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Ahead of the Blue Devils’ Monday season tipoff, The Chronicle’s beat writers are here to predict Duke’s record, team MVP, best win and more.
Emsbo’s grit, prowess and leadership qualities could be just the cure Duke women’s basketball needs to fill a void left by the end of last season.
What people mean when they say that Duke is a basketball school is that it is a men's basketball school. The Cameron Crazies have not kept up with the increasing interest in women's basketball across the country.
Duke’s abnormally narrow lineup may seem to only harm the team's potential, but there is a silver lining to the situation.
With just 10 active players on her roster, Lawson has to put her hopes of winning big and building The Sisterhood on hold.
Duke women’s basketball heads back to Cameron Indoor Stadium for its first regular season game of the year on Monday. The Blue Zone is here with player previews — strengths, weaknesses and insights — for every member of the 2022-23 roster.
In a Thursday night matchup, Duke football prevailed against Wake Forest in a tight 24-21 victory at Wallace Wade Stadium. The Blue Zone is here with three key takeaways, stats and a look ahead following the Blue Devils' triumph.
A flurry of injured Blue Devil starters befell Duke and took a squad eyeing a premier bowl game or more and set it back to the dark, days before head coach Mike Elko took charge when Duke was shutout against Louisville Saturday. But plow ahead with what was on their plate the Blue Devils did.
With wins against both Wake Forest and No. 10 Louisville this weekend the second-seeded Blue Devils secured their spot in the ACC Championship game Friday.
After a long offseason, the Blue Devils are now just days away from their long-awaited return to Cameron Indoor Stadium. With a blended roster of veteran and fresh talent and a second-year head coach with his eyes on the top prize, expectations are high in Durham.
For as long as he can remember, Stewart and his family have lived on the same street in the Orlando suburb of Windermere, Fla., as Duke legend Grant Hill. To Stewart, though, he’s just “Uncle Grant.”
Five-star basketball recruit. Two million TikTok followers. But there’s another side to the story.
Let’s dive into the numbers behind Roach’s three years with the Blue Devils and what they can tell us about his fourth.
The Blue Devils feel they have every asset necessary to get to the 2024 Final Four in Phoenix, and every reason to win it. They have made their message crystal clear: A national championship is the only option.
This time around, with a second-year head coach and four out of five starters back in uniform, they don’t have to grow up all over again. A basis for success already exists in that locker room.
After being battered, bruised and limited by now-surgically repaired hips for most of last season, Filipowski is back for another round in Durham. And this time, he's keen to make sure he's the one doing the bruising.
In just one year, Young went from someone uninvolved with The Brotherhood to one of its biggest advocates.
Over the past two years in medical school, I have attended nearly every Duke basketball home game. I’ve logged every opposing team’s free-throw attempt (248 in total), the distraction used and whether the result was a make or a miss.
Hitting it off instantly, Power, Stewart, Foster and McCain cultivated a close friendship that is evident from miles away and has taken social media by storm. Even on a team that prides itself on culture and chemistry, the freshmen stand out in their brotherhood bond.
As Duke men's basketball gets ready to tipoff the 2023-24 year, The Chronicle's senior beat writers predict this season of Blue Devil basketball.