Highland School (Va.) five-star Nate Ament was in Knoxville on Tuesday night. The 6-foot-9, 185-pound forward, a longtime Duke basketball offer holder who now ranks No. 4 overall on the 247Sports 2025 Composite, watched the visiting No. 12-ranked Kentucky Wildcats defeat the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers, 78-73.
As third-year head coach Jon Scheyer and his crew prepare the No. 2-ranked Blue Devils (18-2, 10-0 ACC) for their home showdown against the struggling archrival UNC Tar Heels (13-9, 6-4 ACC) at 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday (ESPN), here's a look at the Blue Devils' season stat leaders:
With Duke and UNC trending in opposite directions, you had questions before the first meeting of the rivals this season on Saturday.
Duke coach Jon Scheyer said freshman big man Khaman Maluach was OK after vomiting on the court during the second half of Monday night’s win against North Carolina State.
Duke plans to build its first small modular reactor at Belews Creek in about 10 years. A federal grant could help with that project.
Duke University standout Kon Knueppel, formerly of Wisconsin Lutheran High School, had a viral moment Monday as his strong freshman season roars on.
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Duke will be heavily favored in most if not all of its remaining games, including North Carolina back in Cameron on Saturday. A trip to Clemson looms as the biggest hurdle, but as N.C. State — a 22.5-point underdog — showed, even Duke has to get better to keep winning as the heat gets turned up.
Duke Health and UNC Health are creating a new nonprofit, N.C. Children’s, to build and operate the 500-bed hospital. A site has not yet been chosen but is expected to be announced this summer. It will involve a campus of at least 100 acres with a children’s outpatient center and a children’s behavioral health hospital.
The 2nd-ranked Duke Blue Devils ride a 13-game win streak into Monday night and a home matchup with the NC State Wolfpack.
The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) and Gold Level Sports and Entertainment (GLSE) announced the return of The Throne, a national high school basketball tournament, in March.