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You know things are going well for Kon Knueppel, but if you weren’t a Duke fan or maybe not even a big basketball fan and how would you know? One way would be if he started popping up on TV, as he does here on the Tonight Show. He talks about his family inviting his […]
From Duke Basketball Report | about 17 hours ago | 0 reads
In the first day of ACC/SEC Challenge, the ACC performed far better than it did last year: Syracuse knocked off Tennessee 62-60, UNC took care of Kentucky 67-64, Virginia Tech took out South Carolina in overtime, 86-83, Miami beat Chris Beard’s Ole Miss 75-66 and Notre Dame got by Mark Mitchell and Missouri, 76-71. Duke […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 1 day ago | 1 read
Duke’s win over Florida was intense and dramatic. You could pick any number of moments – 11 blocked shots, multiple great plays by Cameron Boozer, or Boogie Fland coughing the ball up at the end and call them the most dramatic plays. Still, we’re pretty sure that most Duke fans would agree with us that […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 1 day ago | 1 read
What is it about the ACC-SEC Challenge and Isaiah Evans? After burying Auburn under a barrage of threes a year ago, he turns the tables by hitting almost nothing against Florida this year… until the moment when it mattered most. The Duke Basketball Roundup has a joyous recap of a thrilling game that was as tense […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 2 days ago | 0 reads
The 2024 ACC / SEC Challenge was a sad affair. The SEC won 14 of 16, Only Duke and Clemson won from the ACC. And coincidentally, 14 is the same number of SEC teams that made the NCAA tournament. The ACC made a strong statement on day 1. Let’s do that again! ACC / SEC […]
From Backing The Pack | 2 days ago | 0 reads
As longtime DBR readers will know, Jason Robichau is sort of our official artist. He’s done some amazing work over the years. If you look here, you’ll see a couple of his earlier Duke works, including one of Shane Battier blocking a UNC player, which is really good. There’s also a beautiful lithograph of Coach […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 2 days ago | 1 read
Honestly, Duke fans were probably confident that Kon Knueppel would do well in his rookie season in the NBA, but probably most of us figured he’d spend a year getting his feet wet and emerge as a fine player as his career develops. But this? Who expected this? Hype can always get out of hand, […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 4 days ago | 0 reads
Duke will play defending national champs Florida in the ACC/SEC Challenge and while we’ll get to that in ad day or two, we thought it was worth it to look at this article from CBS Sports and pass it on. The article is about how teams have adjusted their lineups, and one of the schools […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 5 days ago | 0 reads
As Duke fans know, Jared McCain was a leading candidate for Rookie of the Year last year until a knee injury finished his season. Then this season, he had a wrist injury that kept him out of action. Well, he’s back now, and it looks like he’s picking up where he left off. Wearing the […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 5 days ago | 0 reads
Have you wondered, like we have, how Cameron Boozer stacks up against Cooper Flagg? Well, we have the answer now: who cares? They’re both great! Boozer certainly was as Duke won a back-and-forth Thanksgiving affair in the Windy City over Arkansas, 80-71. It’s become a bit of an unfortunate trend but Duke started slow against […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 7 days ago | 1 read
The Players Era Women’s Championship is a first-of-a-kind tournament, with each of the participating teams—No. 2 South Carolina, No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Texas and Duke—receiving $1 million for playing in the Final Four-style event held at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, NV. That means each player will earn around $75,000 for playing a […]
From Swish Appeal | 9 days ago | 1 read
Time does move on and things blend together. So while we all remember that Mike Krzyzewski won a lot of games (1,202) we forget the game where he became the all-time winningest coach with 903, passing his mentor, Bob Knight. That was against Michigan State in 2011 in Madison Square Garden. Win #1000 was also […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 9 days ago | 1 read
The impression was likely made at the turn of this century, and has persisted despite fading relevance for going on a decade. Now an intimation of those better times may be at hand. We know that the number of games a team wins at the outset of a season isn’t particularly noteworthy – it’s more […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 10 days ago | 0 reads
The team, which has been playing for teammate Mia Hamant all season, will continue its tournament run against Duke.
From Sounder At Heart | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Two times this season there was real hope and excitement inside Kenan Stadium. Two times those hopes were dashed in such a fashion that creates wounds that’ll fester and be tough to heal. On Saturday, Kenan Stadium was hyped up as the Tar Heels actually put together a couple of good second half drives and […]
From Tar Heel Blog | 11 days ago | 0 reads
When you think about it, the first decade of the century was absolutely insane for Duke Basketball. How in the world could you pick the Top Ten plays? You can barely even pick the Top Ten players. However, some brave soul went there and made this list, and you know, it was pretty well done. […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 11 days ago | 0 reads
We return with Episode 773 to recap a great weekend on the basketball court and the football field! Duke Men’s Basketball finished out the weekend with a 93-56 victory over Kenny Blakeney, Nate James, and the Howard Bison. We discuss some of the takeaways from the game, which lived in the 58 paint points Duke […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 11 days ago | 0 reads
Duke played Howard in Cameron Sunday and built up a 50-point lead before ultimately winning by 43. There was a lot to like in this game and one thing that wasn’t that great. On an individual basis, Cameron Boozer racked up a double-double with 26 points and 12 rebounds. He also shot 10-12/2-3 and had […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 11 days ago | 0 reads
In one of the most balanced attacks in recent memory, Duke dismantled the Niagara Purple Eagles of Greg Paulus in the first game of The Brotherhood Run. DBR podcast hosts Jason and Donald were impressed with the defense, the shooting, the depth, and passing and just about everything else Duke put on display in this […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 12 days ago | 1 read
Duke’s game against Niagara started with a sweet moment as Mike Krzyzewski came to the court and met with his former players and teammates Jon Scheyer and Greg Paulus and you could tell there was a lot of respect and affection between the three of them. It was a nice thing to see, but it […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 13 days ago | 2 reads
This weekend, Duke welcomes Niagara, coached by former Blue Devil Greg Paulus, and Howard, by former Blue Devil Kenny Blakeney, to Cameron. Niagara is up first, on Friday. Paulus took over at Niagara when his boss, Patrick Beilein, resigned before ever coaching a game. He said this at the time: “It is with heavy regret […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 14 days ago | 1 read
There are reasons for UConn, USC and Tennessee fans to be excited about the class of 2026. Same goes for those that support Duke and Kentucky. But, at least for now, the Texas faithful are on top. This week, the Longhorns and head coach Vic Schaefer secured the commitments of two top-10 2026 recruits: Brihanna […]
From Swish Appeal | 14 days ago | 1 read
Duke had another tough road game at South Florida Thursday, where the Blue Devils lost, 85-72. This follows the loss to Baylor in Paris and the fiasco against West Virginia this past Friday, where starter Jordan Wood taunted a West Virginia defender just before halftime which led to all of the Mountaineers who were on […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 14 days ago | 1 read
Duke had another tough road game at South Florida Thursday, where the Blue Devils lost, 85-72. This follows the loss to Baylor in Paris and the fiasco against West Virginia this past Friday, where starter Jordan Wood taunted a West Virginia defender just before halftime which led to all of the Mountaineers who were on […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 14 days ago | 1 read
It is a weekend to celebrate connections at Duke as Kenny Blakeney and Greg Paulus come home… and they bring their basketball teams with them. The Brotherhood Run will feature Duke against Niagara (coached by Paulus) on Friday and Duke against Howard (coached by Blakeney) on Sunday. Oh, and the two teams will play each […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 14 days ago | 2 reads