There is an old saying in college basketball that tradition never graduates. At Duke University, winning championships is not just a goal – it is an expectation.
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The Duke Blue Devils (4-1, 1-1 ACC) will host archrival North Carolina (3-2, 1-1 ACC) at Wallace Wade Stadium this weekend with a chance to keep the Victory Bell in Durham.
Two former Blue Devils and current NBA rookies had big nights Friday. Cameron Boozer had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists to help the Memphis Grizzlies past the Charlotte Hornets.
There have been a lot of great coaches in basketball. In high school, we saw Bob Hurley Sr. of St. Anthony’s and Morgan Wootten of DeMatha. In college, we’ve seen Mike Krzyzewski, Dean Smith, and John Wooden.
Patrick Ngongba II has dealt with foot issues dating back to his days as a heralded prep at Paul VI Catholic High School (Va.). And he sat out over a handful of games in each of his first two Duke basketball campaigns.
A couple of weeks ago, the Duke Blue Devils were being discussed as a true wild card for the ACC Championship with their unbeaten start and a favorable schedule coming off the bye week.
Recruiting analyst Joe Tipton, among others, reports that 5-star target Asa Montgomery has canceled visits to Arizona and Louisville. Additionally, he now has several Crystal Balls pegging Duke as his final choice.
The Duke Blue Devils aim to get back on track at home this weekend after suffering their first loss of the 2026 campaign. Duke (4-1, 1-1 ACC) fell at Georgia Tech 28-25 last weekend and hosts rival North Carolina (3-2, 1-1 ACC) at Wallace Wade Stadium, needing a win to remain at the top of the ACC standings.
Since Duke will welcome Tennessee to Cameron in a few days, we thought it might be good to look at some video from the Tennessee-Xavier exhibition. Tennessee is going to be somewhat different from the normal Rick Barnes team, which historically is physically aggressive, defensively oriented, but not necessarily all that offensively brilliant.
Deron Rippey Jr. has already exhibited some winning ways in a Duke basketball jersey. After all, it was the 6-foot-3, 185-pound freshman guard from Brooklyn, N.Y., who drained the 3-pointer to seal Team White's 29-24 victory over Team Blue in the Blue-White scrimmage at Countdown to Craziness two weeks ago.
He came and he went, one of contemporary college basketball’s vagabonds. Following stints at Kentucky and Kansas State, he paused for a year at Virginia and set a few records for blocked shots before heading off to the NBA.
It only took one preseason game for Duke basketball freshman Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje to start drawing serious attention. The 7'1" international prospect
Jay Bilas is best known now as a universally respected broadcaster. A lot of people may not even know that 40 years ago, he was part of the class that helped boost Duke into the elite.
The 2026-27 Duke basketball roster appears loaded enough to begin the season at No. 1 or 2 in the AP Poll. And the Blue Devils have already become the media's pick to finish atop the ACC standings, as the conference's preseason accolades were released on Tuesday.
Kara Lawson knows what it feels like to coach a team expected to win every time it steps on the court. She just spent the summer doing it with Team USA.
A former regional director connected to the Lady Dukes travel softball organization was ordered to pay more than $8 million after a federal lawsuit accused her of obtaining millions of dollars from a New Jersey man through fraudulent misrepresentation. The latest docket entry in the case is a writ of garnishment issued on Aug.