SYRACUSE (AP) — With star Zion Williamson nursing his injured knee on the bench, Duke’s other star and an unlikely hero got the top-ranked Blue Devils back on the winning track. Freshman forward RJ Barrett, […]
DURHAM — Members of the North Carolina basketball team were told ahead of time that Barack Obama planned to visit them before Wednesday’s game against Duke. But that did little to prepare the Tar Heels’ […]
DURHAM — North Carolina’s gameplan coming into Wednesday’s showdown against Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium was to try and deny the ball from Blue Devils star Zion Williamson. Not even the Tar Heels could have […]
CHAPEL HILL — Former Charlotte Hornets guard Rex Chapman has created a niche for himself on social media by posting unrelated gifs that ponder the burning basketball question “Block or charge?” Among the best are […]
DURHAM — The list of things that live up to the hype is short and elite: “Hamilton,” the smartphone, LeBron … and the Duke-North Carolina rivalry. By the time the game tips off Wednesday at […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — RJ Barrett got it started, Zion Williamson filled in some gaps and Cam Reddish added a late flurry. In No. 2 Duke’s latest installment of Freshmen Gone Wild, all three — […]
DURHAM (AP) — No. 2 Duke has the highest-scoring duo in the country — and if Cameron Reddish can stay hot, yet another effective scoring option. Reddish scored 24 points, helping the Blue Devils pull […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Zion Williamson flew unimpeded again. For Notre Dame, there was no chance at grounding him. For Mike Krzyzewski, there’s no need to even think about grounding him. “What do you […]
Duke was off and running in its game against Syracuse on Jan. 14, up 14-6 and looking every bit the part of the nation’s best team when point guard Tre Jones collided with the Orange’s […]
PITTSBURGH — There are plenty of words Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski can use to describe his star-laden roster. Nervous is not one of them. “My guys are not nervous,” Krzyzewski said. “I’m nervous. But they […]
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