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I lived a lot of my time at Duke wondering when and where the next thing would go wrong. But what if everything went right?
As 2021 comes to a close, The Chronicle's sports department takes a look back at the biggest stories of the year in Duke athletics. Each day, we will review a major game, event or storyline that helped shape the course of the year for the Blue Devils.
On the heels of a 1-0 week for Duke, the Blue Zone is back with another installment of our thoughts on the latest AP Poll. This week, the Blue Devils remained idle in the final rankings of 2021.
Duke men's basketball's nonconference schedule is finished, and it plays its first ACC game of the season on Wednesday, facing off against Virginia Tech Wednesday night at home in Cameron Indoor Stadium. With that in mind, the Blue Zone takes a look at how the Blue Devils finished their nonconference slate and three key matchups of their ACC season.
Plenty of sports events are loud. This one was earsplitting.
Every football game, our beat writers Cam Polo, Jake Piazza, Max Rego, Alex Jackson, Micah Hurewitz and Jonathan Levitan will be here to give you their picks for Duke's upcoming matchup, and we'll keep track of their prediction records every week. This is Duke's last game of the 2021 season, and it enters this one against Miami as 21-point underdogs.
Well, who would have expected this? In its first matchup against a No. 1 team since the 2013-14 season, Duke goes into the locker room leading 45-42 against the Gonzaga Bulldogs, freshman Paolo Banchero leading the way for the Blue Devils with 20 points.
Every football game, our beat writers Cam Polo, Jake Piazza, Max Rego, Alex Jackson, Micah Hurewitz and Jonathan Levitan will be here to give you their picks for Duke's upcoming matchup, and we'll keep track of their prediction records every week. We've got Thursday night football this week, as the Blue Devils clash with 20-point favorite Louisville in Wallace Wade Stadium at 7:30 p.m.
Every football game, our beat writers Cam Polo, Jake Piazza, Max Rego, Alex Jackson, Micah Hurewitz and Jonathan Levitan will be here to give you their picks for Duke's upcoming matchup, and we'll keep track of their prediction records every week. The Blue Devils hit the road for Blacksburg, Va., this week as 11.5-point underdogs against Virginia Tech.
Duke was thoroughly beaten by Pittsburgh 54-29 as star quarterback Kenny Pickett picked apart the Duke secondary, tallying 416 yards through the air and three passing touchdowns, as well as a rushing TD of his own.