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Quick, somebody check the calendar. Is it March? No? Well it sure seemed like it was March at the Zoo Friday evening as Pitt pulled off a beautiful November buzzer beater. Down 66-64 to Ohio State with 3.9 to play, Pitt got the ball in to Damarco Minor. A 6-0 guard who spent two years […]
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The Duke Basketball Roundup is breathing a huge sigh of relief after the Blue Devils took down a spirited and extremely talented Arkansas club in a Thanksgiving night matchup that was non-stop thrills. As Jason and Donald tell us, this was more than just the Cameron Boozer show as Duke’s Player of the Year candidate […]
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Not surprisingly, the Boozer family showed up on Thanksgiving in the United Center to watch Cameron and Cayden compete against Arkansas. You may remember that Carlos played for the Bulls, but it probably didn’t occur to most of you (like it didn’t to us), that Cameron and Cayden had spent time in the United Center […]
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Date 11/29 || Time 3:30 || Venue Wallace Wade || Time 3:30 Duke (6-5, 5-2) hosts Wake Forest (8-3, 4-3) on Saturday at 3:30 pm EST in the regular season finale. TV coverage provided on the ACC Network. The Blue Devils are currently favored by 1.5 points. Both teams are coming off victories in their […]
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It’s difficult to imagine now just how thoroughly the UCLA Bruins dominated college basketball as TV emerged as a defining medium in American life, and court opportunity began to extend widely to players both Black and white. The Bruins’ hegemony emerged so long ago, Wake Forest’s Steve Forbes and Virginia Tech’s Mike Young, the ACC’s […]
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In Thursday’s ACC Action, BYU whacked Miami 72-62, Michigan State smote UNC 74-58, Saint Mary’s got Virginia Tech 77-66 and Stanford took down Minnesota 72-68. Miami actually did pretty well. BYU, most would agree, is on a higher level than the ‘Canes. Yet they hung in there. Miami kept up with a much more talented […]
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In the first half of Duke’s game against Arkansas Thanksgiving night, Cameron Boozer hit a level very few players hit. He was in total takeover mode and just crushed Arkansas. This video is of his first-half eruption. Boozer is a lot of things in a single player. On the one hand, he is athletically talented, […]
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The season hasn’t gone brilliantly for Duke women so far. The Blue Devils have lost to Baylor, West Virginia, South Florida, South Carolina Wednesday night by 17 and now to UCLA on Thanksgiving, 89-59. Ashlon Jackson finished with 18 and Toby Fournier had 17 points and 1o rebounds. Duke shot just 27,3% on threes and […]
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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 […]
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Hi – Unfortunately, almost certainly due to user error, we are unable to post. That’s the downside. On the upside, it’s a holiday and most of you are about to experience a wonderful meal and great times with your family, so you should probably be doing that anyway. We’ll just take this as a rare […]
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Date 11/27 || Time 8:00 || Venue United Center || Video CBS Duke travels to Chicago this week for a Thanksgiving evening game against John Calipari’s Arkansas. It’s still kind of strange to write that. Cal had been at Kentucky for a long time and was a dominant presence in the sport, for a time […]
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In Tuesday’s ACC Action, UNC topped St. Bonaventure 85-70, Cal surprised UCLA 80-72, NC State struggled but ultimately bucked Boise State 81-70, Notre Dame handled Rutgers 68-63, Kansas got Syracuse 71-60, FSU knocked out Cal State Bakersfield 89-59 and Wake Forest throttled Campbell, 99-51. UNC struggled in the first half, leading just 35-33 at the […]
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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 […]
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Thanksgiving will be extra special for Duke fans this year as the Blue Devils play in prime time on CBS against the Arkansas Razorbacks of John Calipari. Coach Calalways has a talent-laden roster and this year is no exception with multiple players who figure to be in the lottery conversation when the NBA Draft rolls […]
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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 […]
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In Monday’s ACC Action, Louisville hammered Eastern Michigan 87-46, NC State got a reality check from Seton Hall, 85-74 and Redford fell at SMU, 89-72. And in the Players Era Festival, Notre Dame lost to Kansas 71-61 and Syracuse nearly pulled off a major upset, losing to Houston 78-74 in overtime. Making this more impressive, […]
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In this video, Bill Walton is asked who is the true GOAT, Mike Krzyzewski or John Wooden? There is an argument for both of course. John Wooden did things that no one will ever do again, winning 10 championships including every championship from 1967 to 1973 (the others were ‘64, ‘65 and ‘75, his last […]
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Kenny Blakeney has a unique spot in Duke history: he was there for the highest watermark in program history, the back-to-back titles (redshirted for the first and played on the second) and was also there in 1994-95, when things fell apart. In fact, he was a captain the year Duke had epaulets on their uniforms, […]
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In Sunday’s ACC Action, Clemson nipped Georgia in overtime, 97-94, Miami smoked Delaware State 97-41, Georgia Tech took out West Georgia 82-66, Butler slipped by Virginia 80-73, BC lost to Tulane in OT 93-90 and Pitt fell to Quinnipiac, 83-75. First question: who the hell is Quinnipiac? Just kidding, sort of. Quinnipiac is well known […]
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Bear in mind that it’s just November and things can change, but both Kon Knueppel and Cooper Flagg are currently leading candidates for NBA Rookie of the Year. What’s really wild is just how closely their statistical profiles parallel. If you can’t see the chart below, you can compare them with these links: Knueppel || […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Date 11/23 || Time 4:00 || Venue Cameron Indoor Stadium || Video ACC Network Duke will play Kenny Blakeney’s Howard on Sunday in the third leg (fourth if you count UCF in the exhibition season) of the Brotherhood Run. The second leg, this weekend anyway, was won by Howard on Saturday, as the Bisons handled […]
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In Sunday’s ACC Action, Clemson takes on Georgia, Delaware State visits Miami, West Georgia hits Hotlanta to see about them Yellow Jackets, Virginia and Butler play in the Greenbrier Tip-Off, Quinnipiac challenges Pitt in something called the Skyscanner Legends Classic and Tulane matches skills with Boston College in the Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic – Lowcountry […]
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