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YouTube Gold: Kansas Visits Cameron
People tend to look at coaches like Roy Williams and Mike Krzyzewski and just assume that they were always going to be great. They forget about the struggles. It took Coach K a few years to establish his Duke program, and plenty of people wanted him gone before he did. Roy Williams took the Kansas […]
So Much For The Bidunga Rumor
Last night, we linked to a story that suggested Duke had pulled ahead of Louisville for Kansas transfer Flory Bidunga, but not so fast: Bidunga, along with Oregon transfer Jackson Shelstad, committed to Pat Kelsey’s Cardinals program Sunday afternoon. That’s a huge gain for Louisville and will virtually guarantee they’ll be rated in the top […]
Our Favorite Portal Rumor So Far
We used to think of recruiting as soap operas for guys, but what would that make portal season? You can’t really take it too seriously until players commit. In the meantime, well, it’s soap opera city. Take Flory Bidunga. Louisville fans thought he was a lock to be a Cardinal, but according to Big Red […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Profile: Maliq Brown
If every Duke player had a TV show named after him, we’d have one called this: Everybody Loves Maliq. Maliq Brown has been one of the best-loved players in Duke Basketball history. Why is that? Partly it’s because he’s just such a smart player. As the Duke Chronicle notes in its latest profile, Brown doesn’t […]
YouTube Gold: Duke-Rhode Island In The 1998 NCAA Tournament
In 1988, Duke was ascending but not yet a dominant power. The Blue Devils had gone to the Final Four in 1986 and the Sweet 16 in 1987, but the idea that Duke was about to become the premier brand in college basketball was ridiculous. The best coach in the country? Everyone knew that was […]
Grant Hill On Christian Laettner
Back in the day, Art Heyman really encapsulated something about Duke Basketball and became the face of the Blue Devils. That lasted a fairly long time, until the Foster era, really. You could argue about who took on that role in the late ‘70s. Was it Mike Gminski? Jim Spanarkel? Gene Banks? Kenny Dennard? We’d […]
YouTube Gold: Cameron Williams And Deron Rippey On Joining The Brotherhood
This is pretty cool: Krysten Peek got a chance to sit down with future Blue Devils Cameron Williams and Deron Rippey at the Nike Hoop Summit to talk about their decision to play for Duke. Both of them talk positively about playing for Jon Scheyer and his talents on both ends of the court, and […]
Cameron Boozer Wins The Wooden Award
As everyone knows by now, Cameron Boozer had an amazing year for Duke. He won the ACC Rookie of the Year, the ACC Player of the Year, the ACC Tournament MVP, First-Team All-American, the Karl Malone Award, the Oscar Robertson Trophy, The Sporting News Player of the Year, NABC Player of the Year, USBWA Player […]
Boozer Draft Predictions
With the season over, attention begins to turn to the NBA Draft and how the order will work out. This is frequently of interest to Duke fans since Blue Devils typically go high, and this year looks like no exception as Cameron Boozer will be off the board early. But how early? That depends on […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Profile: Patrick Ngongba
The latest Duke Chronicle player profile is of Patrick Ngongba, and from his freshman to sophomore seasons, Ngongba has grown as much as any Duke player in recent memory. If you remember, Ngongba missed much of his senior season in high school with a foot injury, and with Duke’s depth up front last season, we […]
About The Punches In The Dean Dome: Better Late Than Never
Normally, if we miss something and it’s not a timely story, we just let it go, but occasionally we make an exception, and this is one of those times. Back on February 7th when UNC upset Duke on Seth Trimble’s last-second three, Jon Scheyer said that his players were assaulted after the game. For that, […]
YouTube Gold: Larry Bird’s Other Great Talent
Since you’re here reading this site, you’re like us and hang out on the basketball side of the Internet a lot. And the most fun part of the basketball side of the Internet is Larry Bird. You can see the videos of his amazing skills, and that’s always fun, or you can go next-level and […]
A Case For Isaiah Evans To Return To Duke
Just a few days into the offseason, Duke has already seen two rotation pieces—Nik Khamenia and Darren Harris—enter the transfer portal. What the Blue Devils haven’t heard yet are any decisions regarding the NBA Draft. Cam Boozer is surely off to be a Top 3 pick. Dame Sarr and Pat Ngongba have challenging stay-or-go decisions […]
Duke Portal Update
As we have seen in recent years, the portal giveth, and the portal taketh away. So far this year, we’ve seen Darren Harris and Nik Khamenia enter the portal, and we’ve started to see Duke being discussed with guys looking for new schools as well. The most intriguing of these is probably Flory Bidunga of […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Profile: Isaiah Evans
The latest Duke Chronicle profile is of Blue Devil sophomore Isaiah Evans. As a freshman, Evans was a one-dimensional player, a three-point specialist. Basically, if his shot was on, he played, if not, he sat. This year was quite different. Evans is a great shooter, but he is a streaky shooter. This year, he went […]
YouTube Gold: Paul Westphal
Duke great JJ Redick stirred things up a while back when he said guys like Boston Celtic Bob Cousy were “plumbers and firemen” in the off-season and couldn’t play in today’s NBA. He had a point to an extent: although Cousy had phenomenal court vision, he was small by today’s standards, and if you watch […]
DBR Bites #159 – Silent K Hits The Portal Too
Another day, another portal decision for a Dukie. Nik Khamenia has decided to check out what else college basketball has to offer. The Duke Basketball Roundup crew says this one stings a bit more than losing Darren Harris. Jason and Donald say they could see glimpses of what Nik could become during his freshman campaign and […]
Nik Khamenia Enters The Portal
One of the things we truly hate about the portal is that players you really want to see stay and succeed decide to leave and try their luck elsewhere. On Tuesday, it was Darren Harris. On Wednesday? Nik Khamenia entered the portal. We really love watching him play. He’s hard-nosed and smart, and we only […]
Duke Chronicle Player Reviews Begin
The Duke Chronicle has started its annual series of player reviews. We’re coming in a bit late, but the first three are Cameron Boozer, Dame Sarr, and Darren Harris. As you know, Harris opted for the portal on Tuesday and Boozer is highly likely to declare for the NBA Draft this summer. Sarr may head […]
YouTube Gold: Wes Unseld
During Michigan’s win over UConn Monday night, Aday Mara threw a quick and devastating outlet pass over the Huskies’ defense that made announcer Bill Raftery excitedly say, “shades of Wes Unseld.” Many people immediately wondered: who the hell is Wes Unseld? And since he retired in 1981, a lot of readers were born well after […]
DBR Bites #158 – Farewell To Darren And More Roster Speculation
On the latest edition of DBR Bites, the podcast crew dives into a flurry of topics, starting with Darren Harris announcing his intention to enter the transfer portal. Jason and Scott are sad to lose a kid who clearly gave his all and loved the program, but they also acknowledge that Darren just didn’t perform in […]
Darren Harris Hits The Portal
It’s not a huge surprise, but Darren Harris has decided to put his name in the portal. He could always change his mind, of course, but realistically, he probably won’t. And we’re really going to miss him. Harris made some of the great hustle plays this season than Duke has seen in a while. He […]
The Cautionary Tale Of Elliot Cadeau
“They said I couldn’t do it,” Final Four Most Outstanding Player Elliot Cadeau said on social media after winning the National Championship. Who’s the “they?” His former team, the North Carolina Tar Heels. Cadeau, with the help of his teammates, also used some more colorful language to describe North Carolina. He’s not the only former […]
Did UNC Make A Good Hire In Mike Malone?
Word got out Monday afternoon that UNC has hired Mike Malone, most recently head coach of the Denver Nuggets and winner of the 2023 NBA championship, as its next coach. Reactions are mixed. Many UNC fans were baffled, but that’s not surprising. Like most fans, they aren’t steeped in the business side of basketball. That’s […]
Michigan Rolls, UConn Shows Heart, And College Basketball Wins
Hail to the victors, as Michigan wrapped up the first Big Ten national basketball championship since Michigan State’s title in 2000 (trivia question: when was the last time that a Big Ten team won the national championship that was not from the state of Michigan? Okay, it was Indiana in 1987. Second trivia question: when […]
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