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The Blue Devils’ hard work is finally paying off. This weekend’s return to Florida marked Duke’s top performance of the spring and second win of the season as the Blue Devils conquered the Florida State Match Up in Tallahassee, Fla.
Philosopher George Santayana once said, “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” After a heartbreaking triple overtime loss to the Hokies in the 2023 campaign, the Blue Devils headed to Blacksburg, Va., determined not to let history repeat itself. They returned home with a hardfought 9-8 win and a three-game win streak.
When Duke sports fans enter Wallace Wade and Cameron Indoor Stadium, they are greeted not only by the cheers of thousands of spectators, but also by the sound of “Fight, Fight,” played by students in blue and white uniforms.
Sportswrap is your one-stop shop for everything Duke athletics, where we’ll recap how each of Duke’s sports currently in competition performed over the last week and give a brief look ahead. Here’s our recap for the week of March 11-17:
For the second year in a row, Duke is in the Big Dance.
This time last year, Duke's scorching hot run to end the regular season and runaway ACC title culminated in a No. 5-seed for the NCAA tournament, one big first-round win and a crushing second-round punking by Tennessee. Later this week, the Blue Devils will begin their journey to avenge and move past that loss.
Farewell Aragog.
After each Duke men's basketball game, check back here for the Player of the Game and more. No. 11 Duke men's basketball bowed out of the ACC Tournament quarterfinals in a 74-69 defeat against N.C. State, and the Blue Zone is here to analyze the contest:
Coming out of spring break, I’m reminded of the gift of pause. Though many students and faculty may have been active over spring break, it is a time that offers relief from the normal routine. If you stayed on campus, it was much quieter and slower. The reduced buzz on campus was an example of a needed pause in life.
WASHINGTON—No. 2-seed Duke, 11.5-point favorites against No. 10-seed N.C. State in the ACC tournament quarterfinals, never led in the second half of its 74-69 loss.
WASHINGTON—Rudyard Kipling famously wrote that “the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.”
WASHINGTON—No. 2-seed Duke made the short trip up to the nation’s capital Thursday evening for a clash with No. 10-seed N.C. State, looking to book a spot in the semifinals of the ACC tournament. With a hard-fought first half behind them, the Blue Devils trail the Wolfpack 35-32:
In just a couple weeks, millions will watch as small, lesser-known schools take down some of the top teams in the nation in March Madness. Those who watched No. 3 Duke baseball against Rider got a sneak peek of the excitement.
After Shavit Kimchi won the second set of her singles match, No. 24 Duke’s battle against Princeton was all but finished Wednesday afternoon in Orlando, Fla. The Israeli freshman’s straight-set win was the third in a row for the Blue Devils, following junior Emma Jackson and graduate student Brianna Shvets, who was facing off against her former team. These three singles matches, along with the Blue Devils smoothly capturing the doubles point, gave Duke the requisite four points to secure an eventual 7-0 victory.
No. 2-seed Duke kicks off its postseason journey Thursday evening in Washington, D.C., against N.C. State in the ACC tournament quarterfinals. Before the rematch between these two Tobacco Road foes, The Chronicle’s beat writers are here to offer their predictions:
Following Duke’s crushing loss to North Carolina in Cameron Indoor Stadium that capped off its regular-season slate, the squad now looks to bounce back in the ACC tournament. The Blue Devils’ 15-5 conference record earned them the No. 2 seed, trailing only the Tar Heels (17-3). Head coach Jon Scheyer’s team is set to face a dynamic range of ACC opponents, many of whom sit on the bubble for the NCAA tournament and hope to make their case via a strong run in Washington, D.C.
April 16, 2022.
