The expectations for the Duke 2013-2014 Blue Devils men’s basketball team are sky high, but their opportunity to meet those expectations could be limited. The Blue Devils return a solid nucleus and will surround them with an exciting recruiting class, but as often is the case in this day and age it might be a
Back in November when Duke and Louisville met in the Battle for Atlantis final, most knew that these two teams were elite, few probably thought they would meet in the Elite Eight. That is exactly though what will happen when the No. 2 seeded Blue Devils attempt to knock off the No. 1 seeded Cardinals
For the 13th time in Mike Krzyzewski’s storied career he is leading the Duke Blue Devils to the Elite Eight; and he has Seth Curry to thank for it. In what was primarily a defensive game, Curry proved to be one of the few bright spots offensively scoring 29 on 8-17 shooting and 6-9 from
For weeks analysts, fans and even the Duke coaches have been talking about the Blue Devils getting Ryan Kelly back and re-integrating him back into the lineup. The thought was that with Kelly back, Duke would surge back to the top of the college basketball world. It appears that Kelly, whose return was a 36-point
No one said it was going to be easy, well with the exception of the odds makers who had Duke as a 10.5 point favorite over their arch rivals, North Carolina. What we ended up getting wasn’t a classic but a rather typical, hard fought, close game between the two bitter rivals with Duke prevailing
It hasn’t exactly been a red-letter season for the North Carolina Tar Heel basketball team. At 16-7 (6-4 ACC) unranked and potentially on the NCAA bubble, it has been a season the Tar Heels would just as soon forget. That doesn’t change the importance of their game with Duke Wednesday night. North Carolina is in
Duke’s struggles since Ryan Kelly went down to injury are well documented. Everyone has basically admitted that this isn’t the same team without its 6-foot-11 stretch four and they clearly aren’t. Growing pains were and are to an extent, still to be expected but just when you think the team might be turning the corner
