The 2017-18 basketball season got far more interesting in early December. The Duke Blue Devils looked to be the odds-on favorite to storm their way to the NCAA title. Duke was No. 1 in the […]
As talented as Duke’s freshmen are, they entered Saturday’s game without having ever experienced an ACC win. The Blue Devils fell in an early December ACC opener at Boston College, then had a three-week wait […]
DURHAM — Evansville head coach Marty Simmons knew what Duke’s key to success was on Wednesday night. “They pressured the (expletive deleted) out of us,” he said. “They got after us.” After a lackluster defensive […]
BOSTON — Boston College coach Jim Christian says there will be a new poster on the wall outside the basketball office at Conte Forum. “When you walk down the hallway (outside) our office, they have […]
DURHAM — The most amazing thing about Marvin Bagley III’s season so far — and there are plenty of them — is that he should still be in high school. Bagley reclassified and graduated after […]
DURHAM, N.C. — There was something for just about everyone wearing a Duke jersey Tuesday night. Marvin Bagley III’s 21 points led five Duke players in double figures as the top-ranked Blue Devils pounded visiting St. Francis (Pa.) 124-67 […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski could not say enough about his team’s determination. “We’re exhausted. They have such a will to win,” Krzyzewski said after top-ranked Blue Devils pulled away from Indiana for a 91-81 victory […]
Duke continued its stranglehold on the ACC Player of the Week Awards as Marvin Bagley III won Player and Rookie of the Week. Through three weeks, Blue Devils have won all six awards. The only […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Marvin Bagley III finished with a double-double of 34 points, nine of which came in overtime, and 15 rebounds as No. 1 Duke defeated Texas 85-78 in the second round of the Phil Knight […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — After receiving a wake-up call in the first half, the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils began the Phil Knight 80 Invitational with a 99-81 first-round victory over the upstart Portland State Vikings on Thursday. “I […]
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