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Entering on a three-win streak, Northwestern heads to Cameron Indoor Stadium Thursday for a 5 p.m. matchup against the Blue Devils.
Duke’s game against the Beavers exposed where its transition offense can be of help—and where it can go wrong.
This week's ACC/Big Ten Challenge will be the last, ESPN announced Monday in a joint release with the ACC and SEC, with the ACC/SEC Challenge to take its place for men's and women's basketball beginning in the 2023-24 season.
The Blue Devils beat Oregon State 54-41 in the final women’s game of the Phil Knight Legacy tournament, a game marred by 40 minutes of offensive ineffectiveness from both sides.
Unfortunately for head coach Kara Lawson and her team, once the second half hit, the rope slipped, the sled crashed and the Huskies raced away to win 78-50.
Duke fell to the third-ranked Huskies 78-50 Friday, dropping its first ranked matchup of the year and moving into the consolation bracket at the Phil Knight Legacy.
Here are five things to know before the Phil Knight Legacy tournament begins Friday.
The Blue Devils earned the win, but it had its fair share of unforced errors along the way.
Early Sunday afternoon, Duke knocked down Toledo on the road at John F. Savage Arena with a final score of 58-41.
The Blue Devils won the turnover battle and outmatched their opponents in the paint to advance to 4-0.
While the Blue Devils earned a 60-37 win on the road Saturday against Davidson, their basics were put to the test. Despite a second-half resurgence to get the victory, they could not find a way to consistently rise to the occasion.
Coming off of a lopsided victory against Charleston Southern in which the Blue Devils reached 100 points for the first time since 2016, Duke found itself in a defensive battle against Davidson.
The Blue Devils dominated Charleston Southern in an impressive 111-50 victory and in the process showed their ability to play a lockdown defensive game while simultaneously staying disciplined.
With Oluchi Okananwa joining Jadyn Donovan and Delaney Thomas in planning to don Duke blue, the only recruiting classes that measure up to Kara Lawson’s are LSU’s and Arizona’s.
The Blue Devils put up 62 points in the first half of their 111-50 victory over the Buccaneers, just three shy of the 65-point program record set in 2009 against N.C. Central.
The Blue Devils were victorious Monday despite a record-setting fouling mark and a slow second half.
Duke rode a 10-0 opening run to beat North Carolina A&T 77-57, improving to a 3-0 mark in season-openers under head coach Kara Lawson.
Duke forced 20 turnovers in the first half alone, many of those coming from a full-court press installed by Lawson throughout the game. Deflections and steals were aplenty, and Duke made life miserable for the Crimson Hawk backcourt.
It's that time of year: College basketball season is back, and with it, this year's Blue Devils are gearing up for a whole new season.
With Duke's season right around the corner, five of The Chronicle's beat writers predict all things Blue Devil basketball.