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In the annals of Duke Football, there is one play that stands alone, famous above all others. It took place in 1969, in the third quarter against UNC. Duke quarterback Leo Hart pretended to tie his shoelace during a timeout and Marcel Courtillet tossed the ball to Wes Chesson, who took off for the end […]
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Duke retained the Victory Bell and achieved bowl game eligibility via a 32-25 hard fought victory over North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Duke was committed to running the football for the entire game with Nate Sheppard leading the way with 90 yards on 22 carries followed by Anderson Castle with 49 yards and three touchdowns […]
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This is really a sad bit of news to pass on: Durham native, former Wake Forest star and long-time NBA player Rodney Rogers has died at 54, apparently of natural causes relating to his spinal injury. As many of you will remember, Rogers had an accident on an ATV in 2008 that left him paralyzed […]
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In one of the most balanced attacks in recent memory, Duke dismantled the Niagara Purple Eagles of Greg Paulus in the first game of The Brotherhood Run. DBR podcast hosts Jason and Donald were impressed with the defense, the shooting, the depth, and passing and just about everything else Duke put on display in this […]
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In Friday’s ACC Action, Davidson beat Boston College 59-49, Louisville survived Cincinnati 74-64, Virginia got by Northwestern 83-78, Florida State blew out Georgia Southern 98-72, Clemson took care of West Virginia 70-67, SMU trashed Arkansas State 100-69, Wake Forest nipped Memphis, 69-68, Seattle surprised Stanford 77-69 and Cal beat up on Sacramento State, 91-67. Wake […]
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As discussed in ACC Roundup Thursday, Wake Forest was sooooo close against Michigan and Texas Tech, barely losing both games. That changed in the Bahamas. As discussed in Saturday’s ACC Roundup, Wake ran the basic play that Valparaiso ran in 1998 to upset Ole Miss. Homer Drew called it “Pacer.” We don’t know what Wake […]
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As you probably know, for much of America, Kon Knueppel has been an utter revelation with the Charlotte Hornets. Duke fans had a pretty good idea, of course. We saw an unusually intelligent player in Cameron last year. There were questions about his athleticism, which he’s answered, but never about his maturity or character. He’s […]
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Duke’s game against Niagara started with a sweet moment as Mike Krzyzewski came to the court and met with his former players and teammates Jon Scheyer and Greg Paulus and you could tell there was a lot of respect and affection between the three of them. It was a nice thing to see, but it […]
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This weekend, Duke welcomes Niagara, coached by former Blue Devil Greg Paulus, and Howard, by former Blue Devil Kenny Blakeney, to Cameron. Niagara is up first, on Friday. Paulus took over at Niagara when his boss, Patrick Beilein, resigned before ever coaching a game. He said this at the time: “It is with heavy regret […]
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In Thursday’s ACC Action, Wake Forest lost a tight game to Texas Tech, 84-83, Pitt fell to UCF 77-67 and Miami was the sole winner with a 99-72 victory over Elon. Wake Forest gave Texas Tech a heck of a game in the Baha Mar Championship and might have won if it had made a […]
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is now 78 years old, which means he’s seen a lot of basketball, and he played against a lot of great players in his day. In this video, he lists his five favorite players: These are very different men, but they all have some things in common. First, they played the game the […]
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Duke had another tough road game at South Florida Thursday, where the Blue Devils lost, 85-72. This follows the loss to Baylor in Paris and the fiasco against West Virginia this past Friday, where starter Jordan Wood taunted a West Virginia defender just before halftime which led to all of the Mountaineers who were on […]
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Duke had another tough road game at South Florida Thursday, where the Blue Devils lost, 85-72. This follows the loss to Baylor in Paris and the fiasco against West Virginia this past Friday, where starter Jordan Wood taunted a West Virginia defender just before halftime which led to all of the Mountaineers who were on […]
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It is a weekend to celebrate connections at Duke as Kenny Blakeney and Greg Paulus come home… and they bring their basketball teams with them. The Brotherhood Run will feature Duke against Niagara (coached by Paulus) on Friday and Duke against Howard (coached by Blakeney) on Sunday. Oh, and the two teams will play each […]
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Duke (5-5, 4-2) travels to Chapel Hill Saturday to face North Carolina (4-6, 2-4) and attempt to retain possession of the Victory Bell, which Duke took last season via a 21-20 victory over the Tar Heels. Game time is 3:30 EST with television coverage provided on the ACC Network. The Blue Devils are currently favored […]
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ACC voters predicting the league order of finish in men’s basketball this season put Duke, Louisville, and UNC as the top three finishers, and in that order. Fair enough. All made it to the ’25 NCAA tournament, with the Blue Devils reaching the Final Four. Each returned a smattering of valued veterans and recruited well […]
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In Wednesday’s ACC Action, Virginia Tech took out Bryant, 78-61 and Notre Dame topped Bellarmine 86-79. Freshman Christian Gurdak came off the bench and had a very productive game with 15 points on 7-9 from the floor and 8 boards. Mike Young said “[t]hat was a heck of an effort. He was as good tonight […]
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In 1983, the college basketball world got a memo from Georgetown that basically read: uh-oh. As a freshman, Patrick Ewing looked like the second coming of Bill Russell. He could run the court like few big men ever have and he shut down the lane pretty much completely. Against UNC in the finals that year, […]
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We’re back with Episode 771 to recap Duke’s big win against Kansas in the Champions Classic! Jason and Donald are still happy after a Duke performance that took out the Jayhawks in a big game at Madison Square Garden. They start with the headlines from the game and get into all of the good things […]
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Duke’s win over Kansas was not perfect, but you’re seeing the outlines of this team come into focus. Obviously Cameron Boozer is the focus. You can’t ignore him anywhere, because he can score inside or out and even if you have an athletically superior defender like Flory Bidunga, Boozer has a knack that not everyone […]
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In Tuesday’s ACC Action, Florida State took care of UT Martin 87-73, Boston College beat Hampton 63-52, Georgia Tech nipped Georgia Southern 68-66, SMU pounded Arkansas-Pine Bluff 106-60, Syracuse got by Monmouth 78-73, Stanford smacked Louisiana 93-66, Cal topped Presbyterian 67-57 and UNC sank a gutty Navy team, 73-61. And all we can say to […]
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Duke has had some wonderful walk-ons over the years and some who became critical. In 1977, when Tate Armstrong was injured and the guard core was thin, walk-on Bruce Bell became a starter and played really well for Duke. Around the same time, Rob Hardy became a very useful player. In more recent times, Justin […]
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Duke beat a limited Kansas team in the Champions Classic in New York,but it wasn’t a perfect game by any means. In the first part of the first half, Kansas did exactly what it needed to in the absence of star freshman Darryn Peterson – the Jayhawks turned Duke over and got out in transition, […]
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In some respects basketball scheduling in 2025-26 is what it ever was – aimed to provide enough favorable game sites and timing of contests to protect a coach’s job, satisfy existing relationships, entertain fans, and fashion a formidable oncourt unit. Not necessarily in that order. Increasingly, schedules also are conjured to produce a propitious program […]
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