2017 NCAA tournament preview: Bucknell
Bucknell Bison: 26-8, 15-3 in the Patriot League
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Bucknell Bison: 26-8, 15-3 in the Patriot League
Michigan Wolverines: 24-11, 11-8 in the Big Ten
Hot off the heels of a dominant offensive showing, the Blue Devils hope to avoid the web of the nation’s best defense on the road this weekend.
The Blue Devils entered the season concerned about offensive chemistry with a slew of new starters.
In their last game, the Blue Devils struggled to reach 20 points in the first half against the nation's best scoring defense.
In the middle of its conference schedule, Duke had dropped three of four, including a loss to N.C. State at Cameron Indoor Stadium for the first time in 22 years.
Following Duke’s second straight first-round NCAA tournament loss last spring, the reality that one of the most decorated senior classes in the program’s history had failed to live up to expectations in its final two years started to set in.
After an uneven start to the season through three games, Duke may be in for its toughest challenge of the entire year.
Coming off of a tough win at home against Clemson, the No. 12 Blue Devils went on the road to take on a defensively stout No. 14 Virginia team and emerged victorious thanks to second-half heroics from freshman Jayson Tatum.
Inside Lacrosse rated Duke’s incoming freshman class the best in the nation and against High Point, the Class of 2020 played to a level worthy of its ranking with help from some veteran Blue Devils.
Against a tough opponent to start the season, a young team hit an early wall.
A big second-half surge propelled Duke past Miami Saturday to snap a two-game losing streak, but the Blue Devils do not have much time to rest before hosting N.C. State Monday night at 7. The Blue Zone takes a look at a player from each team who could be the difference-maker in the game.
After a deflating loss at Virginia Tech to open ACC play, the Blue Devils returned to Durham and opened 2017 with a bang, dismantling Georgia Tech in a lopsided 110-57 blowout in head coach Mike Krzyzewski's final game before back surgery.
After finishing nonconference play on a 10-game winning streak, the Blue Devils found themselves on the wrong end of a one-sided 89-75 loss to Virginia Tech in their first true road game of the season and the team’s ACC opener.
The Blue Devils started the game on a 20-3 run on their way to 94-45 rout of UNLV Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Grayson Allen poured in a career-high 34 points to help his team cruise to its eighth straight win.
This week, the ACC triumphed in the annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge 9-5 for its first win since 2008, headlined by impressive victories by Duke, Virginia and Louisville.
When the Blue Devils entered the season, there was some chatter of a potential undefeated year on the horizon.
Kansas' Frank Mason III knocked down a game-winning pull-up jumper with 1.8 seconds left to push the seventh-ranked Jayhawks past No. 1 Duke 77-75 Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. Duke had five players in double figures in scoring and rallied from a late 10-point deficit to tie it, but could not finish the job in the closing seconds.
Expectations were high for Duke as it entered the NCAA tournament as the top seed for the first time in program history.
Even without three projected NBA lottery picks on the court for their regular-season opener, the No. 1 Blue Devils wasted no time breaking Friday's game open.