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Chelsea Gray became the first former Blue Devil—in men’s or women’s basketball—to win a Finals MVP award.
The ACC announced its 2022-23 conference schedule Wednesday morning, including the matchups for the Blue Devils' upcoming season.
The WNBA finals are set, and a former Blue Devil is on each team’s roster. The Blue Zone takes a look at how Chelsea Gray and other Duke alumni have fared across the W this year.
Just like that, head coach Kara Lawson and the Blue Devils have made another big-time recruiting move.
After an up-and-down 2021-22 season, Duke returns to the hardwood this year with a handful of fresh faces and true grit. In this series, the Blue Zone analyzes the new signees’ film for the 2022-23 season. Next up is Emma Koabel.
After an up-and-down 2021-22 season, Duke returns to the hardwood this year with a handful of fresh faces and true grit. In this series, the Blue Zone analyzes the new signees’ film for the 2022-23 season. We previously looked at Kennedy Brown and Taya Corosdale. Next up is Ashlon Jackson.
The U.S. women's national team is gaining a red, white and Blue Devil, with Duke head coach Kara Lawson slated to join the team as an assistant coach for the upcoming FIBA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia.
After an up-and-down 2021-22 season, Duke returns to the hardwood this year with a handful of fresh faces and true grit. In this series, the Blue Zone analyzes the new signees’ film for the 2022-23 season. We previously looked at Kennedy Brown. Next up is Taya Corosdale.
After an up-and-down 2021-22 season, Duke returns to the hardwood this year with a handful of fresh faces and true grit. In this series, the Blue Zone analyzes the new signees’ film for the 2022-23 season, starting with Kennedy Brown.
Duke announced its nonconference schedule for the 2022-23 season via release Wednesday morning, detailing an 11-game gauntlet featuring matchups against Texas A&M, Northwestern, Florida Gulf Coast and Connecticut.
Former Oregon State combo forward Taya Corosdale has committed to Duke, she announced Friday via Twitter.
The last time that Duke had an all-conference big, she transferred to Connecticut. Six years later, the Blue Devils got to steal away a high-quality big for themselves.
Because adding just one former Bulldog wasn't enough.
The Blue Devils may have lost six players to graduation, but reinforcements are on their way. And recently, they’ve been showing their star potential.
Once again, head coach Kara Lawson and the Blue Devils have used the transfer portal to their advantage.
Lange had spent the past seven years with Georgia as associate head coach to Joni Taylor, who was hired away last month by Texas A&M. But instead of following Taylor, Lange headed north to Durham.
A key member of the Blue Devils’ coaching staff is headed elsewhere.
Duke's culture is proudly player-led, so it's unsurprising that the decision to voluntarily end its season for the second-straight year would come from the players. Especially given the factors pervading the Blue Devils’ collapse over the past two months, it’s understandable that the team was not fully in lockstep.
The game was a cruel metaphor for how Duke’s season has gone: It came out firing against a quality opponent, playing in a way that belied the newness of the team; then, as the going got tougher, the chemistry slowly deteriorated, until the Blue Devils found their backs against the wall.
Tied at 48 with just over two minutes to play, the contest was poised on a knife’s edge. Pittsburgh's shots were still falling fairly frequently and Duke couldn’t quite seize control of a game that since the halftime buzzer it had dominated.