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ACC Coaching Is Trending Up, And Sharply

With Duke’s loss to UConn in the Elite Eight, every team in the ACC is now in off-season mode, other than Boston College, which is waiting for Huskies assistant Luke Murray to move to Beantown, which he can’t do until UConn’s season ends. Over the last few years, we’ve argued that the issue with the […]

Takeways: The Greatest UConn–Duke Game Ever

Maybe Ed Cooley was right, UConn fans are spoiled. We’ve seen back-to-back championships during a challenging new era for roster construction with NIL and the portal, and despite making less money than all of the P4 schools. On Sunday night, Tarris Reed Jr.’s excellence kept them in the game, and then every starter and rotation […]

Pain Is A Privilege

Duke fans are in pain. To be upset in the NCAA Tournament is always agonizing. An upset loss with the game seemingly in hand hurts all the more. But to be upset in a game that was in your control on a miraculous buzzer beater that required so many things to go wrong in succession—both […]

YouTube Gold: A Look At Bryson Howard

The season ended in the hardest of ways for Duke Sunday, with a bitter loss to UConn, but basketball always rolls on. We don’t know for sure who will be back next season in this new era. Some, like Cameron Boozer, will be in the NBA. Some may opt to transfer, and some will be […]

UConn Superfan Donovan Clingan Celebrates Miracle Win Over Duke

Portland Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan entered the postgame locker room Sunday evening with a smile and some swagger. “We’re back where we belong!” the towering 7-footer trumpeted to anybody who would listen. The Blazers had just taken care of the depleted Washington Wizards 123-88 at Moda Center, but that wasn’t the win Clingan was […]

Braylon Mullins crushed Duke with an all-time March Madness dagger

Everyone and their mama lined up to rag on Kentucky Basketball for only winning one title with all the talent the program has had. Where is that same energy for Duke? They have signed 36 5-star players in 11 years and have zero national titles to show for it. And it will be at least […]

Braylon Mullins buzzer-beater sends Duke home, UConn to Final Four

UConn men’s basketball is heading to the Final Four for the third time in four years. The last two times, the Huskies cruised through the first few rounds on their way to the national semifinals. This time, it took an incredible comeback effort and an improbable buzzer-beater to take down the Blue Devils in their […]

UConn Comes Back In The Second Half, Wins 73-72

Duke and UConn once again put on a game for the ages, with the Huskies coming back for a dramatic 73-72 win. People will compare it to Houston’s comeback last year, but it’s not quite the same thing: this time, Duke’s Caleb Foster and Pat Ngongba were playing with serious foot injuries, and Maliq Brown […]

Three keys for 2-seed UConn to take down top overall seed Duke

Sunday evening is what it’s all about. Two marquee programs battling head-to-head for spot at the Final Four in Indianapolis next week. For UConn, it would be the Huskies’ third trip in the last four years and likely cement Alex Karaban as one of the greatest players in program history. For Duke, it would mark […]

DBR Bites #156 – Elite Eight Preview: How To Con UConn

It is two for the price of one today as the Duke Basketball Roundup gives you back-to-back episodes. After the recap of the St. John’s win, the major focus of this episode is looking ahead to Sunday’s Elite Eight opponent, the UConn Huskies. Jason and Donald welcome Scott Rich back to the pod to help […]

Duke Eliminates LSU in Sweet 16

A potential comeback for the ages and a fourth straight Elite 8 appearance was 2.6 seconds away for LSU (29-6) but instead a buzzer beater from Ashlon Jackson rolled around the rim and in to knock the Tigers out. Duke (27-8) got its revenge against LSU last night in Sacramento, eliminating the Tigers 87-85. The […]

Elite Eight Notes

The Elite Eight is now set: in the West, it’ll be Arizona vs. Purdue. In the Midwest, we’ll get Michigan vs. Tennessee. In the South, Iowa and Illinois will go at it, and in the East, Duke and UConn will fight for supremacy. Duke had a tense game with St. John’s, highlighted by Caleb Foster’s […]

Twitter Gold: What Else Could It Possibly Be?

Well, there’s really not much choice for tonight’s Gold – Ashlon Jackson made sure of that. Duke was in great shape in the fourth quarter against LSU when the Tigers made a tremendous comeback, outscoring Duke 10-0 down the stretch to take an 85-84 lead. Duke took one shot and missed, and then had just […]