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The Blue Zone takes a look at two star Blue Devils and their chances of taking home the Wooden Award at season's end.
It's been an eventful week for former Blue Devils in the pros. Read all about in this week's edition of Duke in the NBA.
The calendar year may be drawing to a close, but the NBA season is just hitting its stride as 2022 nears. With plenty of action in recent weeks, the Blue Zone is back with a look at how former Blue Devils are performing at the professional level.
“[AJ Griffin] showed, not just me but himself something tonight that he can do that. And if he doesn’t play like that, we don’t win,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said.
Duke welcomed Virginia Tech to Cameron Indoor Stadium for its first ACC game of the season. The Blue Devils came in as 9.5-point favorites, but this is conference play, and the Hokies have taken a 36-32 lead into the half.
Duke opens up ACC play Wednesday night with a showdown against Virginia Tech in Durham, and the Blue Zone is here with three keys to victory for the Blue Devils.
In the three-game stretch concluding Saturday, Roach found his shooting stroke and sank 8-of-14 3-point attempts, good for a 32% improvement from before the midseason break.
After two cancellations due to COVID issues in opposing programs, Duke hosted Elon Saturday in its last nonconference game of the season. The Blue Devils picked up right where they left off front their last game, and are out to a 44-26 lead at the half. Here’s five of our observations from the opening 20 minutes.
No. 2 Duke men's basketball is set to play their third matchup in five days Saturday afternoon in Cameron Indoor Stadium. After two opponent cancellations due to COVID-19 protocols, Duke will now face an Elon squad hungry to end their seven-game losing streak against the Blue Devils.
