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Beating UNC is great but never easy, and so it went in Chapel Hill on Sunday night as the Tar Heels upset Duke, 74-69. This was a close game throughout and with just 3:51 to go, it was tied 60-60. UNC made the winning plays down the stretch, outscoring Duke by 5 points. It wasn’t […]
This just in, Duke is really, really good. Facing yet another big-time opponent, a team on the fringe of the top ten and a club touted as the second best in the ACC, the #1 ranked Blue Devils ran roughshod over #11 Virginia this weekend in a game that was mostly non-competitive. Jon Scheyer and his […]
In Saturday’s ACC Action, UNC topped Virginia Tech, 89-82; Clemson handled Louisville, 80-75; NC State bowed to Notre Dame in overtime, 96-90; Florida State got by Georgia Tech, 80-71; Miami hammered BC, 76-54; Pitt stunned Cal, 72-56; Wake Forest nipped Syracuse, 88-83; and Stanford spanked SMU, 95-75. NC State stuff, meet Will Wade. Will Wade, […]
In what was apparently a joint decision, the Dallas Mavericks have waived former Duke point guard Tyus Jones. For the Mavericks, it opens up a path to sign rookie Ryan Nembhard. The Gonzaga product was on a two-way and has exceeded expectations. As for Jones, he would like to be on a playoff team. If […]
Duke has had a banner year to date, and a big part of why it’s been so great is the defense. And there’s a lot to that. Caleb Foster and Isaiah Evans have vastly improved as defenders. Pat Ngongba is seriously underrated as a defender. And of course, Maliq Brown is a brilliant defender who […]
We thought Virginia was better than that. Whatever else we might have thought, we never thought that Duke would have a 28-point lead on a good Virginia team. And winning 77-51? Not what we expected – not at all. But that’s what happened as Duke wrapped up the #1 seed for the ACC Tournament. And […]
Honestly, we’d never heard of Eddie Links before. Great name, but we hadn’t heard of him. He advertises himself as a “High level Ball Knower,” and maybe he is. But what he says about Cayden Boozer seems really wrong. There’s no question that Cameron and Cayden are on different tracks. Cameron is much taller, 6-9 […]
In Saturday’s ACC Action, NC State visits Notre Dame, Florida State heads up to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech, Louisville cruises over to Clemson, BC heads down to Miami, Pitt drops in on Cal on the West Coast swing, Syracuse checks in with Wake Forest, SMU gets Stanford, and Virginia Tech visits UNC. Here’s […]
This has been a season of hope for NC State. Will Wade’s team hasn’t been perfect, but it has certainly had its moments, notably an absolute destruction of UNC (albeit without Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar, but still, good for the Wolfpack soul). State has wandered in the desert often since the departure of Jim […]
Date 1/28 || Time 12:00 p.m. || Venue Cameron Indoor Stadium || Video ESPN Soon we’ll have votes for ACC honors and when it comes to ACC Coach of the Year, we think there are four legitimate candidates: Luke Loucks of Florida State, Jai Lucas of Miami, Jon Scheyer of Duke, and Ryan Odom of […]
If you ever wondered what 24 straight missed shots – Kevin Keatts, you can sit this one out – here’s your answer. St. John’s did this Wednesday night against UConn and while much of it was UConn’s defense, especially inside, a lot of it was just, for whatever reason, a bad shooting night by the […]
Duke bounced back from a last-second defeat at Clemson with a solid 80-52 win that clinched at least a share of the regular-season ACC championship. The Seminoles kept it close for the first half, down just 33-29 at the break. Duke dominated the third quarter, 22-11, and the fourth quarter as well, 25-12. Toby Fournier […]
When Caleb Foster had various members of the Duke team on the Brotherhood Podcast before last season started, he asked everyone who had surprised them the most. Just about everyone said Kon Knueppel, and that kind of got your attention. This past fall, before the NBA season started, someone asked Charlotte GM Jeff Peterson if […]
We are back with DBR Bites #147 as the Duke Blue Devils prepare for a showdown against the Virginia Cavaliers in a battle for 1st in the ACC! Virginia has been playing very well lately, but so has Duke. We take you through what Virginia has done to date and why they have been so […]
A lot can still change, but if the ACC Tournament started today, here’s what we’d see: First, Boston College, Pitt, and Georgia Tech would stay home. #8 SMU and #9 Virginia Tech would start things on Tuesday, followed by #12 Florida State and #13 Stanford, followed by #10 Syracuse and #15 Notre Dame, while #11 […]
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In Wednesday’s ACC Action, Boston College nipped Wake Forest, 68-67, Stanford took down Pitt, 75-67, and Cal surprised SMU, 73-69. Boston College led Wake Forest for much of the game and was up 64-56 with 1:42 left. Juke Harris hit a pair of threes, with the last coming with 18.8 left and giving the Deacs […]
In 1976-77, Dean Smith had been the coach at UNC for 16 years and had long since established himself as one of the best coaches in college basketball. He had been to the Final Four in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1972. When the U.S. basketball team allegedly lost to the Soviets in 1972, Smith was […]
Well, that was fun! The Blue Devils showed exactly zero mercy facing an injured and outmanned Notre Dame club on Tuesday night, throttling the Irish in a game that felt like it was over only minutes after it had begun. There are so many superlatives coming out of the win — the biggest Notre Dame home […]
What can you say after a game like Duke had against Notre Dame but: wow. The numbers, the history…it’s all staggering. This was the worst loss for Notre Dame in over 100 years….128 to be exact. Think about that for a minute. The only worse loss Notre Dame has ever suffered was in the freaking […]
In Tuesday’s ACC Action, Miami beat Florida State, 83-73, and Virginia just walloped NC State again, this time, 90-61, which was a lot worse than the loss in Raleigh on January 3rd. Virginia won that time, 76-61, after State cut into a massive lead late. No such luck this time. Virginia just crushed State. The […]
In 1967, the NCAA banned the dunk shot. Publicly, the cartel was concerned about injuries but the general theory was that it was because of one player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor. At 7-2, Jabbar was nearly impossible to guard in college, leading UCLA to three straight national titles. He was so far […]
Any concerns that Duke might be flat after Saturday’s big win over Michigan evaporated quickly in South Bend as the Blue Devils rolled to a 100-56 win. Duke set the tone early against Notre Dame, going inside to Patrick Ngongba for a quick layup and shortly after forcing an early shot-clock violation by the Irish. […]
We’re understandably a bit prejudiced because we live in ACC territory – in other words, America from sea to shining sea — but the conversation has changed little as the 2025-26 season unfolded. Cameron Boozer has earned mention week in and week out as a favorite, if not the favorite, to win recognition as the […]
Saturday was arguably the most momentous day of the college basketball season thus far—both on and off the court. Hours before Arizona won at Houston, Duke beat Michigan, and Iowa State fell at BYU, the NCAA released its eighth annual in-season look at the Top 16 NCAA Tournament seeds. This oft-overlooked occasion is the only […]