With several top-ranked teams across a variety of men’s and women’s sports, several Blue Devil squads are poised to embark on potentially-championship-winning runs. The Chronicle discusses the possibility of an 18th Duke national championship in our latest Take of the week.

Despite what earlier headlines might’ve said about Duke forward Cooper Flagg, it didn’t take him long to figure out college basketball. Previously lower splits

Duke remained No. 2 followed by Iowa State ... Texas Tech made its Top 25 season debut at No. 22 after beating Cincinnati and Oklahoma State to run its Big 12 winning streak to four games.

The calendar is about to turn one month closer to March and the women’s college basketball landscape is as difficult to decipher as ever. While mainstays like South Carolina and UConn have hovered near the top,

SB Nation basketball editor Ricky O’Donnell published his latest 2025 NBA mock draft yesterday and had the Wizards selecting Duke freshman Cooper Flagg with the first overall pick. The Wizards are currently 6-41 with a 4.

The Blue Devils edge Auburn for No. 1 in the power rankings and put their 14-game winning streak on the line vs. the Tar Heels

South Carolina is the only remaining undefeated team in SEC play, and recently the Gamecocks have made history in a pretty unique way. Five straight games for Dawn Staley's team have come against ranked opponents (No.

In a little over two weeks, the West Virginia Mountaineers will make their official return to the diamond under first-year skipper Steve Sabins, who is taking o

No. 15 North Carolina (18-4) at No. 19 California. Next: at Stanford, Sunday. No. 16 Michigan St. (17-3) vs. Oregon. Next: at Northwestern, Sunday. No. 17 NC State (16-4) beat Wake Forest 90-83. Next: vs. No. 10 Duke, Monday. No. 18 Tennessee (15-5) did not play. Next: at Missouri, Sunday.

Predictions, picks and odds as Vanderbilt basketball faces Oklahoma. Plus, injury updates and the latest news.

Contrast that success with Calipari’s first Arkansas team, which needed six tries to notch its first SEC win of the year, and Kentucky fans figure to have plenty of ammunition Saturday. The Razorbacks are just 12-8 overall, and their 1-6 start to SEC play has them looking like a long shot for an NCAA Tournament berth.

It was one of those nights, when someone like Khaman Malauch could overhydrate himself and download all that Gatorade under the basket, when an overheated student was