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It was another thrilling chapter in the Duke against North Carolina basketball rivalry. The Tar Heels overcame a 12-point halftime deficit, having the game tied late. Seth Trimble would hit a game-winning three as North Carolina took the 71-68 win. It was an exciting game for all who watched, including Stephen A. Smith of ESPN, […]

Duke Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer expressed frustration and concern following a chaotic ending to Saturday night’s rivalry game, where No. 14 North Carolina stunned No. 4 Duke 71–68 at the Dean Smith Center. The Blue Devils looked in control at halftime, leading 41–29, but the Tar Heels outscored them 42–27 in the second […]

Duke fans were upset to see the No. 4 Blue Devils fall 71-68 to the No. 14 North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday night. The Blue Devils have enjoyed a dominant start to the 2025-26 season, shining as one of the best teams in the country. They even have a solid case to make as […]

Caleb Wilson was more than happy to share a Michael Irvin quote after leading the No. 14 North Carolina Tar Heels to a 71-68 win over the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils on Saturday night. Wilson is enjoying a strong freshman campaign, standing out as one of the top recruits in the 2025 class. He […]

In one of the biggest games of the 2025-2026 college basketball season, Duke makes the short trip to Chapel Hill to take on North Carolina at the Dean Smith Center. Before the heated rivalry tips off, we will be making our Duke-North Carolina predictions. While Duke vs. North Carolina always brings additional heat, the stakes […]

In a rivalry that’s as old as time, the North Carolina Tar Heels are set to face off against the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday in arguably the biggest college basketball matchup of the weekend. Prior to the big game, ESPN’s College GameDay had a segment on during which former Duke star Jay Williams shocked […]

North Carolina basketball takes center stage Saturday as the program prepares for one of the most anticipated rivalry games in recent memory. With Duke arriving in Chapel Hill, attention has shifted to freshman star Caleb Wilson and his long-awaited matchup with Cameron Boozer. Wilson has emerged as the driving force behind North Carolina’s resurgence this […]

Duke remained unblemished in the ACC after beating Boston College, 67-49, at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday. The fourth-ranked Blue Devils notched their 10th straight win overall and improved to 21-1. Duke was hardly challenged in the contest, taking control early and maintaining its foot on the gas. Boston College fell to 9-13, including 2-7 […]

Cameron Boozer of No. 4 Duke basketball is expected to go high in the 2026 NBA Draft. Speaking of which, the Blue Devils star freshman got to some serious heights during Tuesday night’s game against the visiting Boston College Eagles at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham when he put a defender on a huge poster. […]

The Duke basketball team hopes to win the ACC again this season, and head to March Madness as a no. 1 seed. Duke has plenty of talent, including twin freshmen Cameron and Cayden Boozer. While the Blue Devils have been tripped up this year, the squad is looking strong with a 20-1 overall record. Duke […]

Duke basketball’s rising stars are set to shine on the NBA stage during All-Star Weekend. Both Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel will take part in the NBA Rising Stars game on Feb. 13. It’s an exhibition featuring the top rookie and sophomore players in the NBA. Both Flagg and Knueppel went in as the top […]

Duke is not officially the No. 1-ranked team in college basketball, but it made a strong case with a dominant win over Louisville on Monday night. Although the National Championship is still months away, the win convinced many that the Blue Devils should be viewed as title favorites. The Blue Devils entered the game against […]

Duke is coming off a dominating win over Louisville on Monday night, winning 83-52. This has Duke off to their best 20-game start since 2010-11. After the huge victory, head coach Jon Scheyer made sure to give praise to one of the stars of the game. “He works his a** off every day. Every day. […]

Following the Duke Blue Devils’ 83-52 win against Louisville on Monday, they improved to 19-1 overall, and 8-0 in ACC play. Since losing to Texas Tech back during non-conference play, Duke has won eight games in row. This marks Duke’s best regular season start in program history since the 2010-11 season when Kyrie Irving was […]

The Duke basketball team got another big win by defeating Wake Forest in ACC play on Saturday. The Blue Devils won the game, 90-69. Duke freshman Cameron Boozer scored 32 points to lift his club. Boozer took a moment after the game to tip his cap to the team’s other bigs. “We might have the […]

The men’s college basketball power rankings saw some major movement since last week, as multiple of the best teams in the nation lost two straight games. There are also some teams on impressive winning streaks. Conference play is thinning the fat and painting a clearer picture of which teams truly belong in the top 25 […]

Former Duke basketball star Kyle Singler has drawn a lot of attention of late, but not for a great reason. In an Instagram video post, the 37-year-old Singler went on a wild rant about people in his life he accused of taking advantage of him. “I don’t feel safe,” Singler said in the video (h/t […]

The last ClutchPoints’ men’s college basketball power rankings were released before Christmas on Dec. 23. A lot has happened since then, but fans’ biggest takeaway over the holidays was that there are a lot of really good teams this year. Five squads remain undefeated, and all of the top 12 or so teams in the […]

The Duke basketball team hopes to return to the Final Four this season, with a lot of new faces on the squad. Following a Duke win on Saturday over SMU, Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer spoke about the reality facing his team. Specifically, Scheyer was not impressed with his Duke squad’s defensive play. SMU […]

Duke had an early scare against Louisville on Tuesday but managed to stay composed and rallied to claim its third straight win, 84-73, at KFC Yum! Center. The Blue Devils stormed back from a nine-point deficit at the break, going on a searing 16-6 run in the early goings of the second half to take […]

The Duke basketball team survived a scare on Saturday, by narrowly defeating Florida State on the road. Following the game, Duke head coach Jon Scheyer praised his conference, the ACC, and the teams in it. “The ACC is a totally different league than it was last year. I think that was clear early on in […]

Jon Scheyer and the Duke Blue Devils made a big splash in the 2026 recruiting class, landing the commitment of five-star guard Deron Rippey Jr. Rippey announced his pledge to the program on Tuesday, via ESPN. Hailing from Blairstown, New Jersey, he had offers from Power Five programs like Miami, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Syracuse […]

Non-conference play is coming to a close, and conference madness is about to pick up in men’s college basketball. The positive or negative momentum teams gained leading up to this point will have major implications on the rest of the year. Teams will find out what they are really made of going forward, though, as […]

Texas Tech and Duke met for a massive contest at Madison Square Garden over the weekend. The Blue Devils controlled the game for almost the entire way; however, they slipped up late and allowed the Red Raiders to storm back for the back-from-behind win, 82-81. The atmosphere felt like a March Madness game as Christian […]

As the Texas Tech basketball team came back to stun the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday, 82-81, the Red Raiders gave the No. 3-ranked team its first loss of the season. With Duke’s collapse to the Texas Tech basketball team, head coach Grant McCasland would speak about the unsung hero of the game. Talking about […]

As the No. 3 Duke basketball team was stunned in their first loss to the No. 19 Texas Tech Red Raiders on Saturday, 82-81, there is no doubt that the Blue Devils will have to reassess and get back on track. With the Duke basketball team led by head coach Jon Scheyer, he would speak […]

Jon Scheyer made incredible ACC history after leading the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils to a 97-73 blowout win over the Lipscomb Bison on Tuesday night. Scheyer is going through the fourth season of his head coaching career, all with the Blue Devils. He embraced the reins following the retirement of legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski, […]

Seven NCAA teams remain without a loss this season. This is the first edition of ClutchPoints’ men’s college basketball power rankings that features all seven of them. Teams jumping into the top 25 means that others have to fall down the rankings, or be out of them altogether. Florida, for example, is just narrowly holding […]

The NCAA college basketball schedule is starting to heat up, and the picture is becoming clearer on who the best teams in the nation are. There are still a handful of undefeated teams left, and last week’s AP Poll number one team, Purdue, lost their first game of the season, as did a number of […]

Tom Izzo was critical of No. 7 Michigan State’s issues following the Spartans’ 66-60 loss to the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils on Saturday afternoon. Going into the matchup, the Spartans had a perfect 8-0 record. They’ve shined as one of the best teams in the country, making an early case as a potential contender […]

The Duke Blue Devils kept on rolling on Saturday following their 66-60 win against Michigan State. With the win, Duke improved to 10-0 on the season while handing Michigan State their first loss of the year. Following the win, Duke head coach Jon Scheyer spoke about what the difference in the game was, as per […]

The Duke Blue Devils basketball team reinforced its championship credentials Saturday, battling past the No. 7 Michigan State Spartans 66-60 in East Lansing. The No. 4 Blue Devils found their spark through freshman star Cameron Boozer, who ignited a fierce second-half rally that turned the top-10 clash into one of the weekend’s defining moments in […]

Duke basketball survived a tense finish at Cameron Indoor Stadium, edging Florida 67-66 in a matchup that highlighted both the Blue Devils’ resilience and their reliance on star freshman Cameron Boozer. Boozer once again delivered under pressure. The 18-year-old phenom poured in 39 points on 10-of-21 shooting, marking 90 points across his last three games, […]

Former Duke standouts Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel delivered a landmark moment for both the Blue Devils and the NBA as a whole this week. On December 2, the NBA announced that the former teammates had been named Rookie of the Month in their respective conferences, marking the first time since the honor was introduced […]

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer has refrained from comparing Cameron Boozer to Cooper Flagg, but people will inevitably juxtapose two star freshmen who played for the Blue Devils just a year apart from one another. Well, on Tuesday, the future NBA Draft prospect accomplished something that not even the lauded Dallas Mavericks rookie did […]

Duke escaped by the skin of its teeth on Tuesday after beating Florida, 67-66, at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the ACC-SEC Challenge. Isaiah Evans was the hero for the fourth-ranked Blue Devils, as he drained the game-winning three-pointer with 20 seconds left. It was his lone three-pointer in eight attempts. The 15th-ranked Gators had multiple […]

The entire city of Durham must be screaming in celebration right now. There is nothing more exciting for the constituents of Durham than a Duke basketball win, other than, perhaps, any sort of win over UNC. And on Tuesday, the fourth-ranked Blue Devils faced the 15th-ranked Florida basketball squad and came out on top in […]

Feast Week has come and gone in college basketball, and with it came plenty of change in ClutchPoints’ power rankings. With a number of big in-season tournaments having come to a conclusion, how does the top-25 stack up? 25. St. John’s Georgetown and NC State both fall out of the top 25, and St. John’s […]

Michigan basketball was on a roll during the Players Era Festival, and they ran through some of the top teams in the field. They were able to defeat Auburn and Gonzaga by 30-plus points in order to win the championship of the 18-team event. With that, they were awarded in the AP Poll, passing Duke […]