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Duke rode a big second quarter to overpower Clemson, winning 60-46 in the quarterfinals of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Blue Devils had a 24-5 run between the second and third quarters and also forced 21 turnovers and held the Tigers to 25% on threes and 35% overall. Toby Fournier had a nice double-double […]
UNC and Caleb Wilson had clearly been pointing to the Duke game in Cameron for his return from wrist surgery. Well, that’s not going to happen now: Wilson broke his thumb dunking in practice, so now he’s got the remnants of his left hand injury and a right thumb that has been surgically repaired. As […]
Over at CBS, Matt Norlander runs down some coaches who are likely to get new jobs when the Coaching Carousel cranks up soon, and since there are very likely to be some ACC openings in the next few weeks, we thought we’d take a look at a few. This is just speculation. To be clear, […]
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There’s an old image in the Duke archives from the Southern Conference days. The Blue Devils are about to play in a bowl game, and some lovely UNC students are standing with a sign wishing Duke well and hoping they come back with a win. No, seriously. What are you laughing at? This really happened! […]
Revenge is a dish best served… in Cameron Indoor Stadium! The latest episode of the Duke Basketball Roundup is a look ahead to the eagerly awaited rematch with UNC. Of course, the big question hanging over this game is whether Carolina’s Caleb Wilson will suit up. He’s been missing time with a fracture in his hand […]
Next up is the rematch with UNC, as the Tar Heels take the short trip (11 miles, not the 8 traditionally promoted) to Cameron Indoor Stadium. Last time, of course, UNC beat the Blue Devils on a last-second three by Seth Trimble that Tar Heel fans will talk about for a long time. That game […]
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Today’s video offers some wonderful old footage of Duke-UNC in the 1960 ACC Tournament. and in color, no less. At that point, of course, the tournament was still held in Reynolds Coliseum, which explains the red floor. This was Duke’s first year under Vic Bubas, the coach who really established Duke as a national power. […]
In Wednesday’s ACC Action, Miami beat SMU, 77-69; Cal took care of Georgia Tech, 76-65; Stanford polished off Notre Dame, 86-78; and Florida State survived a tremendous Pitt comeback, 75-74. Pitt was down 54-30 with 18:06 to play in the game, and, well, maybe Pitt figured it’s Senior Night, let’s go out with a bang. […]
In Tuesday night’s ACC Action, Virginia nipped Wake Forest, 75-70, UNC survived Clemson, 67-63, Virginia Tech thumped BC, 72-63, and Louisville handled Syracuse, 77-62. We honestly didn’t think that Wake Forest could keep up with Virginia in this one. First, UVA has vastly more size than Wake, and second, the Cavaliers were bound to be […]
With Duke and UNC squaring off on Saturday, we thought we’d look back at some classic games between the teams. This one is from 1986. Blue Devil fans know the story. In 1980, Mike Krzyzewski was hired. His first season saw Duke get an NIT bid, which was reasonable by the standards of the day. […]
In the modern era, with NIL and instant transfers, it’s pretty easy for a coach to win in Year 1. Well, at the top of the sport, that is. When you get down to lower levels, what you find is that a) you don’t have the NIL resources that bigger schools have, and b) players […]
This Duke Basketball season has been immensely satisfying for Blue Devil fans, and that’s on both the men’s and women’s side. Both teams won regular season ACC Championships and on Tuesday, women’s coach Kara Lawson was named ACC Coach of the Year. It’s richly deserved. You’ll remember that when Duke played West Virginia on November […]
A crucial disclaimer: this article, by design, isn’t for everyone. There’s a large contingent of college basketball fans who loathe the incessant discussion of “resumes” and “bracketology” by the rotating panel of national talking heads. It’s a very reasonable perspective to take. Luckily for Duke fans in this camp, this year all the Blue Devils […]
Selection Sunday is drawing ever closer and on Monday morning, 68 teams can at least dream. Half of them will be gone in a big hurry, and by the next Monday, we’ll be down to the Sweet 16. It’s always an absolute blast of adrenaline to see the upsets. Yet while we tend to see […]
In Tuesday’s ACC Action, Wake Forest is at Virginia, Clemson travels up to Chapel Hill, Boston College jets down to Virginia Tech, and Syracuse is off to Louisville. It’s an interesting night, because so many of the coaches have some level of hot seat pressure. Steve Forbes has a bit for Wake Forest, Brad Brownell […]
Dave DeBusscherre is an underappreciated great of the game. Born in 1940 in Detroit, DeBusscherre was a talented basketball and baseball player. He attended the University of Detroit (now Detroit Mercy). Like Danny Ainge and Duke legend Dick Groat, DeBusscherre played professionally in both sports. Amazingly, in 1964-65, at the tender age of 24, he […]
It was another Blue Devil blowout as Duke destroyed NC State in Raleigh on Monday night. Jason and Donald recap the win on Episode 804! Dame Sarr was incredible as Duke clinched the ACC regular season title outright. His offensive surge was a huge boost for the Blue Devils. We discuss his big night as […]
We were a little wary about the trip to Raleigh, because State is a tough place to play. And when Ven-Allen Lubin opened with a dunk and Darrion Williams hit a couple of early shots, it looked like it might be one of those nights. Didn’t last long. Behind a great first offensive half from […]
As noted recently, we don’t write a whole lot about the polls, because it’s not really news, since Duke is nearly always rated. We do write about the polls when one of two things happens: 1) Duke is not rated or 2) Duke is #1. The Blue Devils hit #1 last Monday and are still […]
Fresh off a big win against Virginia, Duke has to turn it around very quickly to play NC State in Raleigh. We preview that game along with some other nuggets on DBR Bites #148. Duke has had some stinkers in Raleigh against the Wolfpack, but they’re hoping to buck that trend. NC State has a […]
Date 3/2 || Time 7:00 || Venue Lenovo Center || Video ESPN Update – State may be without backup big man Musa Sagnia Hellooooo, March! Duke only has two regular season games left: Monday’s trip to Raleigh and Saturday’s home finale vs. UNC. There’s an interesting coincidence floating around now if you haven’t seen or […]
No statistic more eloquently defines the season-long strength of the 2026 Duke men’s basketball squad than the fact that, through February, they won 27 of their first 29 games. And did so while undertaking one of the country’s toughest schedules. That said, other stats can be almost as persuasive. Start with scoring margin, a telling […]
Tyus Jones was born in 1996, and if you ever wondered why he was named Tyus, we’re going to explain it to you. In 1995, UCLA was the #1 team in the country in March and favored to win the tournament. However, it almost didn’t happen. UCLA was the #1 seed in the West and […]