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

The atmosphere promises to be charged when Arkansas meets No. 12 Kentucky on Saturday in Lexington, Ky. The Wildcats are returning home after an uplifting win at No. 8 Tennessee.

Goodwin had been linked with the Oklahoma program after he was let go at Clemson earlier this month. Former Sooners defensive coordinator Zac Alley left for the same job at West Virginia.

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,

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.

Washington Wizards - Cooper Flagg, F, Duke. Flagg is living up to the ‘generational’ tag, and proving without a doubt that he’s in a tier of his own in this class. Flagg

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.

Joe Lyberger, a quality control coach working with Ohio State's linebackers, was placed on paid administrative leave last month by the university.