Men's college basketball only truly matters when the Duke Blue Devils are either loved or loathed. Thanks to Cooper Flagg's mom, the evil empire is back.

With their freshman star in foul trouble, it took everyone and everything else the Blue Devils had to hold off the Tar Heels, 82-69, and clinch the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament.

Kelly Flagg, mother of Duke basketball phenom Cooper Flagg, had some choice words for North Carolina fans after Saturday's rivalry game.

Duke ascended to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the first time since Week 4 of the 2021-22 season on Monday and for the first time under third-year coach Jon Scheyer. The Blue Devils' rise supplanted Auburn,

Duke ended Auburn's eight-week reign at No. 1 and reached the top of the Associated Press Top 25 poll Monday for the first time since November 2021.

Duke basketball is No. 1 in the rankings for the first time under Jon Scheyer. Here's what Scheyer said and Duke's postseason history as a No. 1 team.

Surprise, surprise — the No. 1 Dukies are favored to win the ACC Tournament. Can any conference opponent challenge them? See the odds.

The "revenge tour" continued for the Duke Blue Devils, as they defeated the NC State Wolfpack in the ACC tournament Sunday at the First Horizon Coliseum, 76 to 62.