Tag: Duke Blue Devils

ORLANDO – There is no discernible pattern of bloodstains on the fluffy green carpet inside the Duke’s locker room. There are too many smudges to count, at least quickly: a small semicircle of smudges near the center of the room, a larger dot of them near Kyle Filipowski’s dresser. But they, as much silence in the tiny changing room, tell the story. The simple version is this: Duke’s season is over, thanks to a 65-52 loss to No. 4 Tennessee in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Jon Scheyer’s…

GREENSBORO, NC – There’s no such thing as perfection. but this? This is close to it. Official records will say that Duke beat Pittsburgh 96-69 on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament, and technically speaking, yes, that’s true. so real? This score — even by a margin of 27 points — doesn’t accurately describe how unbalanced these teams were, and how mismatched they were. Somehow, shockingly (and very sadly), all of the following are true: • Duke scored its first 12 points, although Kyle Filipowski — who scored…

Durham, NC — With 18.4 seconds left, John Shire called the timeout, wanting one last reminder on the young Duke squad. Only, they beat him up. As the Scheyer players came streaming from Cameron Indoor Stadium and toward the sideline—some looking at the overhead scoreboard, indicating Duke’s lead by five points—they found their coach with a sober face and his pointer extended. “Just one stop,” said the first-year Duke coach, looking around. “One stop.” Hmm. They sound familiar. We said it together in the huddle before “We even went to…

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Duke’s men’s basketball team is just 4-3 in the ACC after Saturday’s loss at Clemson, and the Blue Devils are expected to drop out of the Associated Press Top 25 on Monday. What’s going on with Jon Scheyer’s team, and what can we expect from Duke the rest of the season? Brendan Marks opens his mailbag to tackle these topics and more. Submit a question below, and will answer some later this week. .