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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 hit the shot heard around the basketball world Sunday night, swishing a 35-footer with 0.3 seconds to put UConn ahead of Duke 73-72 and send the Huskies to their eighth Final Four. The improbable shot after the deflection from Silas Demary Jr. came from the hands of Alex Karaban, who passed up an […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Welcome to the first day of the 2026 Elite Eight! We’ve got No. 6-seed Notre Dame facing No. 1-overall seed UConn in Fort Worth on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on ABC. Then, No. 3-seed Duke will meet No. 1-seed UCLA in Sacramento at 3 p.m. ET, also on ABC. The Huskies and Bruins are […]
UConn men’s basketball (32-5) will look to get punch its ticket to a third Final Four in the past four seasons as the Huskies are set to take on 1-seed Duke (35-2) in the Elite Eight on Sunday evening at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. The Blue Devils finished as the double champ in […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year and a half on from Hurricane Helene, I-40 in some areas between North Carolina and Tennessee is still down to just one lane in each direction. The hurricane changed the communities and families in those Appalachian regions of the states, but passing through that section in either direction will take […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
UConn men’s basketball is back in the Elite Eight for the third time in the last four seasons. The 2-seed Huskies took down 3-seed Michigan State in Washington D.C., leading by as much as 19 but holding on for a 67-63 victory. Top overall seed Duke awaits UConn on Sunday evening, with the Blue Devils […]
The Johnnies left it all out on the court for over forty electric minutes. They traded big play after big play with a proven national title contender. However, they couldn’t close the deal at the end. St. John’s’ deepest foray through the NCAA Tournament this century ends after three games, as the Red Storm fell […]
Rick Pitino is one of the all-time great coaches in the history of college basketball. For Duke to get to the Final 4, Jon Scheyer was going to have to match up with some Hall of Famers. How would he handle it in a tight game? Well, if the Sweet 16 was any indication – … Continue reading »
Welcome to the thread for Friday’s NCAA Tournament game between St. John’s and Duke, where the winner advances to face either Michigan State or UConn in the Elite Eight. Please be respectful in the comment section and do not share any illegal streams of the game. You can follow updates of this game on Rumble […]
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When a college basketball fan thinks of the sport, it’s hard not to start with the Blue Bloods. Kentucky. North Carolina. Duke. Kansas. UCLA. All of these programs together — with possibly the recent surge from UConn — write most (if not all) of the history of college basketball. St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino […]