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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Often plagued by poor shooting spells this season, Duke blitzed Syracuse’s famed zone defense Saturday to post a comfortable win.

DURHAM, N.C. — A return to its home court meant Duke rediscovered winning on Tuesday night.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — As hard as Duke fought, taking No. 8 Virginia into overtime, its turnover problems made it impossible to emerge with a win.

DURHAM, N.C. — The night before his first game against North Carolina, at least his first one as Duke’s head coach, Jon Scheyer participated in a familiar ritual. He met with the students — 3,000 of them, he said — inside Cameron Indoor Stadium, and delivered the de facto keynote…

The former Duke star was in attendance for the Blue Devils-Tar Heels game Saturday night.

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke’s hard-nosed defense, led by a freshman, and key late baskets by its most experienced player earned the Blue Devils a thrilling win over rival North Carolina on Saturday.

Neither rival is having the season it hoped for as they play for the first time in the post–Coach K era.

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke’s offense, a slumbering part of the Blue Devils game earlier in January, gave it the edge to avenge an earlier loss on Tuesday night.

Duke expects to get Dariq Whitehead back onto the floor at some point this season — something that looked doubtful when he was helped from the court with a lower leg injury Monday night — but the Blue Devils will be without the 6-7 forward this weekend at Georgia Tech.

DURHAM, N.C. — Their captain’s return didn’t help a struggling offense down the stretch, but Duke’s tough-as-nails defense and Kyle Filipowski’s clutch free throws led to a Blue Devils win.

RALEIGH, N.C. — About four hours after his most recent endorsement deal became public, Armando Bacot shared the news with his 56,400 followers on Twitter. By then, on a recent Thursday, Bacot had long become familiar with the art of the social media pitch. Keep it short. Direct. Add an…