Duke Blue Devils NCAA Basketball News

For years, everything Duke and North Carolina achieved - the conference championships, Final Four trips and national titles - has been connected in a back-and-forth game of one-upmanship. These days the Tar Heels have the upper hand.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it. Duke's backcourt is thin this season. If that isn't news to you, then please do us all a favor and pass the message to members of the media.

Remember, remember the twelfth of Novembera 'if you're a Duke fan. That's the day Harrison Barnes, the nation's top-ranked recruit, will announce which school will benefit from his numerous talents.

The Duke men's basketball team is ranked No. 8 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll, released on Thursday.

Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody and Kansas teammates Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins are the leading vote-getters on The Associated Press' preseason All-America team.

GREENSBORO, N.C. - One scene told the whole story. There was Florida State men's basketball coach Leonard Hamilton on Sunday, inside a ballroom at the lush Grandover Resort in Greensboro, sitting down at his table for ACC Media Day.

Ita TMs time for the Duke Blue Devils to be re-branded Americaa TMs team. After leading Team USA to a gold medal in the Beijing Olympics, coach Mike Krzyzewski is set to do the same with his young and talented Duke basketball team.

It's never too early in the college basketball season to start talking Duke-North Carolina rivalry, especially when one of the players initiates the discussion.

This represents the second in a series of three previews breaking down the Duke Basketball season.

Duke and North Carolina were picked in a dead heat to win this season's ACC regular-season basketball championship in media voting yesterday at the conference's annual Operation Basketball.

Kyrie Irving put on a blue ball cap and announced that he is committing to Duke on ESPN-U on Thursday evening.

Defending national champion North Carolina and Duke are co-favorites to win the Atlantic Coast Conference this season.

Duke routs Pfeiffer in exhibition, 128-70 Eds: APNewsNow. Duke 128, Pfeiffer 70.

Kyrie Irving listened to his heart and his mind, and both told him to play basketball at Duke.

Duke prides itself on doing things a little differently. For instance, the Blue Devils play for relationships instead of championships.

The Duke Blue Devils are preparing for the upcoming basketball season like their counterparts at campuses around the country; by running, lifting weights, and putting together Youtube videos.

After all the talk about how heavily Duke will rely on Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler for scoring this season, Nolan Smith wants to be part of that discussion as well.

Duke's Countdown to Craziness went off without a hitch and by all accounts was a huge success.

News, analysis, feature stories, random thoughts... if it's about college basketball, either in season or during the summer doldrums, you'll find it in Beyond the Arc.

Duke's basketball home, Cameron Indoor Stadium, has undergone some enhancements, including a reconfiguration of court-side seating that will put graduate students at both ends of the court.