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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The Blue Devils entered the well-furnished but tepidly enthusiastic John Paul Jones Arena Friday night coming off of one of their most disappointing performances of the...
The highly-anticipated contest against No. 2 North Carolina Thursday night is looming for the Blue Devils.
All season long, head coach Gail Goestenkors has warned the No. 1 Blue Devils-if they lack focus and intensity, no matter the opponent, they will lose.
There was a ceiling hanging over Emily, and her head was finally beginning to break through that barrier. What she saw outside of her Colorado bubble was enlightening and ultimately, life-changing....
With a little over eight minutes left before halftime, the Blue Devils found themselves in unfamiliar territory, trailing by 11 points, their largest deficit of the season. Duke seemed unable to...
For the first 15 minutes of Monday night's game against Virginia Tech, Duke did not look like the No. 1 team in the country.
Both No. 1 Duke and Virginia Tech will take winning streaks into Cameron Indoor Stadium tonight at 7 p.m.-only the Hokies' is three games long and the Blue Devils' is 21, the best start in program...
The Blue Devils were noticeably lacking in intensity to open the game, especially compared to the passion they showed Monday night when they beat No. 4 Tennessee 74-70 in the Volunteers' packed...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The top-ranked Blue Devils walked into the sparsely populated, yet vociferous, Donald L. Tucker Civic Center and must have imagined themselves on a playground.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A tradition exists at Lady Volunteer games that the fans remain standing from the start of the game until Tennessee scores its first points.
After the No. 1 Blue Devils led by as many as 21 points during the first half, Tennessee stormed back and tied the score with 10:48 remaining in the contest. But the fourth-ranked Lady Volunteers...
With her top-ranked Blue Devils traveling to No. 4 Tennessee tonight, head coach Gail Goestenkors has some concerns. She thinks Duke's rebounding needs to improve, and she knows her squad has its...
RALEIGH - In its first game since earning the No. 1 ranking, Duke pulled out a sloppy 65-51 win over N.C. State Thursday night at Reynolds Coliseum.
RALEIGH - The Wolfpack came into Thursday night's matchup with brash confidence, telling The Technician, N.C. State's campus newspaper, that it thought it would take down the top team in the nation.
Even coaches who have been inducted into seven different halls of fame have their weaknesses. For N.C. State head coach Kay Yow, breast cancer has proven-at least temporarily-to be that stopping...
At the tail end of a recent Duke practice, a scrum of blue and white jerseys fought for a rebound under the basket. Neither Alison Bales nor Wanisha Smith emerged with the basketball-Jason Jacobs did.
Playing against its first challenging opponent of the season Saturday, Duke could have tumbled like it did in the final minutes of last April's title game.
In the midst of the raucous and sold-out Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday, the then-No. 3 Blue Devils dominated top-ranked Maryland in almost every facet of the highly-anticipated game en route to...
Online Update 1/13: In the midst of the raucous and sold-out Cameron Indoor Stadium, the No. 3 Blue Devils dominated top-ranked Maryland in almost every facet of the highly-anticipated game...
All the pieces were in place. Monique Currie had returned for a fifth year, the Blue Devils finished the regular season ranked No. 1, and with 15 minutes remaining in the National Championship game...