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There’s plenty of time left in the 2026 season, plenty of testing to be done and proving to be achieved. But enough games have been played, tests met, to offer a fairly clear gauge of the prowess of this year’s Duke team. Frankly, despite their gaudy record and No.4 spot in the AP poll, at […]
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This was salting Carthage. This was sacking Rome. This was the Mongols sweeping down the plains and terrifying all the other teams nations in the land. Okay, the ACC. But still. That’s how good Louisville was in Monday night’s win which could be summed up in two words: He’s baaaaack. Mikel Brown, who had not […]
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As we mentioned the other day, we’ve really lost track of Maryland since they left the ACC in 2014 for the Big Ten. What we do see periodically are mostly the problems, although Derick McQueen’s buzzer beater last March was impressive. However, that was against the backdrop of the ugly breakup with coach Kevin Willard, […]
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The Detroit Pistons visited the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night and to say things got a bit heated is an understatement. In the third quarter, Jalen Duren drove to the basket and was fouled by Charlotte’s Moussa Diabate. They got into it and it just spiraled from there as a major brawl broke out. Isaiah […]
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Duke has to put this past weekend’s heartbreaking loss behind them, as they travel to take on Pitt and fellow Brotherhood member Jeff Capel on Tuesday night. We preview the game against the Panthers on DBR Bites #142. We do go back to the court storming briefly to get an update on the staffer that […]
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Normally we don’t like to focus on the personal here, but our family has been associated with Duke since near the beginning of the school and with Duke Basketball for over 60 years. So when things happen, DBR is the logical way to tell a lot of people news in one easy shot. So here’s […]
23 days ago | 1 read
Only one game Monday night but it’s a good one as NC State visits Louisville. State is on a six-game win streak, something it hasn’t done since David Thompson wore fire truck red in the 1970’s. If you don’t know about Thompson, know this: he was the player Michael Jordan aspired to be. State is […]
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Luke Kennard has been in the NBA for a little more than a third of his life now, which is kind of wild to think about. He’s moved around, starting with Detroit, then playing for the LA Clippers, the Memphis Grizzlies and the Atlanta Hawks before being traded to the Lakers just before the trade […]
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As Kara Lawson’s Blue Devils cranked up the turnover machine again against SMU in a 59 point win, we’d like to propose an aspirational new stat which Duke got pretty close to. Let’s call it the turnover/rebound inversion: Duke forced 25 turnovers to just 29 rebound by the Mustangs. It’s absolutely crazy to think that […]
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Ugh… for 39 minutes, 59 seconds, and 6-tenths of a second, Duke was controlling Carolina… and then Seth Trimble had his moment. The Duke Basketball Roundup has a full breakdown of the dispiriting loss to the Tar Heels. But, you won’t catch Jason and Donald wallowing in anger or frustration at the refs, the court […]
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In Saturday’s ACC Action, Virginia beat Syracuse 72-59, Louisville got by Wake Forest 88-80, NC State took care of Virginia Tech 82-73, SMU knocked off Pitt 86-67, Miami got a tough game from BC before prevailing 74-68, Florida State squeaked past Notre Dame 82-79, Stanford dismissed Georgia Tech 95-72 and Clemson slammed Cal 77-55. For […]
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“Throw out the records.” “Anything can happen on any given night.” There are dozens of over-used idioms that make the same point: at their core, all athletic competitions have an element of chance. The mathematically-inclined would call that a sequence of random events. The best athletes and teams maximize the likelihood that the things in […]
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Here are some really interesting videos that get into Dan Dakich’s relationship with Bob Knight, both as a player and and as an assistant coach. The first two appear to be from the same Dan Patrick interview and in that video, Dakich is very unhappy with his former coach. Basically he calls him out as […]
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Update – a controversy has arisen after UNC’s court storming following the win over Duke Saturday night. Jon Scheyer says staff members were punched in the face. Another Duke-UNC classic in the books with the Tar Heels winning on a last-second three by Seth Trimble, 71-68. The Blue Devils started out brilliantly, despite UNC nearly […]
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If you’ve followed any of the media coverage hyping up the latest matchup along Tobacco Road tonight, you might be convinced it will simply be a game of one-on-one between Cameron Boozer and Caleb Wilson. Certainly, those freshman stars will surely play a major part in deciding the victor. However, games between Duke and UNC […]
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We’ve gotten a few crank e-mails lately from people who are saying stuff like we’re only talking about Cooper Flagg because he’s white or something along those lines, which is obviously ridiculous. Take his last four games. Here’s what he’s done: Did we mention he’s 19? Overall, Flagg is averaging 20.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg and […]
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In Saturday’s ACC Action, Syracuse visits Virginia, Louisville is off to Wake Forest, Virginia Tech is in Raleigh to play the Pack, SMU checks in at Pitt, Miami jets up to Beantown to play Boston College, Florida State visits the Fighting Irish, Clemson is at Cal and Georgia Tech takes on Stanford. Some of these […]
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For Game Day, we thought we’d feature arguably the greatest buzzer beater for Duke in the history of the Duke-UNC thang. Candidates include Gene Banks’ 1981 thriller and the double buzzer beaters by Tre Jones and Wendell Moore, but Austin Rivers’ buzzer beater just had…so much…swagger. When UNC misses, Miles Plumlee gets the rebound and […]
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Date 2/7 || Time 6:30 || Venue DeanDome || Video ESPN America’s greatest sports rivalry resumes Saturday when #4 Duke visits #14 UNC. The focus will naturally be on freshmen stars Cameron Boozer and Caleb Wilson, but that’s an oversimplification. First, there are a number of good players on both teams and second, it’s not […]
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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 3: Cameron Boozer #12 of the Duke Blue Devils takes a drink in the second half against the Boston College Eagles at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 3, 2026 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Chronicle’s 2025-26 Duke men’s basketball rivalry edition The history of the Duke-North Carolina men’s basketball rivalry, told through The Chronicle’s coverage Davis Beischer would do anything for Duke men’...
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One of the better Duke-UNC games, at least from Duke’s point of view, came on February 28th, 1998, when Carolina visited Cameron. UNC was ranked #3 and Duke #1, but the Tar Heels took a 12-point lead into halftime before stretching it out to 17 after the break. But Duke wasn’t giving up. It had […]
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We’re doubling our preview of the Duke-UNC game! On Episode 794, we welcome back Jay Bilas to break down the matchup between the Blue Devils and the Tar Heels. We start on the UNC side, and Jay tells us what’s made their bigs so successful and where UNC will have to perform well if they […]
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Duke’s incredible win streak is now at 14 with a thrilling 59-58 road win over #6 Louisville. Duke led for much of the game before Louisville tied it up at 46-46 and then hit a three to push out in front, 49-46. The Blue Devils pushed back out in front by 6 but the Cardinals […]
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We sort of wondered why the Charlotte Hornets traded for two point guards at the last minute, but now we know: they’re sending former Duke guard Tyus Jones to Dallas. This will give them first of all a very solid point guard for the moment and a really good backup when fellow former Blue Devil […]
27 days ago | 1 read