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The NBA has evolved quite a bit over the last several decades. When it started in 1946, or 1949 depending on whether you count the pre-merger BAA as some do (the BAA and the NBL merged to make the NBA in 1949), the league was very much old school. When Bill Russell came along in […]
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Correction – We thought Isaiah Evans’ last basket counted and ESPN initially listed the final score at 70-63. However, it came after the buzzer. We’ve corrected the headline. Duke and Michigan met at the summit Saturday evening and while the game was not always pretty, the efforts on both sides were stunning as Duke pulled […]
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Date 2/21 || Time 6:30 || Venue Capital One Arena || Video ESPN So given what we know about the team that Dusty May has put together, how do you stop Michigan? Well, you either slow them down or speed them up. Ideally, both at the same time. That’s a bit of a paradox, but […]
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Former Blue Devil Kon Knueppel passed Donovan Mitchell for the second-most threes made by a rookie in an NBA season with 185. Coincidentally, the three that pushed him past Donovan was made…over Donovan. Keegan Murray holds the record with 206, set in 2023. Charlotte has 25 regular season games left and Knueppel is averaging 3.4 […]
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In Saturday’s ACC Action, Wake Forest visits Virginia Tech, Florida State goes up to Clemson, UNC goes north to check out Syracuse, Miami is at Virginia, Notre Dame and Pitt have a strugglefest scheduled in the Zoo, Georgia Tech hopes to take a bite out of Louisville in the Yum! Center, BC heads to Texas […]
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One of the best games we’ve ever seen in Cameron was when #1 Michigan visited in 1992. That spring, the teams had met in the NCAA championship game and Duke beat the Fab Five by 20, 71-51. This game was a ton of fun, not least of all because the Fab Five had been woofing […]
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Michigan is a load for anyone, and it will be for Duke Saturday. Yet that team has lost one game and been challenged in several others, including an overtime win over Wake Forest back in November. They also had tight games against Nebraska (75-72 win), Penn State (74-72 win), and Wisconsin (91-88 loss). What happened […]
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In our times, the 1984 US Olympic team is widely considered to be the best prior to the 1992 Dream Team, which was the first year that NBA players were eligible. You could make a good argument for the 1960 team though. That group included names most of us won’t recognize, like Jay Arnette, Burdette […]
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Duke is still on an epic roll and the Blue Devils took it to NC State on Thursday, winning 83-65. Toby Fournier led the way with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Taina Mair had 17 and Arianna Roberson continued her strong recent play with 15 off the bench. Duke forced 13 turnovers and shut State […]
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We have all had this one circled on our calendars for a while. On Saturday, Duke ventures to the nation’s capital for one of the biggest non-conference games you will ever find in February. #1 Michigan versus #3 Duke (though with Houston losing this week, the winner of this game is sure to be #1 […]
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Next up for Duke is a very tough matchup in Washington, D.C. with #1 Michigan, and that game is going to be a really big challenge. To an extent, these teams mirror each other. For one, Jon Scheyer and Dusty May have no interest whatsoever in Small Ball. They’ve both gone big. Scheyer started his […]
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In Wednesday’s ACC Action, Virginia clocked Georgia Tech, 94-68, and Wake Forest surprised Clemson, 85-77. Wake Forest basically dominated the entire game. A week or two ago, who would have expected that? Well, here’s something you may have missed – Clemson has lost three straight, to Virginia Tech, Duke and now Wake Forest. And all […]
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There’s a great new series on Prime about the ABA called Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association. It’s a really entertaining series that we heartily recommend. The ABA was a wild ride from beginning to end. Rick Barry was in the league for several years and in the first episode, he talked […]
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The Duke Basketball Roundup has hit another milestone! On Episode 800, we welcome back The Dawg himself, Kenny Dennard, to the show! Having Kenny on the show is always a fantastic time. We take a walk down memory lane, we get his thoughts on this year’s team, and what he makes of the coaching job […]
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We’ll get more into this when it gets closer to game time obviously, but as you probably know, Duke and Michigan are set to play on Saturday. With Michigan #1 and Duke #3 and the amount of attention both programs get, but especially Duke, ticket prices were never going to be cheap. Capital One Arena seats […]
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Earlier this season we marveled at the stunning rise in free throw accuracy sweeping the ACC. Only one team made fewer than 70 percent of its shots from the line in each of the last three seasons, truly remarkable efficiency. That even as the league added three more members in 2025. Was some new, unpublicized […]
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In Tuesday’s ACC Action, SMU surprised Louisville 95-85, Florida State came back to beat Boston College 80-72, Miami just barely got by Virginia Tech 67-66, and NC State ripped UNC apart, 82-55. This was NC State’s biggest win over the Heels since 1962, when the program was recovering from the scandals of the Frank McGuire […]
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In last summer’s NBA Draft, Cooper Flagg went first to Dallas, Rutgers’ Dylan Harper second to San Antonio, Baylor’s V.J. Edgecombe third to Philly and Flagg’s Duke teammate Kon Knueppel fourth to Charlotte. In retrospect, San Antonio might have made a mistake. He would have been a great fit with Victor Wembanyama and more importantly, […]
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That was a fun game! Duke destroys Syracuse on Monday night, and we recap the victory on Episode 799. Duke was able to turn stellar defense into incredible offense, and Jason was in the building for it all. He and Donald take us through all the good things from last night’s victory, and we even […]
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In Tuesday’s ACC Action, Boston College is at Florida State, Louisville sees SMU, Virginia Tech goes to Miami and UNC takes the short drive over to Raleigh to see about Will Wade’s NC State Wolfpack. It’s a big game for both teams. UNC is without its best player, Caleb Wilson, and was missing Henri Veesaar […]
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Gary Payton built a Hall of Fame NBA career from 1990-2007. A 6-4 native of Oakland, California, Payton went to Oregon State, where he built a tremendous reputation as a defender and all-around point guard. He was the second pick in the 1990 draft, taken by Seattle behind Derrick Coleman and ahead of Chris Jackson, […]
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Syracuse kept up with Duke for about the first 11 1/2 minutes but after that it was all Duke in a 101-64 blowout. For the first few minutes, Syracuse did play well and to their credit they competed hard throughout. But Duke was just much, much better in this one. How much better? Cameron Boozer […]
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