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Cooper Flagg was expected to be an elite defender and an adequate offensive performer when he got to the NBA, but he’s way outperformed expectations. Kevin Garnett said this: “We haven’t had a badass, cold ass white boy like this in a long time.” Dwight Howard said this: “49 points as a 19-year-old. That’s amazing […]
Only one game Monday night as Syracuse takes a break from the snow and ice and….oh, never mind. They might have less on the ground than some parts of North Carolina. The Orange has struggled and there is pressure on Adrian Autry. His team has been erratic and has not been that great, least of […]
There’s no question that Larry Bird was the beating heart of the 1980’s and early ‘90’s Boston Celtics, but no one wins championships by themselves and one of Bird’s greatest teammates was Kevin McHale. Hailing from Hibbing, Minnesota, McHale attended Minnesota before entering the NBA in 1980 when Red Auerbach pulled off a legendary trade: […]
Duke ran its already impressive win streak to 13 with an 80-44 Sunday win over Wake Forest. Perhaps most impressive was forcing 31 turnovers from the Demon Deacons. It was a tough day for freshman guard Milan Brown, who had 7 personally. Obviously Wake wasn’t able to get much of a rhythm going; the Deacs […]
Duke took care of business against a game Virginia Tech squad on Saturday, and the Duke Basketball Roundup crew has pored over the tape and scoured the stats to give you a full breakdown of everything that happened in the latest Duke victory. The Blue Devils had to battle through a bug that is impacting multiple players […]
After his 49 point outburst against Kon Knueppel and the Charlotte Hornets, Cooper Flagg followed up with another gem against the Houston Rockets, finishing with 34 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists. He’s really taken his game to another level and it’s hard at times to remember that he’s still a teenager. Who does this? […]
In Saturday’s ACC Action, Syracuse beat Notre Dame 86-72, Florida State handled Stanford 88-80, UNC knocked off Georgia Tech 91-75, Virginia survived BC 73-66, Louisville smacked SMU 88-74, Clemson topped Pitt 63-52, NC State thumped Wake Forest 96-78 and Cal snuck by Miami 86-85. This isn’t meant to be disparaging of either Cal or Florida […]
Duke’s victory at Virginia Tech showed off a lot of good things from the Blue Devils. There was defensive tenacity, good ball movement and smart basketball. This video breaks down the Top Five plays from the game. That’s subjective of course, but no matter how you might rank the plays in this game, these are […]
We’ll admit we were nervous about Duke’s trip to Virginia Tech’s Cassell Coliseum, a place where Duke has often struggled and were more so after learning that Caleb Foster and Dame Sarr were both under the weather. As it turned out though, it didn’t matter because the Blue Devils led from wire-to-wire, winning 72-58. As […]
When it comes to the Brotherhood in the NBA, we’ve mostly focused on the remarkable rookie seasons of Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel, but of course there are a lot of other former Blue Devils in the NBA and any given night you can look at the box scores and see great performances. There were […]
In Saturday’s ACC Roundup, Pitt is at Clemson, NC State travels to Wake Forest, where they might get a solid bit of snow, Virginia is off to Boston College, UNC jets down to Hotlanta to take the measure of the Yellow Jackets, SMU checks in at Louisville, Cal gets some sunshine at Miami, Stanford makes […]
Over the years, there have been a lot of great Duke Basketball games that unfortunately just crowd the others out. We all remember or know the UNLV game, the Fab Five wins, the Laettner Shot, the five championship games and the Austin Rivers game. But there are more, children. Many, many more. Gather ‘round and […]
Thursday night in Dallas, Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel had their first NBA game against each other as the Charlotte Hornets visited the Dallas Mavericks and man, did they both ball out. Flagg finished with 49 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and one block while Knueppel racked up 34 points, 4 rebounds, 3 […]
Update – Caleb Foster and Dame Sarr are listed as “probable,” and it may be due to illness. Next up for the Blue Devils is a trip to Virginia Tech’s Cassell Coliseum, a place that has given Duke significant trouble since the Hokies joined the ACC. We’ll give the fans their full credit: we don’t […]
In 1997-98, Duke’s nightmare 1995-96 season was long gone and Duke was back, baby! With experienced players like Steve Wojciechowski, Trajan Langdon, Chris Carrawell and Roshown McLeod, along with younger talents like Will Avery, Elton Brand and Shane Battier, Duke had reloaded and was set to reconquer college basketball. First stop? A trip to the […]
Duke’s remarkable turnaround continued at Miami as the Blue Devils won their 12th straight, 74-58. The Blue Devils ran out to a 39-23 halftime lead before Miami fought back from 19 down and cut the lead to three in the fourth quarter. But Duke rallied and ripped off a 12-0 lead to put Miami away. […]
Duke hopes to keep their perfect ACC record intact with a visit to Virginia Tech this weekend… assuming the “bomb cyclone” storm doesn’t cause the game to get called off. The DBR Podcast dudes have a preview of everything you need to know about the Hokies. This is a team that seems especially adept at […]
As the season grinds on, there is going to be speculation about job openings at several ACC schools, including possibly UNC, Pitt, Syracuse, Boston College, Notre Dame and Georgia Tech. For most of these programs, there will be a number of issue to work out, including being competitive financially. It’s just a reality of today’s […]
In Wednesday’s ACC Action, Florida State beat Cal, 63-61 and Miami downed Stanford, 79-70. We had it backwards in Wednesday’s ACC Roundup – the Cali schools made an East Coast swing, not vice-versa. If you haven’t noticed, FSU is improved. They’re still not winning much but they’ve been competitive and they have won two of […]
When it comes down to Duke teams that were sheer fun to watch, it was hard to beat the 2001 group. That bunch was a blast. Start with Shane Battier, who was sort of the ultimate Dukie, add in Jason Williams, Chris Duhon, Nate James, Mike Dunleavy, Reggie Love and Carlos Boozer and that was […]
The lawsuit that everyone has been talking about is over. Duke University and Darian Mensah finalized a settlement that would allow each to go their separate ways, and we discuss it on DBR Bites #138. Jason and Donald discuss what the settlement means for all parties and how it will affect Duke Football moving forward. […]
If it’s not stunning, it’s only because it’s become familiar. Still, it remains striking every time 6-9 freshman Cameron Boozer, one of the ACC’s rebounding leaders, steps out to the perimeter and calmly, smoothly launches and makes a 3-pointer as an organic part of Duke’s offense. Boozer, as is well known by now, possesses a […]
The Rising Stars Challenge draft took place on Tuesday and the top picks spoke volumes: Carmelo Anthony took Cooper Flagg #1 while Tracy McGrady selected Kon Knueppel #2. Unable to pick a Dukie, Vince Carter had to settle for VJ Edgecombe. You can see the full teams here. The teams will compete with a G-League […]
Tuesday’s ACC Action went about as we expected, but it was a close-run thing. NC State and Virginia Tech won, as expected, but Wake Forest was knocked off by Pitt and Notre Dame took Virginia to double-overtime before falling just short. NC State added to Syracuse’s misery, winning 88-68. The Pack shot 51% to 39% […]
For people who never saw him play, it would be hard to explain Duke’s Jason Williams. Built like a fireplug with a low center of gravity and also strong and explosive, Williams could do anything he wanted on the basketball court. Once against UCLA, he scored 17 straight points. And while he could be flakey […]