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 […]
DURHAM — Vernon Carey Jr., Tre Jones and No. 12 Duke didn’t need any wild escape to beat rival North Carolina this time. The Blue Devils took care of the Tar Heels with a strong […]
DURHAM — This might be the strangest UNC-Duke game in recent memory. Normally when the two rivals meet, college basketball takes notice. The Tar Heels and Blue Devils tend to be atop the polls, battling […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Jay Huff brought his flair for the dramatic to a completely new level, and brought down the program he grew up rooting for in his hometown. Virginia’s 7-footer from Durham with a […]
What happens when a team puts everything on a rivalry game and falls short? In 1995, Duke fell on hard times. After two national titles and three Final Fours in four seasons, the Blue Devils […]
DURHAM — Tre Jones had 13 points to help seventh-ranked Duke overcome a turnover-heavy performance to beat No. 8 Florida State 70-65 on Monday night. The Blue Devils (21-3, 11-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) were coming […]
CHAPEL HILL — Wendell Moore made the winning shot as time expired in overtime to produce one of the most thrilling, improbable finishes in the history of the Duke-UNC basketball rivalry. That’s saying something, considering […]
BOSTON — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski thinks his players might have been looking ahead to this weekend’s game against North Carolina. And it almost cost them. “They didn’t listen to me,” he said on Tuesday […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Vernon Carey Jr. stood tall in the middle of the Syracuse zone, and the Orange had no answer for Duke’s big freshman center. Carey had 26 points and a season-high 17 rebounds […]
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 […]
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