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Chris Carrawell On Building Teams In The Modern Game
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 […]
Are These The Top 99 NBA Shooters Of All Time?
This is interesting: Bleacher Report listed their Top 99 NBA shooters of all time, and of those, six are former Blue Devils, and here they are: It’s too early to list Kon Knueppel, but if this list had come out a few years later, he’d probably be on it, too. A list like this is […]
YouTube Gold: 1964 Game 7 Western Conference Finals
This is some pretty rare video from 1964, of a Game 7 between the (then) St. Louis Hawks and the (then) San Francisco Warriors. There are at least three Hall of Famers in this game: Wilt Chamberlain and Nate Thurmond for the Warriors, and Bob Pettit for the Hawks. San Francisco started both Chamberlain, who […]
DBR Podcast #836: Duke-Michigan axed, but Duke goes to new heights
We’re back with Episode 836 as some schedule news and team updates had us reacting on a Friday morning! Donald and Jason start off with the reports that the Duke-Michigan game has been canceled due to the dispute Fox and the Big Ten had with Amazon Prime broadcasting the game. Instead, Duke will reportedly face […]
The Duke-Michigan Game In Miami Is OFF
The Duke-Michigan, first scheduled for Madison Square Garden, and then for Miami, has been canceled. Apparently, things just got too complicated. You’ll recall that the Big Ten claimed it had the broadcast rights to a game that was going to be on Amazon Prime, and then after all of that, Dusty May bolted for the […]
Duke’s Official Roster Posted, With Some Surprises
As we’ve been starting our ACC basketball previews, we’ve looked periodically at GoDuke.com to see if they’ve posted the updated roster like most of the rest of the conference, and Thursday, they did. And there are some surprises. First, Dame Sarr has muscled up a bit, as advertised: he’s now listed at 6-8 and 200 […]
Flaggs Dominate Barstool Stiffs On Celebrity Family Feud
As it turned out, Dave Portnoy and his Barstool Bums shouldn’t have bothered going on Family Feud, because the Flagg family just obliterated them, winning 543-0. It got ugly fast, as the Barstool guys couldn’t get much right. They did win the battle of fake enthusiasm pretty convincingly, though. However, the Flaggs, including Cooper and […]
ACC Preview #7 – Louisville
#1 – UNC || #2 – NC State || #3 – Wake Forest || #4 – Virginia || #5 – Clemson ||#6 – Miami Remember when Chris Mack was forced out at Louisville, and Louisville fans began clamoring for the school to hire “one of their own?” That ended up being Kenny Payne, and Payne ended up being a total disaster. Full disclosure: […]
YouTube Gold: The First Great Big Man
Before Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Shaquille O’Neal, there was George Mikan. Mikan was not someone who was destined to be an athlete. He met DePaul coach Ray Meyer when he was in high school, and Meyer saw potential in the awkward 6-10 teenager. He had him do a […]
ACC Portal Tracker
Here is a list of ACC high school recruits, and some international signees too. BOSTON COLLEGE OUT IN CAL OUT IN CLEMSON OUT IN DUKE OUT IN FLORIDA STATE OUT IN GEORGIA TECH OUT IN LOUISVILLE OUT IN MIAMI OUT IN NORTH CAROLINA OUT IN NORTH CAROLINA STATE OUT IN NOTRE DAME OUT IN PITT […]
Could We Be Underestimating Duke’s Versatility?
For most college basketball programs, the summer is a fallow period devoid of news. That lends itself to speculation about the upcoming season, which for Duke fans has been ripe with possibilities. Fans are obsessing over how Jon Scheyer will fit a roster full of intriguing pieces together. How will he split backcourt minutes between […]
More Summer Video From Duke Basketball
Here’s some more video from summer ball. If you’re like us, what you’re going to do is to hit the space bar as often as you can to see deets, and we do see some. For one, it looks like the rumors about Dame Sarr’s physical transformation are true. He appears to be much stronger […]
Tragic News For The DBR Community
There are times in life when things that make absolutely no sense happen. Out of the blue, you get news about good people who have suffered some thunderbolt from out of the blue that utterly changes their life forever. So it is now for Friend of DBR, Michael Corey. A 2005 Duke grad, Mike went […]
YouTube Gold: Kareem’s Choice For GOAT May Surprise You
Generally speaking, most people consider either Michael Jordan or LeBron James to be the GOAT of professional basketball. Jordan was an incredible presence from 1984 to 2003, minus his first two retirements. As for James, he started playing in the NBA in 2003 and, for better or worse, is still playing (he is not the […]
No, Jay Bilas Was Not Laid Off By ESPN
Like us, you may have been shocked by posts online suggesting that, as it cuts costs and lays off employees, ESPN laid off former Blue Devil Jay Bilas. Well, relax: it’s not true. Apparently, this rumor went viral because of a post by @NotJ0NRoth, a parody of CBS reporter Jon Rothstein (he fooled us once, […]
A Potential Olympic Headache For Grant Hill
Well, this is kind of weird: apparently, Grant Hill and Jaylen Brown got into it a bit over how Hill put together Team USA. Hill, of course, is now running USA Basketball, and in 2024, he passed on Brown when Kawhi Leonard had to withdraw, taking Derrick White instead, and Brown was not happy about […]
YouTube Gold: John Havlicek Stymies Dr. J
John Havlicek had an extraordinary career with the Boston Celtics. Drafted in 1962 with the seventh overall pick, he could have skipped basketball and played football instead, and in fact, almost became a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns before joining the Celtics. In his first year or two, Havlicek was sort of the backup […]
Brotherhood Podcast #79 – Big Pat and Cameron Williams
In the latest edition of the Brotherhood Podcast, Caleb Foster is back in the captain’s chair, and he’s hosting freshman Cameron Williams and junior Patrick Ngongba. They start off talking about what they’re doing to get ready, and Ngongba reveals that he’s still in recovery mode after his late-season injury last spring. Williams, not surprisingly, […]
Cooper Flagg And Family Coming To Family Feud This Week
Well this should be fun: Cooper Flagg and family will take on Dave Portnoy and Barstool Sports family on Celebrity Family Feud. The Flaggs will feature Cooper, his twin brother Ace, older brother Hunter, mom and dad Kelly and Ralph, and his grandfather. We’re not really sure who Portnoy is bringing, because as soon as […]
Javin DeLaurier Comes Home
We can’t find anything official, but we’ve seen several social media posts suggesting that former Blue Devil Javin DeLaurier will return to Duke Basketball as a Player Development Assistant. That’s pretty great. DeLaurier, who was captain for his last two seasons, was always an exemplary teammate. It’s exciting that he’s coming back. Presumably, he’ll work […]
Cayden Daughtry Had A Peach Jam Explosion
Clearly, the breakout star at Peach Jam was Cayden Daughtry, who went off like a Roman Candle in North Augusta this past week. He racked up 258 points, 49 assists, 34 rebounds, 23 steals, and averaged 34.8 ppg, which was all sensational. He’s drawn comparisons with Trae Young, who also had a tremendous performance at […]
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ACC Preview #6 – Miami
#1 – UNC || #2 – NC State || #3 – Wake Forest || #4 – Virginia || #5 – Clemson Miami’s dip after Jim Larranaga departed the day after Christmas, 2025, was limited to one year, as the ‘Canes shot up from 7-24 to 26-9. Miami’s 19-win turnaround ties Wake Forest for the biggest in ACC history, and nationally as well. […]
YouTube Gold: A Fresh Look At Larry Bird
We’ve talked a lot about Larry Bird in this space, largely because Bird had a genius for basketball that is exceedingly rare. A lot of people think that Bird was too slow and couldn’t jump, and that he wouldn’t be able to play today. People like JJ Redick, for one, who really should know better […]
Duke Recruiting; Kager Knueppel Update!
When Kager Knueppel committed to Duke, the headlines all mentioned his brother, Kon, who had a terrific year at Duke, and was nearly the NBA Rookie of the Year this past season as well. The younger Knueppel is rapidly building an identity of his own. People still mention Kon in the more recent articles, but […]
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