No. 7 Duke men’s basketball competed in the second game of its season in Cameron Indoor Stadium against Army. After 20 minutes of play, the home team has a commanding 43-20 lead.
As Duke men's basketball prepares for the second game of its season, the Blue Zone is here with an overview of Army along with an X-factor for each team.
The young team looked like cool veterans even against a significantly more experienced Maine squad. The Blue Devils reentered the court with a renewed focus, helped by veteran leadership from the Australian native Proctor and other upperclassmen like his backcourt mate Caleb Foster, and bigs Maliq Brown and Mason Gillis.
In its season opener against Maine, Duke debuted a trio of freshmen in the starting lineup who combined for 46 points in a wire-to-wire 96-62 win. Kon Knueppel and Cooper Flagg led the way with 22 and 18, respectively, and nine Blue Devils finished with a basket.
No. 7 Duke men’s basketball opened its highly-anticipated 2024-25 campaign with a home contest against Maine. After 20 minutes of play, the home team is out to a 44-33 lead.
No. 7 Duke men’s basketball will open its season against Maine Monday night, and the Blue Zone is here with an overview of the Black Bears along with an X-factor for each team.
On Saturday afternoon, five-star wing Shelton Henderson announced his commitment to Duke via 247Sports’ YouTube channel, giving the Blue Devils their fourth commit of the cycle.
The Blue Devils head into their 2024-25 campaign with a fully stocked roster and high hopes for Jon Scheyer's third season at the helm.
Ahead of the start of the Blue Devils' season Monday, our beats are here with season predictions, players to watch and the biggest questions for this team.
Ahead of the 2024-25 season, the Blue Zone previewed key Duke men's basketball players. The roster includes two crucial returners and a host of new talent, including six freshman and four transfers.
I want to address wary fans with some good news. Amidst some sameness, there’s a change in this year’s Groundhog Day programming. To complement yet another top-ranked recruiting class, Duke added valuable pieces in the portal — Mason Gillis from Purdue, Sion James from Tulane, Maliq Brown from Syracuse — who will all likely see substantial minutes.
In 2017, the NBA launched academies in Africa, India and Australia; Mexico received one the following year. These new institutions provide an alternative to prep schools in Europe and the United States — previously the most common routes for top talent from the Global South. The NBA Global Academy directly removes barriers for its participants to reach their full potential, whether that be in college basketball, the G-league or even the NBA.
Wallace teaches a unique education elective called “Race, Sport & Education: Duke men’s basketball.” His class explores the nitty-gritty, sometimes ugly stories and facts that assisted the evolution of perhaps the most storied college basketball program in the country.
John Feinstein fostered a relationship with Mike Krzyzewski that allowed him to see stories that no one else could. While he usually writes neutrally on the Blue Devils, “Five Banners” allowed Feinstein to fully embrace his Duke roots and tell the story of one of the most impressive sports dynasties of all time.
Last season, an injury forced Caleb Foster out of play. Duke's sophomore guard has returned to the floor with the help of a podcast, a pool and a fresh perspective.
Flagg is widely projected to follow in Williamson’s footsteps by being selected first overall in next year’s NBA Draft, even before he’s played a single official minute of college basketball. Yet, the comparisons between Flagg and Williamson should end there. Not only are they two completely distinct players, but each arrived in Durham under wildly different circumstances.
Located in Chantilly, Va., PVI is one of the premier basketball high schools in the country. Over the last 20 years, it has been a constant presence on the national scene, with the 2023-24 team finishing the season ranked No. 1 in the country, according to MaxPreps.
Cooper Flagg, the Blue Devils' 6-foot-9 forward, is signing an NIL deal with Gatorade. He is the first men's basketball player on Gatorade's athlete roster.
With the start of the NBA regular season, several former Blue Devils are making their presence felt at the highest level of professional basketball. The Blue Zone is here to highlight a few standouts.
Perhaps underreported in an analysis of memorable days is the gritty effort Tyrese Proctor and Foster, starting together for the first time this preseason, put in to make Sunday such a rousing Blue Devil win in more ways than one. They weren’t as flashy as Maluach or Knueppel were, but for a duo that may start every game this season, their mature performance — especially on defense — was everything Scheyer could have asked for.
