning national champion Blue Devils were picked to finish third in the ACC in the preseason media poll released at the league's Operation Basketball event Wednesday. North Carolina claimed the top spot, followed by defending regular-season league champion Virginia. Duke received eight first-place votes to the Tar Heels’ 60.
After registering a career-high 109 rushing yards and four touchdown passes—not to mention running in the game-winning two-point conversion—it's safe to say Thomas Sirk had a pretty good Saturday.
BLACKSBURG, Va.—Through the first 10 minutes of play, Saturday's game looked poised to turn into a shootout. But things have since calmed down, sending the Blue Devils to the locker room with a lead.
BLACKSBURG, Va.—Thomas Sirk got Duke within striking distance with his arm.
Even after the bye week, the Blue Devils are banged up with injuries, including several to some key contributors on both sides of the ball. No. 23 Duke will head to Blacksburg, Va., to take on Virginia Tech Saturday at 3:30 p.m., and released its weekly injury report Thursday:
Conference expansion has made winning the ACC much more difficult.
Duke hung a national title banner in the rafters of Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday night at Countdown to Craziness—the fifth such occasion in the past 25 years. Here are some player reactions to the banner reveal:
Tyus Jones wasn't at Countdown to Craziness Saturday night, but the floor general's fingerprints were all over Cameron Indoor Stadium.
In 2013, Kansas State tried to lure students to a home women's basketball game with the promise of free bacon.
Tricia Liston's NCAA tournament journeys always ended short of the ultimate goal—three Elite Eight losses kept a trip to the biggest stage at bay.
After a performance for the ages in April's national championship game against Wisconsin, sophomore Grayson Allen will not be taking anybody by surprise this season.
Ahead of Duke's first road game since a season-opening win Sept. 3 at Tulane, the Blue Devils released their weekly injury report Thursday afternoon. Head coach David Cutcliffe's squad will be without a reserve duo along the offensive line Saturday at Army, but no starters are hurt.
Duke plays Bryant Nov. 14 in its second game of the season. But the Blue Devils and Bulldogs are already making headlines off the court.
Duke held its media day Tuesday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium as the Blue Devils prepare to defend their 2015 national title with a a mixture of returning veterans and the nation's top-ranked recruiting class. Here are some of the highlights from head coach Mike Krzyzewski's press conference, including an injury update and progress adapting to the NCAA's new rules for 2015-16.
Ahead of Saturday's Homecoming game against Boston College, the Blue Devils released their weekly injury report Thursday, with one name absent for the first time all season:
Duke took a big step toward adding softball as its 27th varsity sport when it hired Marissa Young to be the program’s first head coach in July. Young, a former All-America pitcher at Michigan and assistant coach at North Carolina, is now faced with recruiting a team to field for the 2018 season and helping fine-tune the details of a new softball facility. The Chronicle’s Ryan Hoerger spoke with Young about adjusting to Duke and her strategy for building the Blue Devil program from scratch.
The Blue Devils will step into conference play Saturday against No. 20 Georgia Tech and head coach Paul Johnson's vaunted triple option offense. Duke released its weekly injury report Thursday afternoon: