The No. 4-ranked Duke Blue Devils boast potentially the best overall body of work in all of college basketball thus far through the 2025-26 season. Most recently, Duke picked up a 70-54 road victory at Pittsburgh (9-16, 2-10) on Tuesday night.
Despite a crushing loss on Saturday night in Chapel Hill at the hands of No. 11 North Carolina, the No. 4-ranked Duke Blue Devils still boast one of the best bodies of work in all of college basketball.
In Tuesday’s ACC Action, Virginia nipped Florida State 61-58, SMU survived Notre Dame 89-84, and Miami took care of UNC, 75-66. Apparently one good court storming deserves another, but in Miami, no one got hit in the face.
Duke’s win over Pitt was not flawless. It was not one we will talk about in years to come. But it was an important win and some really good things happened, not least of all succeeding while Pat Ngongba had to sit due to a wrist injury.
Duke basketball asserted its dominance in the second half of its road outing against the unranked Pitt Panthers (9-16, 2-10 ACC) on Tuesday night, as the No.
After Saturday’s loss in Chapel Hill, Duke is off to Pitt to take the measure of Jeff Capel’s Panthers. And that’s an interesting team. There’s no question that at 9-15, Pitt is struggling.
There’s plenty of time left in the 2026 season, plenty of testing to be done and proving to be achieved. But enough games have been played, tests met, to offer a fairly clear gauge of the prowess of this year’s Duke team.
The No. 4-ranked Duke Blue Devils (21-2, 10-1 ACC) fell in heartbreaking fashion on Saturday night in Chapel Hill to No. 14 North Carolina (19-4, 7-3 ACC).
This was salting Carthage. This was sacking Rome. This was the Mongols sweeping down the plains and terrifying all the other teams nations in the land.
As we mentioned the other day, we’ve really lost track of Maryland since they left the ACC in 2014 for the Big Ten. What we do see periodically are mostly the problems, although Derick McQueen’s buzzer beater last March was impressive.
Duke basketball freshman phenom Cameron Boozer has yet to be held in check in a single game this season. The former 5-star recruit has been the most consistently dominant player in the sport and is the clear frontrunner to take home the National Player of the Year award.
The first matchup between Duke and North Carolina this season didn’t disappoint at all, with the game going down to the final buzzer and being finished off by a Seth Tremble corner three at the buzzer for the win.
The No. 4-ranked Duke Blue Devils (21-2, 10-1 ACC) fell in heartbreaking fashion to No. 14 North Carolina on Saturday night after holding double-digit leads in both halves.
The No. 4-ranked Duke Blue Devils (21-2, 10-1 ACC) fell in grueling fashion in Chapel Hill to No. 14 North Carolina (19-4, 7-3 ACC) on Saturday night, after a buzzer-beating three by Seth Trimble gave the Tar Heels a 71-68 victory.
For the unbiased college basketball fan, the first edition of the best rivalry in college basketball between No. 4 Duke (21-2, 10-1 ACC) and No. 14 North Carolina (19-4, 7-3 ACC) in Chapel Hill on Saturday night was an instant classic.
College basketball's most storied rivalry delivered another epic chapter on Saturday night when the No. 14 North Carolina Tar Heels shocked the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils.
The Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels are set to renew college basketball's most heated rivalry Saturday night at the Dean Smith Center. ESPN's "College GameDay" rolled into Chapel Hill for the special occasion, with the crew making their picks in front of a packed, divided crowd ahead of the 6:30 p.m.
North Carolina freshman Caleb Wilson’s dislike of Duke goes beyond the historic rivalry between the two blue-blood schools. Wilson has emerged as one of the best freshmen in a loaded 2025 college recruiting class.
Nearly halfway through league play, No. 5 Duke is the premier squad in the Atlantic Coast Conference. But which school is No. 2 in the conference remains up in the air.