WINSTON-SALEM — Even with its abundance of talent, the Duke basketball team is still very much a work in progress. Especially on defense. The fact that the Blue Devils have still won 18 games and […]
North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams is stubborn, He’ll tell you that himself, especially when it comes to his favored inside-out style of play. “I had three NBA coaches this summer tell me, ‘I hope […]
The NSJ sports staff decided it would be fun to end the year with a little prognosticating beyond which teams and players we believe will stand out in 2018. Sports editor Cory Lavalette and staff […]
Marvin Bagley III will be a distant memory in Durham by the time 2018 ends, but as the year begins he’s still the clear-cut choice to be the Newcomer of the Year. Bagley’s 2017 has […]
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 […]
Duke and North Carolina are both ranked among the nation’s top 25 college basketball teams this week. That shouldn’t come as a surprise considering the combined histories of the neighboring rivals. It is, however, somewhat […]
Duke opened its ACC season early this year and paid the price for it. The No. 1 Blue Devils ran into a buzz saw, as Boston College hit 15 three-pointers to give Duke its first […]
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 […]
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