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Duke's Cooper Flagg thrives in first true road environment, quieting Arizona crowd with 24 points
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Duke freshman phenom Cooper Flagg got his first taste of a true college road atmosphere on Friday night, playing in front of a raucous announced crowd of 14,634 at Arizona's McKale Center. For a few early moments, he looked a little nervous. It was fleeting. ...
No. 12 Duke to face No. 17 Arizona in must-see game at McKale Center this week
More power programs are scheduling home-and-home series against each other as conference realignment has made scheduling nonconference games more difficult. It's led to some must-see games at a time when big programs typically beat up on smaller schools in buy games. ...
No. 6 Duke deals with more cramping issues in loss to No. 19 Kentucky
ATLANTA (AP) — Duke's young players are still having issues with cramping. While Cooper Flagg made it to the end of the game Tuesday night against Kentucky, scoring 26 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in a 77-72 loss, another freshman was forced out with the same issue that has...
Flagg thrives with all-around game for No. 7 Duke in college debut against his home-state program
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Cooper Flagg felt nerves and excitement ahead of his highly anticipated regular-season debut for No. 7 Duke in its famed Cameron Indoor Stadium. Coming out of the tunnel to see the opponent wearing the jersey of his home-state program — one with long ties to his family —...
Realignment has changed college sports. That's left basketball to adjust in a football-driven world
Pittsburgh coach Jeff Capel recalls coaching in the Big 12 when Texas flirted with heading to what was then the Pac-10, a move that threatened to tear the Big 12 apart and potentially leave Kansas homeless despite being a basketball blueblood. The Longhorns stayed put for another 13...
Cooper Flagg has long faced the spotlight as a top NBA prospect. It's time to do it at No. 7 Duke
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Cooper Flagg wants to keep things simple. Basketball first. Treat the extra attention and hype as an afterthought, as best he can anyway. The versatile 6-foot-9, 205-pound forward for No. 7 Duke arrived as the nation’s top recruit and heads into...
COVID-19 led to extra college eligibility. Those 5th-year players are set for their last runs
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — RJ Davis accomplished enough in four years at North Carolina for his jersey to eventually earn a place among the honored numbers in the Smith Center’s rafters for the blueblood program. Yet he’s still here. “With five years, I know some...
Hurley's return to Duke ends in an exhibition blowout loss — but with plenty of love, too
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Bobby Hurley made himself college basketball royalty inside Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Jersey kid who became the All-America point guard for two national championship teams. Moments from that journey — having his jersey retired, tense tussles with...
The ACC race starts with No. 7 Duke and No. 9 UNC. The league needs more teams to join the chase
Jon Scheyer's third season at No. 7 Duke begins as the Atlantic Coast Conference favorite, even while adding 10 newcomers and preparing to lean on a freshman earning All-America recognition before ever playing a college game. Ninth-ranked North Carolina has its typically lofty status...
Cooper Flagg's arrival headlines a roster overhaul for No. 7 Duke as the preseason ACC favorite
No. 7 Duke (27-9, 15-5 ACC) The Blue Devils have an overhauled roster after getting to the NCAA Elite Eight, bringing in 10 new players that includes Jon Scheyer's latest top recruiting haul for his third season. They are the preseason favorite for the second straight...
