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As Kara Lawson’s Blue Devils cranked up the turnover machine again against SMU in a 59 point win, we’d like to propose an aspirational new stat which Duke got pretty close to. Let’s call it the turnover/rebound inversion: Duke forced 25 turnovers to just 29 rebound by the Mustangs. It’s absolutely crazy to think that […]
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 […]
In Saturday’s ACC Action, Virginia beat Syracuse 72-59, Louisville got by Wake Forest 88-80, NC State took care of Virginia Tech 82-73, SMU knocked off Pitt 86-67, Miami got a tough game from BC before prevailing 74-68, Florida State squeaked past Notre Dame 82-79, Stanford dismissed Georgia Tech 95-72 and Clemson slammed Cal 77-55. For […]
“Throw out the records.” “Anything can happen on any given night.” There are dozens of over-used idioms that make the same point: at their core, all athletic competitions have an element of chance. The mathematically-inclined would call that a sequence of random events. The best athletes and teams maximize the likelihood that the things in […]
Here are some really interesting videos that get into Dan Dakich’s relationship with Bob Knight, both as a player and and as an assistant coach. The first two appear to be from the same Dan Patrick interview and in that video, Dakich is very unhappy with his former coach. Basically he calls him out as […]
Update – a controversy has arisen after UNC’s court storming following the win over Duke Saturday night. Jon Scheyer says staff members were punched in the face. Another Duke-UNC classic in the books with the Tar Heels winning on a last-second three by Seth Trimble, 71-68. The Blue Devils started out brilliantly, despite UNC nearly […]
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If you’ve followed any of the media coverage hyping up the latest matchup along Tobacco Road tonight, you might be convinced it will simply be a game of one-on-one between Cameron Boozer and Caleb Wilson. Certainly, those freshman stars will surely play a major part in deciding the victor. However, games between Duke and UNC […]
We’ve gotten a few crank e-mails lately from people who are saying stuff like we’re only talking about Cooper Flagg because he’s white or something along those lines, which is obviously ridiculous. Take his last four games. Here’s what he’s done: Did we mention he’s 19? Overall, Flagg is averaging 20.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg and […]
In Saturday’s ACC Action, Syracuse visits Virginia, Louisville is off to Wake Forest, Virginia Tech is in Raleigh to play the Pack, SMU checks in at Pitt, Miami jets up to Beantown to play Boston College, Florida State visits the Fighting Irish, Clemson is at Cal and Georgia Tech takes on Stanford. Some of these […]
For Game Day, we thought we’d feature arguably the greatest buzzer beater for Duke in the history of the Duke-UNC thang. Candidates include Gene Banks’ 1981 thriller and the double buzzer beaters by Tre Jones and Wendell Moore, but Austin Rivers’ buzzer beater just had…so much…swagger. When UNC misses, Miles Plumlee gets the rebound and […]
Date 2/7 || Time 6:30 || Venue DeanDome || Video ESPN America’s greatest sports rivalry resumes Saturday when #4 Duke visits #14 UNC. The focus will naturally be on freshmen stars Cameron Boozer and Caleb Wilson, but that’s an oversimplification. First, there are a number of good players on both teams and second, it’s not […]
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 3: Cameron Boozer #12 of the Duke Blue Devils takes a drink in the second half against the Boston College Eagles at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 3, 2026 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Chronicle’s 2025-26 Duke men’s basketball rivalry edition The history of the Duke-North Carolina men’s basketball rivalry, told through The Chronicle’s coverage Davis Beischer would do anything for Duke men’...
One of the better Duke-UNC games, at least from Duke’s point of view, came on February 28th, 1998, when Carolina visited Cameron. UNC was ranked #3 and Duke #1, but the Tar Heels took a 12-point lead into halftime before stretching it out to 17 after the break. But Duke wasn’t giving up. It had […]
We’re doubling our preview of the Duke-UNC game! On Episode 794, we welcome back Jay Bilas to break down the matchup between the Blue Devils and the Tar Heels. We start on the UNC side, and Jay tells us what’s made their bigs so successful and where UNC will have to perform well if they […]
Duke’s incredible win streak is now at 14 with a thrilling 59-58 road win over #6 Louisville. Duke led for much of the game before Louisville tied it up at 46-46 and then hit a three to push out in front, 49-46. The Blue Devils pushed back out in front by 6 but the Cardinals […]
We sort of wondered why the Charlotte Hornets traded for two point guards at the last minute, but now we know: they’re sending former Duke guard Tyus Jones to Dallas. This will give them first of all a very solid point guard for the moment and a really good backup when fellow former Blue Devil […]
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In Wednesday’s ACC Action, Notre Dame pushed Louisville but lost 76-65, Cal slipped by Georgia Tech 90-85 and Clemson stole one at Stanford, 66-64. It was a back-and-forth game but the last few minutes were sort of a battle of futility. Ebuka Okorie hit a meaningless uncontested shot as time ran out but other than […]
When we posted this yesterday, we knew some of you would have memories that we didn’t mention and sure enough, John wrote in to remind us of the 1981 classic. This was the final home game for Kenny Dennard and Gene Banks and Banks, who was one of the most charismatic players ever at Duke, […]
With BC in the rear view, the Duke world can officially turn our attention to the hated Tar Heels. The Duke Basketball Roundup is going to have multiple previews of this weekend’s big game and it all starts with Jason and Donald doing a deep deep deep dive into this year’s Carolina team. What are […]
Former Duke point guard Tyus Jones has been traded from the Orlando Magic to the Charlotte Hornets, where he’ll join fellow former Blue Devil Kon Knueppel. He’ll most likely back up LaMelo Ball. Given Ball’s injury history, having a solid backup is a really good idea. Charlotte got some redundancy there, also trading for former […]
Two major trades Wednesday involving former Duke stars Jared McCain and Marvin Bagley: McCain will join Oklahoma City and Bagley is heading south of there to Dallas. These were big deals. The Sixers sent McCain to OKC for the Rockets 2026 first round pick and three second round picks. As for the Wizards-Mavericks trade, Dallas […]
There are apparently some people who still think that Cooper Flagg is the product of hype, the latest Great White Hope, but the facts on the court show how lazy that sort of thinking is. Because Flagg is just killing it. These are some stats from the last three games: Over his last 10 games, […]
We are a few days away from the first Duke-UNC meeting and UNC is playing well enough to hold up their end of the bargain. As you know, the Blue Devils and Tar Heels have the best rivalry in sports and routinely put on games that we talk about for years afterwards. There are games […]