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In Sunday’s ACC Action, Clemson nipped Georgia in overtime, 97-94, Miami smoked Delaware State 97-41, Georgia Tech took out West Georgia 82-66, Butler slipped by Virginia 80-73, BC lost to Tulane in OT 93-90 and Pitt fell to Quinnipiac, 83-75. First question: who the hell is Quinnipiac? Just kidding, sort of. Quinnipiac is well known […]
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Bear in mind that it’s just November and things can change, but both Kon Knueppel and Cooper Flagg are currently leading candidates for NBA Rookie of the Year. What’s really wild is just how closely their statistical profiles parallel. If you can’t see the chart below, you can compare them with these links: Knueppel || […]
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When you think about it, the first decade of the century was absolutely insane for Duke Basketball. How in the world could you pick the Top Ten plays? You can barely even pick the Top Ten players. However, some brave soul went there and made this list, and you know, it was pretty well done. […]
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We return with Episode 773 to recap a great weekend on the basketball court and the football field! Duke Men’s Basketball finished out the weekend with a 93-56 victory over Kenny Blakeney, Nate James, and the Howard Bison. We discuss some of the takeaways from the game, which lived in the 58 paint points Duke […]
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Duke played Howard in Cameron Sunday and built up a 50-point lead before ultimately winning by 43. There was a lot to like in this game and one thing that wasn’t that great. On an individual basis, Cameron Boozer racked up a double-double with 26 points and 12 rebounds. He also shot 10-12/2-3 and had […]
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Date 11/23 || Time 4:00 || Venue Cameron Indoor Stadium || Video ACC Network Duke will play Kenny Blakeney’s Howard on Sunday in the third leg (fourth if you count UCF in the exhibition season) of the Brotherhood Run. The second leg, this weekend anyway, was won by Howard on Saturday, as the Bisons handled […]
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In Sunday’s ACC Action, Clemson takes on Georgia, Delaware State visits Miami, West Georgia hits Hotlanta to see about them Yellow Jackets, Virginia and Butler play in the Greenbrier Tip-Off, Quinnipiac challenges Pitt in something called the Skyscanner Legends Classic and Tulane matches skills with Boston College in the Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic – Lowcountry […]
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In the annals of Duke Football, there is one play that stands alone, famous above all others. It took place in 1969, in the third quarter against UNC. Duke quarterback Leo Hart pretended to tie his shoelace during a timeout and Marcel Courtillet tossed the ball to Wes Chesson, who took off for the end […]
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Duke retained the Victory Bell and achieved bowl game eligibility via a 32-25 hard fought victory over North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Duke was committed to running the football for the entire game with Nate Sheppard leading the way with 90 yards on 22 carries followed by Anderson Castle with 49 yards and three touchdowns […]
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This is really a sad bit of news to pass on: Durham native, former Wake Forest star and long-time NBA player Rodney Rogers has died at 54, apparently of natural causes relating to his spinal injury. As many of you will remember, Rogers had an accident on an ATV in 2008 that left him paralyzed […]
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In one of the most balanced attacks in recent memory, Duke dismantled the Niagara Purple Eagles of Greg Paulus in the first game of The Brotherhood Run. DBR podcast hosts Jason and Donald were impressed with the defense, the shooting, the depth, and passing and just about everything else Duke put on display in this […]
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In Friday’s ACC Action, Davidson beat Boston College 59-49, Louisville survived Cincinnati 74-64, Virginia got by Northwestern 83-78, Florida State blew out Georgia Southern 98-72, Clemson took care of West Virginia 70-67, SMU trashed Arkansas State 100-69, Wake Forest nipped Memphis, 69-68, Seattle surprised Stanford 77-69 and Cal beat up on Sacramento State, 91-67. Wake […]
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As discussed in ACC Roundup Thursday, Wake Forest was sooooo close against Michigan and Texas Tech, barely losing both games. That changed in the Bahamas. As discussed in Saturday’s ACC Roundup, Wake ran the basic play that Valparaiso ran in 1998 to upset Ole Miss. Homer Drew called it “Pacer.” We don’t know what Wake […]
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As you probably know, for much of America, Kon Knueppel has been an utter revelation with the Charlotte Hornets. Duke fans had a pretty good idea, of course. We saw an unusually intelligent player in Cameron last year. There were questions about his athleticism, which he’s answered, but never about his maturity or character. He’s […]
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Duke’s game against Niagara started with a sweet moment as Mike Krzyzewski came to the court and met with his former players and teammates Jon Scheyer and Greg Paulus and you could tell there was a lot of respect and affection between the three of them. It was a nice thing to see, but it […]
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This weekend, Duke welcomes Niagara, coached by former Blue Devil Greg Paulus, and Howard, by former Blue Devil Kenny Blakeney, to Cameron. Niagara is up first, on Friday. Paulus took over at Niagara when his boss, Patrick Beilein, resigned before ever coaching a game. He said this at the time: “It is with heavy regret […]
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In Thursday’s ACC Action, Wake Forest lost a tight game to Texas Tech, 84-83, Pitt fell to UCF 77-67 and Miami was the sole winner with a 99-72 victory over Elon. Wake Forest gave Texas Tech a heck of a game in the Baha Mar Championship and might have won if it had made a […]
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is now 78 years old, which means he’s seen a lot of basketball, and he played against a lot of great players in his day. In this video, he lists his five favorite players: These are very different men, but they all have some things in common. First, they played the game the […]
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Duke had another tough road game at South Florida Thursday, where the Blue Devils lost, 85-72. This follows the loss to Baylor in Paris and the fiasco against West Virginia this past Friday, where starter Jordan Wood taunted a West Virginia defender just before halftime which led to all of the Mountaineers who were on […]
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Duke had another tough road game at South Florida Thursday, where the Blue Devils lost, 85-72. This follows the loss to Baylor in Paris and the fiasco against West Virginia this past Friday, where starter Jordan Wood taunted a West Virginia defender just before halftime which led to all of the Mountaineers who were on […]
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It is a weekend to celebrate connections at Duke as Kenny Blakeney and Greg Paulus come home… and they bring their basketball teams with them. The Brotherhood Run will feature Duke against Niagara (coached by Paulus) on Friday and Duke against Howard (coached by Blakeney) on Sunday. Oh, and the two teams will play each […]
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Duke (5-5, 4-2) travels to Chapel Hill Saturday to face North Carolina (4-6, 2-4) and attempt to retain possession of the Victory Bell, which Duke took last season via a 21-20 victory over the Tar Heels. Game time is 3:30 EST with television coverage provided on the ACC Network. The Blue Devils are currently favored […]
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ACC voters predicting the league order of finish in men’s basketball this season put Duke, Louisville, and UNC as the top three finishers, and in that order. Fair enough. All made it to the ’25 NCAA tournament, with the Blue Devils reaching the Final Four. Each returned a smattering of valued veterans and recruited well […]
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In Wednesday’s ACC Action, Virginia Tech took out Bryant, 78-61 and Notre Dame topped Bellarmine 86-79. Freshman Christian Gurdak came off the bench and had a very productive game with 15 points on 7-9 from the floor and 8 boards. Mike Young said “[t]hat was a heck of an effort. He was as good tonight […]
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In 1983, the college basketball world got a memo from Georgetown that basically read: uh-oh. As a freshman, Patrick Ewing looked like the second coming of Bill Russell. He could run the court like few big men ever have and he shut down the lane pretty much completely. Against UNC in the finals that year, […]
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