Duke Basketball Makes History, Secures ACC Title

0:00On March 11, Duke basketball made history on Saturday with a dominant 77-51 win over the number 11 ranked Virginia, Cavaliers at Cameron Indoor Stadium. It was the first time in 73 years of Atlantic Coast Conference play that any team notched double-digit victories over ranked opponents in one season. The blue doubles improved to 10-2 against those tough foes. Just eight days earlier, Duke had toppled the then number one Michigan Wolverines 68-63 in Washington, D.C., which propelled them to the top spot in the AP poll. Overall, they're now 27-2 with a 15-1 conference mark. Their two losses to ranked teams came by a combined four points. The victory locked up at least a share of the ACC regular season title and the number one seed for the conference tournament. Which John Shire expressed pride in his squad during the post-game presser, highlighting how rare this is in today's unbalanced schedules. He praised all nine players who contributed, but made it clear they're not done yet.

1:04Shire emphasized, they don't like shares and have more goals ahead. The team turns around quickly for a road game Monday night against unranked NC State at the Lenovo Center, tipping off at 7 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. Duke's impressive run keeps building momentum as they chase an outright crown and deep return of its success.