In the wake of Wake Forest’s significant 83-79 victory over No. 8 Duke, an incident involving Duke star Kyle Filipowski has sparked a complex debate, flipping the script on traditional concerns about fan behavior during court stormings. Please click here for more.
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Late turnovers doom Duke at Wake Forest. 3 takeaways from the Blue Devils’ ACC road loss
Wake Forest continued its home dominance this season and, more importantly, added a signature win that will go a long way toward an NCAA Tournament berth. Hunter Sallis scored 29 points and Andrew Carr added 16 of his 18 points after halftime as Wake Forest rallied past No. 8 Duke, 83-79, at the sold-out Joel Coliseum on Saturday. Please click here for more.
Santucci Tosses Gem as Duke Rolls to Opening Day baseball victory
Junior left-handed pitcher Jonathan Santucci worked five innings of scoreless baseball on Opening Day, as No. 12 Duke (1-0) defeated Indiana (0-1) 6-3 at Spring Brooks Stadium. Santucci improved to 1-0 on the young season and punched out seven Hoosiers. Please click here for more.
Takeaways from Duke’s win over Wake Forest on short rest
With Wake Forest’s big men Efton Reid and Andrew Carr in foul trouble, No. 9 Duke’s interior players found plenty of space to lead the Blue Devils to another ACC win. Mark Mitchell scored 23 points and Kyle Filipowski added 21 as the Blue Devils toppled the Demon Deacons, 77-69, in ACC basketball at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Monday night. Please click here for more.
Jon Scheyer describes how Mark Mitchell brings out the best in Duke basketball
As the final seconds ticked off in Duke basketball’s win against Boston College, senior captain Jeremy Roach made a point to get the ball to sophomore Mark Mitchell. Mitchell dribbled out the clock to put a bow on the ninth-ranked Blue Devils’ 80-65 victory, a game in which Mitchell once again showed his ability to unlock a new level for Duke. Please click here for more.
ACC men’s basketball tournament will be in N.C. for five straight years
The ACC men’s basketball tournament will be in North Carolina for five consecutive seasons starting in 2025, the longest run since the event was held in the state from 1990 to 2000, with the women’s tournament going to Charlotte in 2027. Please click here for more.
Not Smart for Duke coach to criticize his players in public
Jon Scheyer, a good young coach, makes $7 million a year, which he also owes to Mike Krzyzewski’s outrageous pay scale over his 42 years at the helm. That’s more than twice what Hubert Davis makes. It was surprising when, along with praising Carolina’s play in its nine-point win, Scheyer got on his own team after his first loss to the Tar Heels as a head coach. Please click here for more.
Heels control game, take it to Duke 93-84
North Carolina, behind a first-year Tar Heel and a fifth-year Tar Heel, handled rival Duke from beginning to end to win 93-84 in Chapel Hill. (2/3)
Fifth-year senior Armando Bacot controlled the inside, going 10 of 13 for 25 points and 10 rebounds while transfer Harrison Ingram controlled the rest of the floor, scoring 21 points on five three pointers.
“Armando was Armando. He was big time… It was one of his best games ever,” UNC coach Hubert Davis said. “Harrison has the ability to post up and make perimeter jump shots. That helps Armando to get free inside and opens up the lane to allow other guys to drive to the basket.”
Duke led 2-0 and that was it as the Tar Heels led for 38 minutes, stretching the lead to 10, 45-35 at the half.
Carolina extended the margin to 15 at 63-48 with 13:14 left when Ingram swished a 14-footer. Duke managed to cut it to eight at 77-69 with just over five minutes to go when McCain drilled a three from the left corner.
The margin mostly stayed between eight and 13 the rest of the way. A Bacot dunk in the closing seconds rounded out the scoring and put the Carolina crowd into an even bigger frenzy.
“You could feel it coming out of the tunnel. It just has a different feel,” Coach Davis said about the excitement in the building. “It was our best complete game all season. We were locked in. We especially did a good job defending without fouling and contesting their 3s.”
Coach Davis said Duke gets a lot of their threes in transition but since the Heels turned the ball over only five times and were able to get to the free throw line, the Devils weren’t able to get into transition often. And Duke ended just five of 19 from beyond the arc.
Despite the Tar Heels controlling the pace, the Blue Devils shot well, hitting well over 50 percent of their shots in the second half. Jared McCain led the way for the Blue Devils, now 16-5 overall and 7-3 in the ACC, with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Big man Kyle Filipowski had 22 points and five rebounds while Jeremy Roach added 20 points.
The Tar Heels, who also got 17 points from RJ Davis and 10 from Seth Trimble, improve to 18-4 and 10-1 in the ACC with a matchup against Clemson at home coming Tuesday night.
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Veteran journalist Art Chansky weighs in on Carolina-Duke matchup
For the 7th-ranked Blue Devils to win their third straight game in Chapel Hill, they will have to make a higher percentage than No. 3 Carolina, hold their own on the boards and stay out of foul trouble. For more on what Carolina needs to do, please click here.
Duke basketball’s bounce-back guys lead Blue Devils to win at Virginia Tech
For the first time since 2019, Duke basketball left Virginia Tech with a victory. The seventh-ranked Blue Devils overcame foul trouble with a resounding rebounding effort and several bounce-back performances in a 77-67 win against the Hokies on Monday night at Cassell Coliseum. Please click here for more.