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Much like in recent seasons, the expectations are almost championship or bust for a very talented Duke squad, and we're looking at why John Blackwell is the key transfer piece to that puzzle.
Jon Scheyer has been coaching Duke Basketball since 2022. In that time, his point guards have been Jeremy Roach, Caleb Foster, Tyrese Proctor, and Cayden Boozer, with cameos from Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel. He’s never had one quite like Deron Rippey, the subject of the Duke Chronicle’s latest new player profile. Rippey is more […]
Five-star guard A.J. Williams has reclassified into the 2027 class, creating another massive recruiting battle involving Duke, UNC and UConn.
Five-star prospect A.J. Williams has reclassified from the men's high school basketball class of 2028 to 2027, per comments made to ESPN's Paul Biancardi.
The latest two player profiles from the Duke Chronicle are of freshmen big men Cameron Williams and Joaquim “JoJo” Boumtje Boumtje. We’ve all heard a lot about Boumtje Boumtje over the summer, but what really surprised us with the practice videos Duke has released lately is just how physically mature he is at 17 – […]
One of the biggest media names in college basketball appears to be feeling decently optimistic about the Syracuse Orange going into the upcoming season. Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports released his ACC preseason power rankings. Out of the conference’s 18 teams, Rothstein had the Orange at seventh going into 2026-27. Rothstein has Duke as his […]
Here’s a name to put on your recruiting board, if you haven’t already: Deng Ngor. A Canadian, Ngor played a key role in beating the U.S. in the FIBA U18 AmeriCup tournament, hitting a three, and then a dunk, to put Canada over the top. He is from a Sudanese family, and as it turns […]
We’ve been talking about Johnny Dawkins’s clutch plays for a couple of days now, and we thought that it was time to get closer to the present and take a look at one of the great clutch plays in recent history: Isaiah Evans’s game winner last year against Florida, then the defending national champions. Duke […]
This week is the final week for Duke Basketball’s Strongman Friday, and while we can’t say it looks like fun necessarily, it does look extremely productive in at least two ways. First, the obvious: these guys are all getting insanely strong. We’re not sure if anyone has transformed his body as much as Caleb Foster, […]
The latest new Blue Devil profiled by the Duke Chronicle is Loyola-Maryland transfer Jacob Theodosiou. A 6-4 native of Canada, he has moved around a bit, playing for Wyoming before Loyola, and now of course, he’ll finish at Duke. Here’s what the Chronicle says about him: “The guard brings a patient and polished offensive skillset […]
We missed this article from Thursday’s News & Observer, but Chip Alexander has a piece up on Duke freshman Joaquim “JoJo” Boumtje Boumtje. Duke is listing him at 7-2, but USA Basketball had him at 6-10 for the FIBA U17 World Cup last month. Whatever he is, what we’ve seen of him in Istanbul and […]
Duke basketball will visit Kansas for the Blue Blood Classic, marking the Blue Devils’ first game at Allen Fieldhouse since 1988.
Kansas Jayhawks News Turns out Bill Self sought out an exhibition game with Duke. The Topeka Capitol-Journal tells you why Another former Jayhawk is among the basketball players suing for another year of eligibility Bill Self says one particular player is impressing him in summer workouts Links! The Seattle police chief has resigned over his […]
Duke announced its preseason men's basketball schedule Wednesday, featuring a home scrimmage against Belmont, a home exhibition game versus Tennessee and a road exhibition contest at Kansas.
Duke’s preseason basketball schedule is set, with visits from Belmont (October 8) and Tennessee (October 20), and a trip to Kansas (October 25). Belmont is classified as a scrimmage, which is why Duke has three opponents, rather than the two traditionally allowed in preseason. Presumably, the scrimmage is a favor to new Belmont coach Evan […]
The Duke Chronicle has its first profile of a new men’s basketball player up, and it’s of Belmont transfer Drew Scharnowski. Chronicle sports writer Ryan Hamner makes the obvious comparison to Maliq Brown, and to be sure, Scharnowski will take on some of his responsibilities. But they are not the same players. Brown is a […]
On Episode 837, we have a very special interview! We get to chat with Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje, the father of incoming freshman Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje! JoJo has had a non-traditional journey to a traditional pathway to the NBA due to Ruben’s career in the NBA, overseas, and now as an executive for the Basketball Africa League. […]
2026 Duke True Spotlight: Abigail Gerdeman
The latest Duke Chronicle profile is of freshman center Taylor Sofilkanich. Last year, we weren’t sure that Duke had enough size to compete. As it turned out, they did, but adding a 6-4 big can’t hurt. From the Chronicle: “Sofilkanich couples her size advantage with strong footwork under the basket, using pivots to create separation […]
Each week moving forward, we will preview at least one conference in college basketball from soup to nuts. Check below for today’s breakdown on the ACC. ACC Preseason Power Rankings1. DukeProjected Starting 5:G Caleb FosterG John BlackwellG Dame SarrF Joaquim Boumtje BoumtjeC Patrick NgongbaProjected Bench: Bryson Howard, Cayden Boozer, Deron Rippey, Maxime Meyer, Sebastian Wilkins, […] The post ACC Offseason Breakdown appeared first on College Hoops Today .
The Duke Chronicle is cranking up its annual look at new talent for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams, and so far, they’ve done four on the women’s side. We’ve linked the stories below, but here are just a couple of quick points: Aaliyah Crump transfers in from Texas, where she started off well, […]
Grant Hill had a brilliant four-year career at Duke, with more great plays than anyone could easily catalog. For us, there were three that stood out. #1: You won’t find it on YouTube, because it was a defensive play, but it was incredible: in his senior year, when UNC came to Cameron, Hill was back […]
When Jon Scheyer took over as Duke’s basketball coach, there were some immediate and obvious differences between him and predecessor Mike Krzyzewski. The immediate stylistic differences were that while Coach K recruited for versatility and athleticism, Scheyer puts more of a premium on size, while still prizing versatility. And he also puts more emphasis on […]
2026 Duke True Spotlight: Floor Hoogendoorn
The following article " Duke-Michigan neutral-site game reportedly called off " originally appeared on Sports Media Watch . The neutral site college basketball game between Duke and Michigan scheduled for late December is now called off, according to a report by Matt Norlander of CBS Sports. The interconference matchup between the longtime rivals was expected to air on Amazon’s Prime Video as part of a three-game agreement between the streaming provider and Duke […] Visit Sports Media Watc...