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Three observations on this week’s Associated Press Top 25:
1. Duke finds some room closer to the top of the poll. After Syracuse and West Virgina dropped to No. 7 and No. 8, respectively, Duke found itself the fifth ranked team in college basketball—ranked behind only the four unbeaten programs (Kansas, Texas, Kentucky, Purdue). Both Syracuse and [...]
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Three observations on this week’s Associated Press Top 25:
1. There’s a pretty sound consensus that Duke is the seventh-best team in the country. The great majority of voters slotted Duke No. 7 this week, with the Provo Daily Herald’s Jason Franchuk and WCMC Raleigh’s Tim Hall giving the Blue Devils their highest vote at No. [...]
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A 27-point loss to Clemson only cost Duke two spots in the polls.
The Blue Devils only slipped to No. 6 in the Associated Press poll one week after sitting at No. 4 and two weeks after topping the polls. They are No. 5 in the ESPN/USA Today poll.
Ahead of Duke: No. 1 Connecticut, No. 2 [...]
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Blue Devil fans, say goodbye to the top spot—at least for now.
One week after becoming No. 1 in the country for the first time since 2006, Duke fell to No. 4 after a road loss to Wake Forest. The Blue Devils did not receive any first-place votes and now trail No. 1 Connecticut, No. 2 [...]
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While all the focus on campus may be on the Duke men’s dominating win over Maryland on Saturday, the Duke women certainly held their own in their win over Georgia Tech Sunday.
And while the men’s statement game will almost certainly propel the Blue Devils to No. 1 in the polls Monday, the women may also [...]
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And then there were none—and now, there could be a new No. 1.
Wake Forest, the only undefeated team in the country, lost to Virginia Tech at home Wednesday, which could clear a path to the top of the polls for Duke, if it can get past Maryland at home Saturday.
The Blue Devils were the only [...]
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Here’s some news Mike Krzyzewski may not demand that the media report: Despite winning twice this week, Duke slipped a spot to No. 3 in the country Monday.
But the demotion has less to do with the Blue Devils and more to do with an undefeated Wake Forest team that secured a marquee win last night [...]
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Another upset no one saw coming, at least not before yesterday: Duke has jumped over North Carolina in the polls.
After opening ACC play with a win Sunday, the Blue Devils moved up three spots to No. 2 in the country, trailing only Pittsburgh, the nation’s new No. 1. North Carolina, a unanimous selection at the [...]
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It’s now official: Duke’s game against Xavier Saturday in the Izod Center will be the Blue Devils’ second contest against a top-10 opponent away from Cameron Indoor Stadium before ACC play, marking the first time that’s happened since 2001.
The Blue Devils were ranked No. 6 and Xavier came in at No. 7 in the newest [...]
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