DURHAM — Nolan Smith knew the day would eventually come. No one, after all — not even an institution such as Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski — can coach forever. That knowledge still didn’t prepare him for […]
DURHAM — Mike Krzyzewski plans to coach one more season before turning over control of the Duke basketball program to former Blue Devils point guard and current assistant Jon Scheyer. Still, Wednesday’s announcement that the […]
DURHAM — Matthew Hurt scored 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting, DJ Steward added 16 points and Duke never trailed in its 84-60 win over Wake Forest on Wednesday night. Joey Baker hit 4 of 7 […]
North Carolina jumped out to an early lead on Duke then held off a series of Blue Devils rallies to win the first installment of the high-profile rivalry game, 91-87, at Cameron Indoor Stadium on […]
College basketball begins its new season the way the last one ended — under a cloud of uncertainty. The COVID-19 outbreak went quickly to DEFCON-1 during conference tournaments last season, going from full arenas to […]
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 […]
DURHAM — Freshman David Johnson had a season-high 19 points and No. 11 Louisville hung on down the stretch to beat No. 3 Duke 79-73 on Saturday night in a key matchup in the Atlantic […]
CLEMSON, S.C. — What a wild ride the past four days have been for Clemson fans. The Tigers beat No. 3 Duke 79-72 on Tuesday night to sandwich wins over the Atlantic Coast Conference’s basketball […]
DURHAM — Duke started fast and picked up the pace. There would be no need to survive a last-second shot this time. Tre Jones scored 23 points and the second-ranked Blue Devils handled Wake Forest […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Blue Devils advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 27th time in school history and 25th under coach Mike Krzyzewski with wins over North Dakota State and Central Florida in Columbia, […]
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