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Stakes lower but still urgent for Duke-Carolina
The last time Duke and North Carolina played, it was the top story in sports for an entire week. The rivalry traveled to its largest stage ever, meeting in New Orleans on April 2 in […]
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North Carolina college basketball power rankings
The holidays mean a transition in the college basketball season. With the new year, and new semester for 19 Division 1 colleges in North Carolina, comes conference play. Some teams in the state have already […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Appleby, Wake Forest upend No. 14 Duke
WINSTON-SALEM — Wake Forest had survived close games this season, even twice winning on a last-second shot. It was enough to have coach Steve Forbes deliver a message that resonated before playing No. 14 Duke. […]
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Youth movement: Freshmen form Duke’s backbone
DURHAM — Duke entered this season with just one returning player who had logged significant time for the Blue Devils — Jeremy Roach. He entered the season with 545 of Duke’s 566 returning points (Jaylen […]
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College Basketball Roundup: No. 15 Duke goes young in win
DURHAM — Even for a storied program like Duke, there was another historical footnote Saturday. Tyrese Proctor and Dariq Whitehead each scored 15 points and the 15th-ranked Blue Devils rolled past Maryland-Eastern Shore 82-55 while […]
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Duke responds to adversity with physical win
DURHAM — Duke bounced back from a blowout loss at the hands of one Big Ten team with a hard-fought win over another team from that conference. The Blue Devils lost to Purdue in the […]
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Dereck Lively makes debut in blowout Duke win
DURHAM — The Duke Blue Devils closed the first week of the 2022-23 season by welcoming perhaps the best player on their roster. Dereck Lively II, the 7-foot-1 five-star freshman who was voted the ACC […]
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No. 7 Duke wins in Scheyer’s debut
DURHAM — Jeremy Roach scored 16 first-half points to help seventh-ranked Duke open Jon Scheyer’s coaching tenure with a 71-44 win over Jacksonville on Monday night. Freshman Mark Mitchell had a team-high 18 points for […]
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Duke looks to find chemistry with 11 newcomers
DURHAM — For more than a decade, Duke has been known for offseason roster turmoil. As the Blue Devils embraced the one-and-done era in college basketball, the team had to rebuild, seemingly from scratch, each […]