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Although we haven’t done it in a while, back in the day, we used to do an annual April Fool’s Day Joke (we stopped doing them because SB Nation asked that April Fool’s Jokes be identified as such in the body of the story, which sort of takes the fun out of it). Since it’s […]
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It doesn’t quite register in North Carolina the way it does in Indiana, but high school basketball in the Hoosier state is more or less a religion. The rest of the world got a glimpse of it through the movie Hoosiers, the best basketball movie ever made and one of the best sports movies period, […]
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 […]
Portal season is beginning to crank up, and that means lots of player movement. We’ll do our best to keep up with it here. The most notable players to make moves so far are Virginia Tech’s Neoklis Avdalas, Pitt’s Brandin Cummings, and Georgia Tech’s Baye Ndongo, who seemed to regress this season. More are certain […]
Starting close to home, it looks like NC State has opted to hire former Wolfpack point guard Justin Gainey. Gainey, 49, played for the Wolfpack from 1996-2000. He was an assistant at Elon, at App State under Jason Capel, at Arizona under Sean Miller, then at Marquette under Steve Wojciechowski, and most recently under Rick […]
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Back in 1989, Georgetown still carried the aura of Patrick Ewing. Ewing graduated in 1985, but he was so ferocious in his Hoya days that everyone just assumed that Alonzo Mourning could do the same things, and that in particular, he was as ferocious a defender as Ewing had been. It wasn’t a wild thought. […]
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 […]
There’s not a whole lot to say about Sunday’s loss to UConn, but we did want to mention a few things. First, we feel terrible for Cayden Boozer. If you’ll remember back when Caleb Foster was hurt, Boozer really stepped up. And it’s more than that, because that guy made winning plays over and over. […]
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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 […]
It wasn’t a great day for Duke Basketball, either on the men’s or women’s side, where Duke fell to UCLA, 70-58. Much like UConn, UCLA came back in the second half after a good first half by the Blue Devils. Duke shot just 23.3% in the second half, and it’s hard to win like that. […]
Pain. Duke’s season ends on a final second miracle 3 pointer to UConn, and unfortunately we have to talk about it. Jason and Donald gather to recap the game that ends the 2025-26 season on Episode 815. The Blue Devils had it all going in the first half. The second half saw them let a […]
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 […]
Iowa’s remarkable postseason came to a close Saturday night at the hands of Illinois, but it wasn’t easy. Illinois pulled away relatively late. Iowa proved to be a very tough out, which is down to good coaching. Why? Because Iowa’s talent is nowhere near that of Illinois. Bennett Stirtz has emerged as an NBA prospect, […]
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The late Bill Walton occupies a unique place in basketball history. He ranks with the greatest centers – Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Hakeem Olajuwon, among others – but injuries greatly limited his career. But when he was healthy, he was indisputably great. Boston Celtics teammate Robert Parish was speaking to former Celtic […]
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 […]
The Duke Blue Devils are in the Elite Eight! They win 80-75 over St. John’s sparked in part by a legendary performance from Caleb Foster in his return to the floor 20 days after surgery for a fractured foot. We recap the Sweet 16 win on Episode 814. Jason and Donald reflect on the win […]
After Duke’s remarkable win over St. John’s, the Blue Devils have to suck it up for another major encounter with a Big East team, and it’s UConn, and all the ties that it implies. For one, Duke and UConn have been the dominant programs in college basketball for some time: since 1991 in Duke’s case, […]
Nothing about Caleb Foster’s performance against St. John’s was normal. This would be true even without the circumstances surrounding his return to the Duke lineup. Foster scored Duke’s next seven points after the Blue Devils fell behind 10 points to the Red Storm with 15 minutes to go. He shook off an airballed three that […]
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 […]