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The Fighting Irish contain the same qualities that propelled both Michigan State and Illinois to wins against Duke this season: experience and a star guard.
Duke will have to play down a man Wednesday against Notre Dame
New week, new thoughts on the latest AP rankings of the 2020-21 season.
The headliner of Duke’s 2020 recruiting class was forward Jalen Johnson and even with the difficult start to the season, many analysts are considering Johnson’s potential to land him in the first round,
In these early games, the Blue Devils have looked more like a group of individuals and not the cohesive unit that is needed to succeed in college basketball but most importantly, they need to find a team identity before ACC play.
It’s time to have a serious discussion that we need to stop avoiding.
It looks like Duke will get no more warm-ups before its 20-game ACC gauntlet.
Hosts Derek Saul and Shane Smith are joined by fellow men's basketball beat Max Rego to discuss what went wrong against the Fighting Illini and what Mike Krzyzewski had to say about the state of college basketball and COVID-19.
Duke fans knew this season would come with interruptions, but perhaps not this many.
No one expects an inexperienced team like Duke to run polished half-court sets, but right now there isn’t a clear mold for how the pieces are coming together offensively.
The Blue Devils entered this season having lost two nonconference home games since the start of the millennium. Over the last eight days, they’ve matched that total.
Duke will have to turn things around to maintain its 8-game winning streak in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
Duke comes into the gym Tuesday night with a chip on its shoulder, having been bested by No. 4 Michigan State Dec. 1.
Duke hasn't lost an ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchup since 2011. Our beat writers are split on whether that streak extends another year.
Krzyzewski’s squad may still be working out the kinks, but beating Illinois is going to require as close to a mistake-free game as possible.
Let's take a look back at each of Duke's 21 ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchups since the series' inception in 1999.
Hosts Derek Saul and Shane Smith are back to discuss the Blue Devils' win over Bellarmine and how the rotation looks moving forward.
Duke and Illinois have two big things in common — both teams fell flat in their first big test of the season, and both teams will have another chance to prove themselves come Tuesday night.
The last time these two programs met, the iPhone had just been introduced, LeBron James was coming off his first NBA Finals appearance and MySpace was the most popular social networking site in the U.S.
After a home loss to No. 4 Michigan State, the Blue Devils dropped down a few spots in the rankings.
