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.
In a Devil-off Sunday evening, Duke men’s basketball welcomed Hurley’s Arizona State squad to Durham for a Brotherhood Charity Run exhibition game, benefitting the Duke Children’s Hospital. The Blue Devils, however, were anything but charitable on the court, and kept the ball away from their visitors to finish their exhibition series with a gaping 103-47 victory.
No. 7 Duke men’s basketball welcomed Arizona State — and former Blue Devil Bobby Hurley — to Cameron Indoor for a charity exhibition matchup. After 20 minutes of play, Duke holds a commanding 37-21 lead on the visiting Sun Devils.
With college basketball season right around the corner, it's time for the Blue Zone to break down the 2024-25 Duke women's basketball roster. Last up is veteran leader Reigan Richardson.
Here are the 2024 Duke Athletics Hall of Fame inductees, with a look at The Chronicle’s coverage during their times in Durham.
With college basketball season right around the corner, it's time for the Blue Zone to break down the 2024-25 Duke women's basketball roster. We previously looked at Jenessa Cotton, Jordan Wood, Louann Battiston, Riley Nelson, Arianna Roberson, Delaney Thomas, Emma Koabel, Vanessa de Jesus, Toby Fournier, Ashlon Jackson, Jadyn Donovan and Oluchi Okananwa. Next up is dynamic junior guard Taina Mair.
On Tuesday, four-star Nikolas Khamenia announced his intention to join the Brotherhood on YouTube, bringing the No. 19 player in the country according to 247Sports into the fold for next season.
As basketball season approaches, the Blue Zone provides a detailed preview of each player on Duke men's basketball's 2024-25 roster. We’ve already looked at Cameron Sheffield, Patrick Ngongba II, Darren Harris, Isaiah Evans, Mason Gillis, Maliq Brown, Sion James, Caleb Foster, Khaman Maluach, Tyrese Proctor and Kon Knueppel. Last, but certainly not least, is freshman forward Cooper Flagg.
With college basketball season right around the corner, it's time for the Blue Zone to break down the 2024-25 Duke women's basketball roster. Next up is shifty sophomore Oluchi Okananwa:
