What happens when a team puts everything on a rivalry game and falls short? In 1995, Duke fell on hard times. After two national titles and three Final Fours in four seasons, the Blue Devils […]
DURHAM — Tre Jones had 13 points to help seventh-ranked Duke overcome a turnover-heavy performance to beat No. 8 Florida State 70-65 on Monday night. The Blue Devils (21-3, 11-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) were coming […]
CHAPEL HILL — Wendell Moore made the winning shot as time expired in overtime to produce one of the most thrilling, improbable finishes in the history of the Duke-UNC basketball rivalry. That’s saying something, considering […]
BOSTON — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski thinks his players might have been looking ahead to this weekend’s game against North Carolina. And it almost cost them. “They didn’t listen to me,” he said on Tuesday […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Vernon Carey Jr. stood tall in the middle of the Syracuse zone, and the Orange had no answer for Duke’s big freshman center. Carey had 26 points and a season-high 17 rebounds […]
It was a luxury that lasted only until the next game. On Saturday, in a win against Clemson, redshirt freshman big man Manny Bates was sent into concussion protocol when he took a blow to […]
ATLANTA — Duke has now gone a decade without losing to Georgia Tech. A defensive clampdown kept the streak going. Tre Jones scored 16 points on his 20th birthday, including two key baskets down the […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Tre Jones was pleased that when No. 10 Duke fell behind early at Virginia Tech, the Blue Devils showed composure and gradually worked their way back. Coach Mike Krzyzewski was glad he […]
DURHAM — For most of the preseason, Duke was defined by who wasn’t there, more than who was. The Zion Williamson Show & Traveling Circus has closed. “They enjoyed it last year,” assistant coach Nolan […]
DURHAM — With one giant leap, Cassius Stanley knocked Zion Williamson out of the Duke record book. His familiar No. 1 jersey now belongs to Vernon Carey Jr. The Blue Devils’ latest crop of freshmen […]
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