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In Saturday’s ACC Tournament Action, Virginia beat Miami, 84-62, to reach the ACC Tournament Championship against Duke Saturday night. Ugonna Onyenso, who was outstanding against NC State, and who has already set the tournament record for blocked shots with 12, had another big night for the Wahoos. Onyenso blocked 4 shots here after getting 8 […]
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It’s March, it has been for two weeks now, but it’s not officially March for hoop heads until the buzzer beaters start rolling in. And it’ll be hard to beat Arizona’s game-winner against Iowa State. Both teams were brilliant down the stretch, trading baskets, with each unable to stop the other. Iowa State tied the […]
All the angst and worry that permeated the Duke fandom 24 hours ago melted away on this night as Duke bounced back from a subpar effort against FSU to produce a good old fashioned beatdown of Clemson. The Duke Basketball Roundup gives you all the details from a contest that really wasn’t all that competitive […]
Clemson kept up with Duke for the first 13 minutes or so and was down just 19-18. And then the bomb hit: Duke ripped off a 21-4 run to take a 41-22 halftime lead, en route to a 73-61 victory. But that’s misleading, because Duke totally controlled this game. In the first half, the Blue […]
On Friday, Pitt announced former Duke guard and assistant coach Jeff Capel would be back for a ninth season. The general sense was that he was finished, so we’re glad he got another shot. Capel is a good coach, but like a lot of other coaches, it takes some effort to adjust to the new […]
When the ACC Tournament bracket was finalized, many people probably assumed that we’d see Duke-UNC III on Friday. Well, Clemson had something to say about that. The Tigers pulled ahead, 25-22 with 7:27 to play in the first half, and never looked back – until UNC rallied late. Clemson was up 69-54 with 5:07 to […]
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In Thursday’s ACC Tournament Action, Virginia got by NC State, 81-74, Miami survived Louisville, 78-73, and Clemson held on to beat UNC, 80-79. Clemson was cruising in this one before UNC outscored the Tigers 25-11 over the last 4:55, including 5 threes. What we saw from UNC here is what we have talked about previously: […]
Duke’s win over Florida State was less than perfect. Caleb Foster and Pat Ngongba were both out with foot injuries. Cayden Boozer picked up four fouls. Maliq Brown picked up four fouls. The Seminoles, arguably the hottest team in the ACC over the last several weeks, shot 39% from outside and 52% overall. Duke finished […]
A little too close for comfort, but Duke demonstrates “survive and advance” is what really matters in March as they take down the stubborn FSU Seminoles 80-79. The Duke Basketball Roundup breaks down what was a very unusual game for the Blue Devils. This was not the Duke team we have been watching lately as […]
Well, that was bracing, wasn’t it? Missing 40% of its starting lineup without Patrick Ngongba and Caleb Foster, both sidelined with foot injuries, Duke took down Florida State, arguably the hottest team in the ACC, 80-79, when Robert McCray missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer. As expected, it was a tough game. Duke has […]
It seems a bit anti-climactic, but Cameron Boozer was selected as National Player of the Year by The Sporting News. It’s the first, but it won’t be the last. Boozer averaged 22.7 points and 10.2 boards, 4.1 assists and 1.5 steals over 31 games. More than that, he’s been as consistent as anyone we’ve seen […]
Duke opens ACC Tournament play against Florida State Thursday, and if you’ve been reading here, you know we think highly of Luke Loucks’ coaching job this season. Honestly? It’s been masterful. Loucks is not in the situation Duke is in. He is not able to get a steady stream of 5-star recruits. Instead, Loucks has […]
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No big surprises on Wednesday as Louisville put SMU 62-58 down after a bit of a struggle, NC State sent Pitt home, 98-88, Florida State manhandled Cal, 95-89 (it wasn’t remotely that close), and Clemson most likely ended Wake Forest’s season, 71-62. Ryan Conwell scored 5 points in the last 1:17 to help the Cards […]
Going into the 1977-78 basketball season, Duke had won four ACC Tournaments, all in the 1960’s, when only one conference team got to advance to the NCAA Tournament. The ACC was unique at the time because no other major conference had a tournament to decide its champion, and either you won it or if you […]
Everyone understood that Bobby Hurley was playing out the string at Arizona State, and that he would be let go after Arizona State lost its last game. And ASU lost to Iowa State in the Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday, and at 91-42, it was an historically bad loss. So Hurley was let go, and […]
Inside the Duke locker room, there’s only one goal this week: cement the program’s conference dominance with an ACC Tournament title to accompany its outright regular season championship. Blue Devil fans, however, will be inundated with the glut of basketball games making up “Champ Week” outside of the ACC Tournament. While Duke’s status as a […]
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Since the ACC Tournament expanded, Day 1 has frequently been a watered-down joke. Well, not this year, as two out of three games were really good. Pitt nipped Stanford at the buzzer, 64-63, and Wake Forest got Virginia Tech in overtime, 95-89. In the only easy game, SMU didn’t have much trouble with Syracuse, winning […]
This may or may not be the best play in ACC Tournament history, but it’s almost certainly the coolest. Of course, we’re talking about Randolph Childress’s stunning crossover in the 1995 tournament that faked Jeff McInnis out so badly that he hit the floor. And when he did, he rolled away from Childress, and when […]
Duke has two key players who are injured in Caleb Foster and Pat Ngongba. We discuss the updates on their health from Jon Scheyer and preview the ACC Tournament on DBR Bites #151. Jon Scheyer held a press conference today to update the media on the status of CFos and Big Pat. CFos – out […]
Bad March news as Duke has announced that Caleb Foster has a fractured bone in his foot and will be out “for the foreseeable future.” Additionally, Patrick Ngongba will miss the ACC Tournament, presumably as a precautionary measure. Aside from everything else, what a blow for Foster. That kid has worked his tail off to […]
Duke is set to open play in the ACC Tournament on Thursday, and as of now, it looks like it’ll be without Pat Ngongba and Caleb Foster, both out with foot injuries. Jon Scheyer has said that both are likely out this week, but Duke hasn’t released any details. There’s a strategic reason for that: […]