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As longtime DBR readers will know, Jason Robichau is sort of our official artist. He’s done some amazing work over the years. If you look here, you’ll see a couple of his earlier Duke works, including one of Shane Battier blocking a UNC player, which is really good. There’s also a beautiful lithograph of Coach […]
Honestly, Duke fans were probably confident that Kon Knueppel would do well in his rookie season in the NBA, but probably most of us figured he’d spend a year getting his feet wet and emerge as a fine player as his career develops. But this? Who expected this? Hype can always get out of hand, […]
Duke will play defending national champs Florida in the ACC/SEC Challenge and while we’ll get to that in ad day or two, we thought it was worth it to look at this article from CBS Sports and pass it on. The article is about how teams have adjusted their lineups, and one of the schools […]
As Duke fans know, Jared McCain was a leading candidate for Rookie of the Year last year until a knee injury finished his season. Then this season, he had a wrist injury that kept him out of action. Well, he’s back now, and it looks like he’s picking up where he left off. Wearing the […]
Have you wondered, like we have, how Cameron Boozer stacks up against Cooper Flagg? Well, we have the answer now: who cares? They’re both great! Boozer certainly was as Duke won a back-and-forth Thanksgiving affair in the Windy City over Arkansas, 80-71. It’s become a bit of an unfortunate trend but Duke started slow against […]
The Players Era Women’s Championship is a first-of-a-kind tournament, with each of the participating teams—No. 2 South Carolina, No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Texas and Duke—receiving $1 million for playing in the Final Four-style event held at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, NV. That means each player will earn around $75,000 for playing a […]
Time does move on and things blend together. So while we all remember that Mike Krzyzewski won a lot of games (1,202) we forget the game where he became the all-time winningest coach with 903, passing his mentor, Bob Knight. That was against Michigan State in 2011 in Madison Square Garden. Win #1000 was also […]
The impression was likely made at the turn of this century, and has persisted despite fading relevance for going on a decade. Now an intimation of those better times may be at hand. We know that the number of games a team wins at the outset of a season isn’t particularly noteworthy – it’s more […]
The team, which has been playing for teammate Mia Hamant all season, will continue its tournament run against Duke.
Two times this season there was real hope and excitement inside Kenan Stadium. Two times those hopes were dashed in such a fashion that creates wounds that’ll fester and be tough to heal. On Saturday, Kenan Stadium was hyped up as the Tar Heels actually put together a couple of good second half drives and […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
There are reasons for UConn, USC and Tennessee fans to be excited about the class of 2026. Same goes for those that support Duke and Kentucky. But, at least for now, the Texas faithful are on top. This week, the Longhorns and head coach Vic Schaefer secured the commitments of two top-10 2026 recruits: Brihanna […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Although Indiana State surprised Duke by running out to a 14-4 lead thanks to some sensational early three point shooting, reality settled in quickly for the Sycamores as Duke pushed back, going up 15-14. Indiana State went up 17-15, but after that, it was almost all Duke. Cameron Boozer had a sensational first half, finishing […]
AJ Dybantsa has been on most UConn fans’ radar since the Cooper Flagg arms race. When it became clear Flagg was a strong Duke lean, many looked to the Brockton, MA kid as the real prize. The hype grew after Flagg’s critically-acclaimed freshman year down in Durham; UConn gets another crack at a guy like […]
Date 11/14 || Time 7:00 || Venue Basketball Paradise || Video ACC Network Duke welcomes Indiana State to Cameron Friday evening. The Sycamores are of course most famously associated with one of the great legends of the game in Larry Bird, who led ISU to an undefeated season in 1979 before losing to Magic Johnson […]
It was pretty clear that the ACC would be better this season, but we didn’t fully anticipate how good some of the new players would be. Obviously we were aware of Duke’s recruits, particularly Cameron Boozer, currently projected as a Top 3 draft pick next June. However he’s far from the only major talent to […]
All of Duke’s NBA rookies were in action Monday night except for one and Cooper Flagg had perhaps his best game yet. Flagg hit for 26 points, shooting 9-15/1-5 for 60%. He also had four assists, two steals and a block in a 116-114 loss to Milwaukee. Meanwhile, in Charlotte, Kon Knueppel continued his strong […]