Duke Blue Devils NCAA Basketball News

Anthony Davis, Austin Rivers, Bradley Beal and Quincy Miller are among the favorites for Freshman of the Year.

Duke basketball game in January. The first Duke-Carolina meeting of the system always delivers an immediate, and lingering, surge in national interest.

Guard Terrell Stoglin scored 13 points --- his second-lowest total of the season --- and was benched for four minutes late in the second half.

Duke's Mason Plumlee dunks past Maryland's James Padgett during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb.

The NCAA tournament selection committee would be wrong not to include the Duke Blue Devils as one of the four No.

Remember when ACC teams began conference play about a month ago, and how it seemed like the road to the regular-season championship would be limited to a two-team race between North Carolina and Duke? The perception then, of course, was that the Tar Heels were so strong, and the rest of the league so weak by comparison, that UNC would have little ... (more)

Pe'Shon Howard. News came out last night that Howard has torn his ACL and won't play for the rest of the year.

Former Duke star Luol Deng learned Thursday he'd been selected for his first All-Star Game.

There would be no Bryce Drew. Mario Chalmers' game-tying shot to send the 2008 national championship into overtime would have been meaningless.

Tar Heel Nation is unhappy with the non-call of a traveling violation on Seth Curry before he buried a three-point bomb during Duke's furious late rally on Wednesday night in Chapel Hill.

Coach Mark Turgeon's Maryland team will need to find an answer for Rivers and Duke on Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Whether that intensity is on the court, on the sidelines or behind the mic, college basketball has a collection of fiery individuals that bring their hot-blooded nature to the collegiate game.

Saturday: Miami at Florida State, 1 p.m. NoleSports.com: Live interactive game blog.

Duke gets the offensive rebound after John Henson blocks a 3-pointer by Ryan Kelly.

Chelsea Gray scored 10 of Duke's last 12 points and the No. 5 Blue Devils avoided a shocking upset with a 71-62 win against Boston College on Thursday night.

BY STEVE WISEMAN swiseman@heraldsun.com; 419-6671 DURHAM - As Wednesday night's events transformed into Thursday's conversations, there was plenty of yielding going on in the Duke basketball world.

Despite coming off a big road win against Duke and talk about being a NCAA Tournament bubble team, Miami is still trying to win over a tepid fan base.

Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown walked past the crowd of reporters huddled outside the Celtics' locker room and thought, briefly, about joining in.

Duke's guard Austin Rivers celebrate with teammates after hitting the winning shot to down North Carolina 85-84 during an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Feb.

Winter Park's Austin Rivers heads downcourt against Dwyer's Terrell Harris covers in the first half of their game at the 38th Annual City of Palms Classic at Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers on Monday, December 20, 2010.