Duke Basketball

After every Duke men's basketball game, the Blue Zone breaks it down with one player, one word and one stat. With the Blue Devils' date with Wake Forest in ...

By the end of the game, Banchero had put up 13, which was still under his average but impressive after the slow start. He finished the first half with zero points, shooting 0-for-3, tied with freshman Trevor Keels for the least amount of shots taken by a starter in the first half. Facing a Wake Forest team that plays with no true center—7-foot Dallas Walton is listed as a power forward—can pose a bit of a challenge for a true paint protector like Williams. Walton’s 3-point shooting ability exposed a bit of a deficiency in the ACC Defensive Player of the Year hopeful's game, as he can struggle outside of the paint. While some of that can be attributed to his early foul trouble, Banchero is still expected to produce more as the potential ACC Freshman of the Year. It makes sense that Mark Williams would be voted as the player of the game after Tuesday’s performance. With the Blue Devils' date with Wake Forest in the rearview mirror, we take a look at their whirlwind 76-74 victory:

The Duke basketball team needed last second heroics by center Mark Williams as Mike Krzyzewski departed early with an illness.

Moore went on to tell the media in his post-game availability that he thinks the Duke head coach had IVs in the locker room during the second half. Jon Scheyer and Wendell Moore said after the game that Mike Krzyzewski was feeling better and addressed the team after its victory, but the program has not updated the status of its head coach any further. However, head coach Mike Krzyzewski was feeling ill throughout the first half, getting assistance from the trainers throughout the opening 20 minutes, and did not come out of the locker room to coach the second half.

Chris Pollard is starting his 10^th season as head coach of the Duke baseball program. What a decade it's been. Prior to his arrival in June 2012 Duke hadn't ...

I think I learned a lot and am going to take a lot of that into my transition as a starter.” The talent is there and everyone says the chemistry is there. It starts with Johnson, a 6-6 sophomore and a pre-season All-America. Johnson was in the bullpen last season (seven saves) but Pollard says Duke has been “building Marcus up as a starter. Time to put all that work to good use on the diamond. Watching the progression of the program here at Duke has been really cool and special. He says his program lives “with that sting” and has a “hunger to push through that door.” “We take a lot of pride in where we started and where we are right now. “We have a lot of guys who have stepped up and we’re looking for more. Andrew Yu is in the mix to replace Rothenberg at catcher. Pollard says Pauley could be a break-out star and praises his plate discipline and increased power. Duke captured the school’s first ACC Tournament title last year, beating NC State in the title game, the same NC State team that infamously ended their season one COVID-19 outbreak away from playing Vanderbilt for the NCAA title. Prior to his arrival in June 2012 Duke hadn’t been to the NCAA Tournament since 1961.

Duke Blue Devils men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski missed the second half of the Duke-Wake Forest game Tuesday. Feeling better, Coach K will work ...

“He’s one of the toughest guys I know,” Duke freshman forward Paolo Banchero said. He’s in a much better place.” “I’m better. “Then I started feeling a little bit better during the half. During the game, during the first half, I got lightheaded on the bench and I called (assistant coaches) Jon Scheyer and Chris Carrawell over and said, ‘Look, I’m not feeling great. “I’m better,” Krzyzewski said Thursday during a radio show.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski did not return to the bench for the second half of the Blue Devils' win over Wake Forest on Tuesday night, with school officials ...

"I told the team he needs to focus on taking care of himself, and they needed to step up and take care of the second half and do what we need to do. "I've got a ton of respect for that man," Forbes said. "Clearly Coach wasn't himself, wasn't right," Scheyer said.

First, more on the Scheyer-Amaker stuff. We don't remember who was on the search committee. Was President Vincent Price? Because the story here is that he was ...

But immediately after that comes this: “A look at how Duke reviews the financial records of top recruits ‘to ensure that there are no transactions inconsistent with his family’s employment status and financial standing.’ The book cites a source saying that the school reviewed Zion Williamson’s family bank records before he enrolled. Then there’s a suggestion that Coach K was “jealous” of Quin Snyder and “snapped” at Snyder more than any other player or coach. We don’t have a list of players who got “snapped” at a lot, but we know some who probably deserved to be. And why would he credit him for organizing the basketball office around business principles? Less obvious: not only was AJ Griffin open for a three, should Banchero pass it to him, not only was Mark Williams ready for the follow, but so was Wendell Moore, who would probably have tipped it in had Williams not gotten to it first. We don’t remember who was on the search committee.