As Duke prepares for its ninth bowl appearance Thursday against Cincinnati in Charlotte, Wallace Wade biographer Lewis Bowling looks back at the Blue Devils’ first bowl win, 68 years ago.
Duke (6-6) enters the Belk Bowl in Charlotte on Thursday (6:30 p.m., ESPN) to face 9-3 Cincinnati with a glaring issue that’s sprung up again. Routinely over the years, even in recent seasons when coach David Cutcliffe’s team has shown improvement in other areas, Duke found itself at the bottom of the ACC in defensive statistics.
Chelsea Gray led five players in double figures with 18 points and No. 4 Duke remained undefeated with a 75-60 victory over Southern California in the Women of Troy Classic on Saturday.
It took less than 10 minutes for No. 4 Duke to get on track while playing its first game in 12 days Friday night.
Coming off final exams and traveling cross-country, the undefeated Blue Devils went on to rout Cal State Bakersfield 97-63 in the Women of Troy Classic on Friday night.
Mason Plumlee had 21 points and 15 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke beat Elon 76-54 on Thursday night for its 100th straight nonconference win at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
RB Shaquille Powell. DT Nick Sink, WR Nick Hill change sides of ball; LB Britton Grier moves to defensive end.
Jabari Parker of Chicago, the No. 2-rated player in the Class of 2013, announced Thursday that he'll play college basketball at Duke. Blue Devil class of three 5-star recruits now ranked No. 2 in national behind 5-man Kentucky class.
Chicago prep phenom Jabari Parker’s announcement Thursday that he will play at Duke next season sets up an intriguing head-to-head scenario for the 2013-14 season with Oxford Webb’s Isaiah Hicks, North Carolina’s top recruit.
Showing rust from an extended break from games for final exams, Duke didn’t look like the nation’s No. 1 team for the first 15 minutes of play Wednesday night.
For the fifth time in the past seven years, USA Basketball considers Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski the top basketball coach in the country.
The joy surrounding Duke’s preparation for its first bowl game in 18 years was shattered early Tuesday morning.
Marshall Plumlee arrived at Duke 18 months ago to play basketball with his older brothers.
Nine months after the indignity of an early round exit from the NCAA Tournament, Duke is on top of the men’s college basketball world again.
When Duke hits No. 1 today, it will be the 123rd week the Blue Devils have been the nation’s top-ranked team in the AP poll. Only UCLA (134 weeks) has more. Nearly all of Duke’s time ranked No. 1 (104 weeks entering this season) has come with Mike Krzyzewski as its head coach.
For the second time in two months, Duke University’s athletics department has received a $10 million gift — the largest donation the department has ever received.