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Next up for Duke is a Monday visit from the Syracuse Orange. The Blue Devils get a Saturday-Monday turnaround which is actually useful since it simulates the NCAA tournament structure where you (hopefully) play a second time with one day’s rest (in fairness, so does the Orange, and they have to fly, too). At 15-11 […]
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If you haven’t heard, the Big 12 is going to do something really interesting: the conference have an LED court for its basketball tournament. Here’s a video that shows some of its potential and here’s one from the NBA. It looks like a blast in a lot of ways…but we have questions. The first one […]
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Before Mike Krzyzewski got to Duke in 1980, we had the relatively brief Bill Foster era. Foster was more of a builder than a sustainer. He did a nice job at Rutgers, then again at Utah, before moving to Duke. He found some underappreciated talent in Jim Spanarkel, then Mike Gminski when he was college-eligible […]
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The Syracuse Orange come to town on Monday night, and Duke has to do a quick turnaround to face them. We preview the upcoming game on DBR Bites #144. The Orange have some good players to look out for, but they haven’t been able to find the consistency as a team. We go through who […]
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Nothing would have been finer for Carolina than to have broken Duke’s winning streak Sunday in Cameron, but that didn’t happen as the Blue Devils beat the Tar Heels 72-68 to push the streak to 16. Not that it was easy. UNC had a 33-28 first-half lead with 3:13 to play when the Blue Devils […]
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The Duke Blue Devils took out the Clemson Tigers by a 67-54 score on Saturday afternoon in Cameron. Donald and Jason break down the big win on Episode 798. Jason was in the building and tells us some cool things he learned about the game before it happened! And then, we get into the recap. […]
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Ken Jeong has understandably become a beloved figure among Duke Basketball fans. He’s one of us. He grew up in Greensboro and went to Duke. He did go to medical school in Chapel Hill, but nobody’s perfect. After his acting career took off with the Hangover movies, Jeong made his love of Duke Basketball more […]
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In Saturday’s ACC Action, Notre Dame handled Georgia Tech 89-74, Cal beat up on BC 86-75, FSU pounded Virginia Tech 92-69, Syracuse nipped SMU at the buzzer 79-78, Wake Forest surprised Stanford 68-63, Louisville took care of Baylor 82-71, Virginia got by Ohio State 70-66, UNC thumped Pitt 79-65 and Miami shocked NC State 77-76. […]
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It would be hard for people who never experienced Jason Williams’ run at Duke to understand just how good he was. He was built like a fire hydrant, short by basketball standards, really strong, and with a low center of gravity. He was also explosive as hell. Take this game against Kentucky in the 2001 […]
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Clemson understandably focused on Cameron Boozer, who has had a tremendous freshman year, but his teammates stepped up and put the game out of reach in the second half on the way to a 67-54 win. The #20 Tigers stayed with Duke for the first 12:00 or so before the Blue Devils began to pull […]
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We’re as excited about Cooper Flagg as anyone is. He’s having an insane year and he’s doing things that no one reasonably expected him to do this early. He was expected to be an elite defender but his offense has developed far beyond what most people expected. However, when it comes down to the arguments […]
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In Saturday’s ACC Action, Georgia Tech flies up to South Bend to take on Notre Dame, Cal is on the Northeast will take on Boston College, Pitt is at UNC, Florida State takes on Virginia Tech in Cassell, SMU plays Syracuse, Stanford meets the Joel as the Cardinal takes on Wake Forest, and Miami gets […]
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We’ve talked before about how Connie Hawkins was mistreated by the basketball establishment. He came out of New York City’s Boys High School and accepted a scholarship to Iowa in 1960, only to get caught up in a point shaving scandal that he clearly had no part of. It was based in and around New […]
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Date 2/14 || Time 12:00 Noon || Venue Basketball Paradise || Video ESPN Clemson comes to Cameron Saturday and that’s probably going to be a good one. Clemson is much better than most people expected, but our feeling is that as long as they have Brad Brownell, they’ll be fine. And they certainly have been […]
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Bad break (no pun intended) for UNC basketball as freshman star Caleb Wilson suffered a fracture in his left hand in Saturday’s loss at Miami. You may have noticed that after a certain point, he had his hand taped, and everyone believed that it was not a big deal. As it turns out, it is, […]
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For Duke fans, Christian Laettner’s shot against Kentucky – now just called The Shot – is a permanent highlight in program history. When they play it every March during the NCAA tournament, well, we love it. Obviously that’s not the case in Kentucky, where it remains a permanent wound. We constantly see Laettner’s name come […]
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One of the most interesting, and best coached, teams in the ACC comes to Cameron on Saturday in the Clemson Tigers. The Duke Basketball Roundup crew takes a look ahead at the battle between the ACC’s #1 team and the club that is right on their heels. Head coach Brad Brownell has put together a […]
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The Duke Basketball Roundup once again welcomes former ESPN the Magazine and The Athletic writer/editor Jordan Brenner to the show. The host of The Underdogs podcast has watched Duke for years and knows how to look at the team through an analytical lens. His insight is always on point. As he has several times over […]
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In Wednesday’s ACC Action, Syracuse survived Cal in double-overtime 107-100, Stanford got by BC 70-64, Wake Forest took out Georgia Tech 83-67, and Virginia Tech upset Clemson 76-66. Even more impressively, this was a huge road win. This game was nip and tuck for about 18 minutes before the Hokies pushed out in front on […]
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After a terrific rookie season with the Philadelphia 76ers which was unfortunately cut short by a knee injury, former Blue Devil Jared McCain had another issue this season with a hand injury. And since Philly’s backcourt is pretty solid, they decided to trade the promising second-year player to Oklahoma City…and that might have been shortsighted. […]
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Let’s just be honest. Pitt gave Duke more trouble than expected in their matchup on Tuesday night. The Duke Basketball Roundup dives into what was a sluggish, but ultimately successful outing for a Duke team missing Big Pat, its main man in the middle. Jason and Donald start out talking about the guards who led […]
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In Tuesday’s ACC Action, Virginia nipped Florida State 61-58, SMU survived Notre Dame 89-84, and Miami took care of UNC, 75-66. Apparently one good court storming deserves another, but in Miami, no one got hit in the face. We’d guess that UNC had a tough time matching the emotion we saw in Saturday’s dramatic upset […]
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Like most Tar Heels, Rasheed Wallace was not popular with Duke fans, but in the NBA, he emerged as an interesting and provocative figure. Over a 16-year career, Wallace played for the Washington Bullets, Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics, and New York Knicks. In this video, Wallace explains “The Slam Heard […]
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Duke’s win over Pitt was not flawless. It was not one we will talk about in years to come. But it was an important win, and some really good things happened—not least of all succeeding while Pat Ngongba had to sit due to a wrist injury. Pitt started out hot, running out to a 12-6 […]
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After Saturday’s loss in Chapel Hill, Duke is off to Pitt to take the measure of Jeff Capel’s Panthers. And that’s an interesting team. There’s no question that at 9-15, Pitt is struggling. They’ve only won twice since December 30th, with a solid win over Georgia Tech, 89-66, and an 80-76 overtime win over Wake […]
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