Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer Last Wednesday night, during a rugged road win over Maryland that will forever be remembered as the night when Tre Holloman swished a half-court heave at the buzzer, there came a moment in the second half that more appropriately contextualized the 58-55 win within the broader strokes … Read more
No. 2 Duke clinched at least a share of the ACC regular season title Monday with a 93-60 win at home over Wake Forest. Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg finished with 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in what was likely his final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Flagg became the first freshman in college … Read more
No. 3 Duke cruised to an 80-62 win on the road over Virginia Monday to remain in first place in the ACC. The Blue Devils entered the week with a one-game lead over Clemson and Louisville in the conference standings. Next, they have a rare late-season nonconference game Saturday vs. Illinois before returning to ACC … Read more
No. 3 Duke cruised to a 106-70 win over Stanford at home on Saturday behind another standout performance from star freshman Cooper Flagg. Flagg subbed out with just over five minutes remaining in regulation, along with the other Duke starters, after his team led by as many as 37 points. Flagg finished with 19 points, … Read more
Cooper Flagg turned in his fourth-highest scoring performance of the season Thursday as No. 3 Duke bested Cal 78-59 behind a 27-point effort from the freshman phenom. Flagg finished 8 of 14 shooting and hit all nine of his free-throw attempts while leading all scorers as the Blue Devils (21-3, 13-1 ACC) got back on … Read more
No. 2 Duke extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 16 games Wednesday with an 83-54 win over Syracuse on the road. Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg scored 11 points to help his team move to 12-0 in ACC play. Duke jumped out to a 37-23 halftime advantage and outscored the Orange 46-31 after intermission. … Read more
Oklahoma was picked to finish 15th in the SEC preseason media poll. The Sooners were only projected to finish ahead of Vanderbilt in the standings but are 12-0, ranked No. 12 in the AP Top 25 poll and have already defined expectations during the first two months of the 2024-25 college basketball season. Part of … Read more
Alexa Philippou, ESPNDec 20, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer Before Sarah Strong had played a game for the … Read more
No. 5 Duke improved to 2-0 in ACC play on Saturday with an 82-56 road win over Georgia Tech. The Blue Devils led for the majority of the game and blew the Yellow Jackets out late with a big second half as freshmen Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach — who combined for 46 … Read more