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Well, that was bracing, wasn’t it? Missing 40% of its starting lineup without Patrick Ngongba and Caleb Foster, both sidelined with foot injuries, Duke took down Florida State, arguably the hottest team in the ACC, 80-79, when Robert McCray missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer. As expected, it was a tough game. Duke has […]
Duke opens ACC Tournament play against Florida State Thursday, and if you’ve been reading here, you know we think highly of Luke Loucks’ coaching job this season. Honestly? It’s been masterful. Loucks is not in the situation Duke is in. He is not able to get a steady stream of 5-star recruits. Instead, Loucks has […]
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The top of the 2025–26 college basketball board looks familiar going into March. Duke,Arizona, Michigan, Florida, Houston, and UConn have spent the final stretch of the regularseason clustered near the top of the AP poll and projected among the strongest seed lines.That group has earned the spotlight with elite records and consistent national results. The [...] The post Dark Horses in the 2025–26 College Basketball Futures Race first appeared on Sports Then and Now .
The ACC Tournament is finally here, and everyone involved in the event is playing for different things. For teams like SMU, Pitt, and Wake Forest, they are battling to find their way into the NCAA Tournament. For Duke, they’re looking to assert their dominance on the ACC and win the conference title yet again. Then […]
Inside the Duke locker room, there’s only one goal this week: cement the program’s conference dominance with an ACC Tournament title to accompany its outright regular season championship. Blue Devil fans, however, will be inundated with the glut of basketball games making up “Champ Week” outside of the ACC Tournament. While Duke’s status as a […]
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Bad March news as Duke has announced that Caleb Foster has a fractured bone in his foot and will be out “for the foreseeable future.” Additionally, Patrick Ngongba will miss the ACC Tournament, presumably as a precautionary measure. Aside from everything else, what a blow for Foster. That kid has worked his tail off to […]
The ACC Tournament has lost a bit of luster after North Carolina’s freshman phenom Caleb Wilson broke his thumb, ending his campaign. However, this league will still be entertaining from Tuesday all the way through the end of the season. The spotlight will be immense on Cam Boozer at Duke, but this league has far […]
Duke is set to open play in the ACC Tournament on Thursday, and as of now, it looks like it’ll be without Pat Ngongba and Caleb Foster, both out with foot injuries. Jon Scheyer has said that both are likely out this week, but Duke hasn’t released any details. There’s a strategic reason for that: […]
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If you asked people who their favorite Duke Basketball player is, you’d get some very different answers. Fans who saw Art Heyman play might pick him. People might pick Johnny Dawkins, too. More recently, we have a ton of players to choose from: JJ Redick, Kyrie Irving, Zion Williamson, Paolo Banchero, Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel, […]
The ACC has given us their end of season awards, and Duke cleaned up! We recap all the winners and team placements on DBR Bites #150. The ACC awards list is led by a near sweep of the main awards by Duke: Cameron Boozer won Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, Maliq […]
Well, here we are: the end of the regular season. It’s conference tournaments and the NCAA Tournament from here on out, and at the end of the 31-game march, there’s a trio of 29-2 teams at the top. Duke, Arizona, and Michigan all ran through their conferences with relative ease. The Blue Devils lost to […]
Duke cleaned up in ACC post-season honors Monday. Jon Scheyer was named ACC Coach of the Year, while Cameron Boozer was named both Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year. He was also First-Team All-ACC and on the All-Rookie Team. Maliq Brown got both Defensive Player of the Year and also Sixth Man […]
Daily updates begin today, even though this is going to be a quick one (for migraine-related reasons). The biggest changes since Friday … NOTES: (1) East (Washington, D.C., Fri./Sun.) Greenville (Thurs./Sat.) (1) Duke (ACC)(16) UMBC (AE) (8) Kentucky▲(9) TCU San Diego (Fri./Sun.) ▼(5) Texas Tech★(12) NORTHERN IOWA (MVC) ▲(4) Vanderbilt★(13) Hofstra (CAA) St. Louis (Fri./Sun.) […]
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There’s a good bit of work and play before we know exactly how things will shake out for the tournament, and who will be this year’s master of bracketology. One opponent that is very possible for Duke’s opening game: Tennessee State. It’s a #1 vs. #16 seed that’s made for TV. Why? Because it would […]
Congratulations to Duke, UCLA, Texas and West Virginia, the tournament champions of the ACC, Big Ten, SEC and Big 12, respectively. After forcing overtime against No. 12 Louisville, No. 13 Duke, the ACC Tournament’s No. 1 seed, won 70-65 to take their second-straight, and 10th overall, tourney title. In the Big Ten, No. 2 UCLA, […]
Going into last night’s game, Carolina fans understandably weren’t optimistic. Caleb Wilson, who was the best player on the floor in the first game against Duke, had to wait painfully from the bench as his team got ripped apart in the second half of round two. UNC held up pretty well against the Blue Devils […]
Duke returns to the ACC Championship game for the second year in a row after jamming Notre Dame three times on its final possession to win, 65-63. Irish star Hannah Hidalgo hit Cassandre Prosper for a three-point attempt with time running down, but she missed. Then Hidalgo missed a three of her own before Toby […]
UNC came into Saturday night’s game against Duke as big underdogs with the news that Caleb Wilson would miss the rest of the season with a broken thumb. The Tar Heels gave fans a glimmer of hope that they’d find a way to stay competitive before a 24-2 run absolutely buried them on their way […]
Despite an incredible 3rd quarter to overcome a deficit, the Notre Dame women’s basketball team came up short against the Duke Blue Devils by the time the clock hit zero for the game. Irish Come Up Just Short In ACC Semifinals To Duke DULUTH, Ga – The Fighting Irish fell in heartbreaking fashion to top-seeded Duke […]
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The Duke-UNC rivalry is full of classic, tense games that make your heart beat faster. Sometimes things go your way; sometimes the other guys get a win. There are also, in virtually every game, brilliant individual performances. Remember Ty Lawson? Tyler Hansbrough? Duke couldn’t stop those guys. It goes both ways, though. Grant Hill had […]