Will North Carolina be able to avenge last month’s loss to Duke tomorrow night? Or will the Blue Devils be able to sweep the regular season series against the Tar Heels and keep the momentum going as they head into the ACC Tournament? On paper there is little reason to suspect that the Tar Heels [...]
With the recent return of Ryan Kelly to their lineup, Duke has now become the favorite to win the ACC Tournament. To begin with, the Blue Devils are 17-0 with Kelly in the lineup. No team in the nation, let alone the ACC, has figured out how to beat Duke when Kelly is playing. Duke [...]
To no one’s surprise, the Duke Blue Devils had their way with the Virginia Tech Hokies last night to cap an unbeaten season at Cameron Indoor Stadium. With one game left at North Carolina this Saturday before the ACC Tournament and then the NCAA Tournament, Duke is peaking at exactly the right time. Duke’s starting [...]
A lot can still happen in the final few weeks of the season, but barring any major injuries or mishaps, Duke’s Mason Plumlee will win this year’s John Wooden Award. Sure, there are other competitors, and Plumlee won’t win in a landslide, but no one has done what Plumlee has done this season which is [...]
Duke has seven games remaining this season to try and overtake Miami (FL) for the ACC Conference Title, but will that be enough time for them to make the miracle leap? Given how strong Miami has been this season, the chances of the Blue Devils being able to overtake them and win the title outright [...]
Christian Laettner. Rasheed Wallace. Elton Brand. Jerry Stackhouse. J.J. Redick. Antawn Jamison. Michael Jordan. The notable names that have passed through Duke and North Carolina throughout the decades are many and the battles that have raged between these two schools have been epic. The greatest rivalry in all of college sports has been largely overseen [...]
The Duke Blue Devils‘ championship hopes took a big hit last month when Ryan Kelly finally succumbed to a foot injury he tried playing through in a couple games at the start of January. The Blue Devils have “struggled” since Kelly’s departure, going 6-2 in that span, with both losses coming on the road against [...]
What a week! Between all the upsets that took place in the Top 10 this past week–the first, second, third, fifth, seventh and tenth-ranked teams all lost at least once–it’s no wonder the Top 25 got shook up like a collection of Boggle tiles this week. Perhaps the biggest surprise, however, is that the Duke [...]
After Indiana was upset last week by Butler, Blue Devil Nation had to be going wild at the thought of Duke once again becoming the top-ranked team in the country. So when it happened they had to be thrilled. However, chances are good that Coach K and his squad, enjoyed this news for about three [...]
Last night, the Duke Blue Devils defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes in an ACC-Big Ten Challenge matchup 73-68, moving to 7-0 on the season, with three of those victories coming against teams that have been ranked among the top five in the nation. It is because of their early season success against such a powerful [...]
