Latest news and updates about the Duke
Villanova has a history of impact big men in the lineup — especially during title runs over the last decade. This year, Duke Brennan has taken on that role after transferring in from Grand Canyon, a team that Kevin Willard and the Terps knocked out of the NCAA Tournament last year. After taking the Villanova […]
Syracuse kept up with Duke for about the first 11 1/2 minutes but after that it was all Duke in a 101-64 blowout. For the first few minutes, Syracuse did play well and to their credit they competed hard throughout. But Duke was just much, much better in this one. How much better? Cameron Boozer […]
Syracuse seeks a major win at Duke tonight. With only five games left to play in the college basketball regular season, Syracuse has little room for error if they hope to make the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament and/or the NCAA Tournament. While the later will be more difficult to attain, qualifying for the ACC Tournament [...] The post Syracuse Set to Play at Duke Tonight first appeared on Sports Then and Now .
Before Mike Krzyzewski got to Duke in 1980, we had the relatively brief Bill Foster era. Foster was more of a builder than a sustainer. He did a nice job at Rutgers, then again at Utah, before moving to Duke. He found some underappreciated talent in Jim Spanarkel, then Mike Gminski when he was college-eligible […]
The Syracuse Orange come to town on Monday night, and Duke has to do a quick turnaround to face them. We preview the upcoming game on DBR Bites #144. The Orange have some good players to look out for, but they haven’t been able to find the consistency as a team. We go through who […]
Outside the top 100 of KenPom, Likely to Miss the ACCT 18. Pittsburgh (Prev: 18, 2-11): Pittsburgh had a bad week losing by 16 and 14 to Duke and UNC, respectively. 17. Georgia Tech (Prev: 16, 2-11): Losers of 6 straight and 9 of 10, the bottom has dropped out for Georgia Tech. They took […]
Ken Jeong has understandably become a beloved figure among Duke Basketball fans. He’s one of us. He grew up in Greensboro and went to Duke. He did go to medical school in Chapel Hill, but nobody’s perfect. After his acting career took off with the Hangover movies, Jeong made his love of Duke Basketball more […]
After the joy that came from UNC’s comeback and eventual buzzer-beating win over Duke last weekend, it was followed up with a bit of a thud. Earlier this week, the Tar Heels went on the road at Miami and were put away by the Hurricanes, having never lead. Even more worryingly, Caleb Wilson exited the […]
The Duke Basketball Roundup once again welcomes former ESPN the Magazine and The Athletic writer/editor Jordan Brenner to the show. The host of The Underdogs podcast has watched Duke for years and knows how to look at the team through an analytical lens. His insight is always on point. As he has several times over […]
This past weekend was a big one on the sports calendar in general, but especially so for people with our particular affinities. The first UNC-Duke men’s basketball game of the season was on Saturday, and it ended up being quite the fun one for Tar Heels’ fans. Seth Trimble last second three-pointer gave Carolina a […]
The ACC did the Tar Heels no favors by scheduling a road game just days after their big showdown with Duke. North Carolina promptly responded by going down to South Florida and losing by nine to a Hurricane’s team that was in desperate need of a signature win. The Tar Heels were all too happy […]
We’ve had a game since then, but the magnitude of a rivalry game is such that we’re still talking about this. After Seth Trimble’s game-winner on Saturday, UNC students and other fans rushed onto the court in celebration. Twice, even! Immediately, this became the thing for salty Duke fans to latch on to as they […]
Duke’s win over Pitt was not flawless. It was not one we will talk about in years to come. But it was an important win, and some really good things happened—not least of all succeeding while Pat Ngongba had to sit due to a wrist injury. Pitt started out hot, running out to a 12-6 […]
UNC and Duke pulled in huge ratings Saturday. That should answer any questions about whether UNC/Duke is still the premier college basketball rivalry in the sport. Hint – It is. Saturday’s @DukeMBB vs @UNC_Basketball thriller was ESPN’s most-watched #NCAAMBB game in 4 years! 🏀 3.5M avg. viewers 🏀 Peak: 4.8M viewers 🏀 Up 53% from … Continue reading »
While a certain football game got a lot of the attention over the weekend, it was also a big weekend in college basketball. There were several marquee games that took place, but the biggest was probably the one we care about the most. Seth Trimble’s game winner on Saturday night gave UNC a big win […]
You’d be forgiven if you’ve decided to stay focused on Saturday night, especially since proud Myers Park alumnus Drake Maye didn’t exactly light the world on fire Sunday. We were all witness to an event that will be replayed for generations alongside the hype real for every game in the Carolina-Duke Rivalry from here on […]
After Saturday’s loss in Chapel Hill, Duke is off to Pitt to take the measure of Jeff Capel’s Panthers. And that’s an interesting team. There’s no question that at 9-15, Pitt is struggling. They’ve only won twice since December 30th, with a solid win over Georgia Tech, 89-66, and an 80-76 overtime win over Wake […]
UNC is coming off the heels of a massive win over Duke and are getting set to face off against Miami tonight. The Heels were able to accomplish a rare trifecta that they haven’t accomplished since the 80’s: they were able to beat Kansas Kentucky, and Duke in the same season. The jury is out […]
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 […]
With just about a month to go before the end of the regular season, you’d better make your NCAA move right about now. Sure, there are the conference tournaments, but do you really want to enter those tournaments on the bubble? Unless you win it, you aren’t guaranteed anything. In the ACC, Duke, UNC, Clemson, … Continue reading »
There is a decent chance that if you are reading this article, you are still in disbelief over what happened Saturday night. UNC climbed out of a pretty large hole to beat Duke off a buzzer beater from Seth Trimble, and the reaction across the internet was bonkers. It would take forever to highlight all […]
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 […]
With Duke and UConn falling, the opportunity was there for the Illini on Saturday night to put pressure on the top seed line. A win probably wouldn’t have moved the Illini up, but it would have made the margin very thin between themselves and UConn, in particular. Unfortunately, everything seemed to go wrong as it […]
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 […]
Carolina fans have spent approximately 14 years wondering when they will get to have their Austin Rivers moment against Duke. It was one of the most brutal losses the Tar Heels have faced against their heated rival, not because it ruined the season, but because of what the game always means to both schools. It […]