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...
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...
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...
Deep into the first half, Abby Waner nailed a three-pointer and followed it with a layup after Lindsey Harding stole the subsequent inbounds pass and found her wide open teammate.
With 17 minutes left in the second half and the shot clock winding down, sophomore guard Abby Waner received a pass several feet beyond the three-point line and calmly swished the trey, giving new...
Duke is the toughest defensive team in the ACC, relinquishing a meager 45.6 points per game, second nationally only to No. 5 LSU, which gives up 43.6.
Duke may have won its last game by 32 points, but head coach Gail Goestenkors doesn't care. She called her team's effort against Virginia Tech Jan. 7 disappointing, as the Hokies put up 54...
In each of Duke's first eight games-in which they outscored their opponents by an average of nearly 40 points per game-the Blue Devils jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. Two...
But the Blue Devils' 21-point win over 11th-ranked Vanderbilt (8-1) was plenty enough to keep Duke (8-0) undefeated after sinking the Commodores, 69-48.
