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The Sweet 16 is set: In the East, it’s #1 Duke vs. #5 St. John’s and #3 Michigan State vs. #2 UConn. In the South, it’s #9 Iowa vs. #4 Nebraska and #3 Illinois vs. #2 Houston. In the West, we get #1 Arizona vs. #4 Arkansas and #11 Texas vs. #2 Purdue. In the […]
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They say payback is hell, and it was for Baylor Sunday afternoon as Duke took the Bears to the woodshed, 69-46, and will play in the Sweet 16 next weekend. You’ll recall that Duke and Baylor opened the season in Paris, with the Bears winning 58-52. Obviously, things were very different this time. The Blue […]
SMU and NC State were eliminated in the first 4. Duke almost lost to Siena before righting their ship and getting to the Sweet 16. Virginia struggled with Wright State before they closed them out. We’ll exempt Louisville, as they played to their seeding and lost to a very good Michigan State. We all know … Continue reading »
Most of Friday’s NCAA tournament games were not that close. Duke beat TCU by 23, Michigan took out Saint Louis by 23 also, Houston took out Texas A&M by 31, Michigan State handled Louisville by 18, and Illinois smacked Louisville by 21. We’ll come back to those. The other three games were really good: Texas […]
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Here’s the schedule with my picks in Bold: (all times in CST) #9 St. Louis vs #1 Michigan – LIVE – CBS #6 Louisville vs #3 Michigan State – 1:45 – CBS #9 TCU vs #1 Duke – 4:15 – CBS #10 Texas A&M vs #2 Houston – 5:10 – TNT #11 Texas vs #3 Gonzaga […]
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SAN DIEGO—During the first full day of the NCAA Tournament, top seeds Duke and Michigan got scares from their underdog opponents. The Blue Devils nearly lost to a team that played only five guys. Arizona had no such difficulties. The top-seeded Wildcats came flying out of the gates and never let up, blowing out No. […]
Yesterday saw a fair amount of Madness with Duke nearly losing and Wisconsin actually losing. It was a fun first day. But now it’s day 2 and while I know the vast majority of our energy today will be focused on the game against Queens I wanted to give you all a place to talk […]
The opening day of the NCAA Tournament – First Four aside, since those are basically play-in games – did not disappoint. First, Siena played magnificently against #1 seed Duke, shocking the Blue Devils in the first half and totally outperforming them until the second half, when the Blue Devils finally got going. Howard punched above […]
Today is the day. Purdue starts their 2026 NCAA Tournament journey. After seeing Duke struggle with Siena and Wisconsin lose to High Point in the early games on Thursday it should be more clear than ever that Purdue cannot take anyone for granted. It was fascinating to see a Duke player actually say that they […]
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Day 1 of the NCAA tournament is always a treat, unless your team loses as a higher seed. Losing stinks. Losing and busting your bracket stinks even more. Duke almost made Siena an all-time March Madness hero. #16 UMBC knocking off #1 Virginia has been done, but Virginia isn’t Duke. Everyone I know, UNC fan […]
Justice Shoats, Gavin Doty, Brendan Coyle, Francis Folefac and Riley Mulvey. Those five, and those five only. That’s all Gerry McNamara and the Siena coaching staff were going to ride with on Thursday. And those five gave the Saints’ faithful and the entire country a heck of a lot to cheer for in Greenville. For […]
How is your heart rate? The Duke Basketball Roundup is here to talk you down off the ledge from a nerve-wracking opening NCAA tourney game against the 16-seeded Sienna Saints. It was a tale of two halves as Duke looked nothing like a top seed in the opening 20 but then found their way in […]
First: Hats off to Siena for a magnificent effort. It would be hard to be more impressed with what that team did. And second, hats off to Duke for getting things together after a disastrous first half to win, 71-65. This is about as high a compliment as we can give Siena after that first […]
Picking brackets is an annual humiliation, but we’ve put it off long enough. Let’s go get embarrassed! Well, sort of. We usually go round-by-round, because picking the whole thing is an exercise in futility. However, here are our Final Four picks: Duke, Houston, Arizona and Iowa State. We didn’t post our picks for the First […]
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If you haven’t seen it, Carlos Boozer made an appearance on the Dan Patrick Show, and most of it, understandably, was about his sons, Cameron and Cayden, who are having terrific freshman seasons for Duke. He talked about several things, like staying out of their recruitment and “retiring” when he knew he wouldn’t be able […]
On the eve of the start of the NCAA Tournament for Duke comes big news… Evan Bradds, one of the brilliant assistant coaches on Scheyer’s squad, will be the next head coach at Belmont, one of the better mid-major programs in the country. Bradds was a star player at Belmont and the allure of heading […]
The Duke Basketball Roundup again welcomes underdog expert Jordan Brenner to the pod... and there has never been a better time to chat with him as we are on the verge of the NCAA Tournament. For 20 years. Jordan has been one of the definitive experts on picking upsets and bracket busters. Find out why he loves […]
The NCAA Tournament is officially underway, and the North Carolina Tar Heels are getting ready to face off against VCU tomorrow night in Greenville, SC. The Heels are hoping to stop the two-game skid that they are currently on after losing to Duke and Clemson to finish out ACC play. Meanwhile, the Rams are on […]
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Date 3/19 || Time 2:50 || Venue Bon Secours Wellness Arena || Video CBS Update – Patrick Ngongba has not been ruled out for Thursday, but is “highly unlikely” to play Duke opens up NCAA tournament play on Thursday with the Siena Saints. As you probably know by now, former Syracuse star Gerry McNamara is […]