The No. 1-ranked Duke Blue Devils further proved themselves as a national title favorite, while No. 11 Virginia (25-4, 13-3 ACC) saw its momentum come to a screeching halt.
Never before since the ACC was founded 73 years ago had one of the conference's programs recorded double-digit wins over ranked opponents in a single season.
In what was apparently a joint decision, the Dallas Mavericks have waived former Duke point guard Tyus Jones. For the Mavericks, it opens up a path to sign rookie Ryan Nembhard.
Duke has had a banner year to date, and a big part of why it’s been so great is the defense. And there’s a lot to that. Caleb Foster and Isaiah Evans have vastly improved as defenders.
We thought Virginia was better than that. Whatever else we might have thought, we never thought that Duke would have a 28-point lead on a good Virginia team.
The No. 1-ranked Duke Blue Devils improved to 27-2 overall on the season and 15-1 in ACC action following a convincing 77-51 victory over No. 11 Virginia (25-4, 13-3 ACC) at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday.
There are losses, and then there are complete dismantlings. What unfolded inside Cameron Indoor Stadium was the latter. No. 1 Duke didn’t just beat No.
Although Duke women’s basketball head coach Kara Lawson and her staff are primarily focused on the 2025-2026 season as they continue their push for the NCAA tournament, the Blue Devils have also been finding success on the high school recruiting trail as of late.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Chandler Rivers emerged as one of Duke’s top defensive playmakers last season, anchoring a secondary that helped deliver the program’s first ACC championship since the 1960s.
The No. 1-ranked Duke Blue Devils (26-2, 14-1 ACC) are riding high heading into a huge Saturday matchup against No. 11 Virginia (25-3, 13-2 ACC) at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Honestly, we’d never heard of Eddie Links before. Great name, but we hadn’t heard of him. He advertises himself as a “High level Ball Knower,” and maybe he is.
Duke basketball freshman phenom Cameron Boozer has undoubtedly been the best player in all of college basketball this season and is the clear frontrunner to take home the National Player of the Year award.
In Saturday’s ACC Action, NC State visits Notre Dame, Florida State heads up to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech, Louisville cruises over to Clemson, BC heads down to Miami, Pitt drops in on Cal on the West Coast swing, Syracuse checks in with Wake Forest, SMU gets Stanford, and Virginia Tech visits UNC.
Duke basketball sophomores Isaiah Evans and Patrick Ngongba both entered their second seasons with the Blue Devils as crucial pieces to the rotation. After Jon Scheyer and his staff lost their entire 2024-25 starting five to the NBA Draft, getting rotation pieces back was a huge deal in the offseason.
This has been a season of hope for NC State. Will Wade’s team hasn’t been perfect, but it has certainly had its moments, notably an absolute destruction of UNC (albeit without Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar, but still, good for the Wolfpack soul).
The 2026 NFL Draft is just a few months away, and several former Duke football players have a great chance to hear their names called once that time rolls around.
Date 1/28 || Time 12:00 p.m. || Venue Cameron Indoor Stadium || Video ESPN Soon we’ll have votes for ACC honors and when it comes to ACC Coach of the Year, we think there are four legitimate candidates: Luke Loucks of Florida State, Jai Lucas of Miami, Jon Scheyer of Duke, and Ryan Odom of Virginia.
It's becoming increasingly difficult as the 2025-26 college basketball season goes on to make an argument for any player in the sport to take home the National Player of the Year award other than Duke basketball freshman phenom Cameron Boozer.
The No. 1-ranked Duke Blue Devils (26-2, 14-1 ACC) are riding high as the new top team in the Associated Press Top 25 and the new top projected overall seed in the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
“White Mike” had a warm welcome in his return to his home state. Duke’s head coach, Jon Scheyer, is in town to face Notre Dame, so he took his team to nearby Chicago to check out his old hometown.