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DBR Podcast #839 – Full Non-Con Schedule is Here
The final few pieces of the 2026-27 non-conference schedule have been announced and, whew, it is a doozy! DBR Podcast co-hosts, Jason and Donald, hop on to go through it and highlight some of the interesting quirks and realities of the whole thing. The guys also dig into the first full Duke Blue Planet episode of […]
A Look At Cam Williams’ NBA Potential
Duke has been recruiting at a very high level for a long time now. Over the last couple of years, for instance, Jon Scheyer has brought in Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel, and Cameron Boozer, but really, Duke has been killing it in recruiting for decades now. This year, along with Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje, Deron Rippey, […]
Woofing 101: Don’t Do It In The Summer
One of the fun things about basketball in the Triangle is that there are three teams that all woof at each other. The common element is that Duke and NC State historically hate UNC, while Carolina hates Duke and likes to condescend to State fans as if they’re the infamous little brother. Take this article […]
Twitter Gold: ESPN On Duke’s 2010 National Championship
We don’t have any way to know, of course, but if you asked Mike Krzyzewski which of his championship teams was his favorite, he might choose the 2010 team. There are a couple of reasons why that might be the case. First, the core of that team really grew. In 2008, they lost to West […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Player Profile: Maxime Meyer
As usual, Duke brought in a fair amount of high-end talent this year, and the one who probably gets the least amount of attention is Maxime Meyer, who is the subject of the latest Duke Chronicle player profile. That may not last. Meyer will be behind at least three guys as a freshman – Pat […]
Fear And Loathing Of Michael Malone? Not So Much
Jeff Goodman provoked one of the stupidest Duke-UNC conversations we’ve heard in a while when he said that the Duke staff is “scared” of UNC’s Michael Malone, partly because he has an NBA championship ring. Well, yeah, he does, but the team that he won that ring for also fired him because he lost his […]
Twitter Gold: Laettner’s Great Lesson
Christian Laettner built an immense legacy as a winner at Duke. He had two great buzzer beaters in the NCAA Tournament, one against UConn, and one immortal classic against Kentucky. He outdueled Shaquille O’Neal twice and did the same to Michigan’s Fab Five, including in the 1992 NCAA championship. By his senior year, he was […]
2026 ACC High School Recruits
It used to be a lot easier to put together a list of high school recruits, but between the portal, international recruits, and reclassified players, it’s gotten to be a much more complex situation. Really, it’s gone from recruiting season to roster-building season. Some schools hardly bother to recruit high school players anymore. So far, […]
Once Again, Duke’s Non-Conference Schedule Is No Joke
Duke’s non-conference schedule has been officially released, and, as usual, Jon Scheyer is putting his team through a gauntlet. Let’s take a look. Things open with Countdown to Craziness on Oct 3rd, then former Scheyer assistant Evan Bradds brings Belmont to Cameron for an exhibition (Oct 8), followed by a visit from Tennessee (Oct 20) […]
ACC Portal Tracker
Here is a list of ACC high school recruits, and some international signees too. BOSTON COLLEGE OUT IN CAL OUT IN CLEMSON OUT IN DUKE OUT IN FLORIDA STATE OUT IN GEORGIA TECH OUT IN LOUISVILLE OUT IN MIAMI OUT IN NORTH CAROLINA OUT IN NORTH CAROLINA STATE OUT IN NOTRE DAME OUT IN PITT […]
Chip Engelland Changed The Course Of Shane Battier’s Career
If you took all the players who have come through Duke Basketball since 1960, for argument’s sake, and you had to pick one guy who epitomizes what we think of as Duke Basketball, it would be hard to beat Shane Battier. When he came to Duke, a lot of people predicted he’d run for president […]
Where There’s A Will, There’s A Delay
Following the obligatory ribbing from Duke and UNC fans, after Will Wade left NC State after just one season, and under shady circumstances, Blue Devils and Tar Heels fans mostly agreed with our Wolfpack brethren: that was pretty shabby behavior. Well, karma may have pulled up at Baton Rouge: it’s the first week in August, […]
Twitter Gold: Cozell McQueen
The 1983 NC State team remains iconic, not least of all for Lorenzo Charles’ last-second dunk and Jim Valvano’s frantic effort to find someone, anyone, to hug after the Wolfpack took down mighty Houston. That team was seeded #6, and pulled off one of the most magical runs in NCAA history. State beat Pepperdine 69-67, […]
Duke-Georgia Date Set For Jimmy V Classic Encounter
We talked about the Duke-Georgia game in the Jimmy V Classic back in May, but the date hadn’t been released. Well, now we know: the Blue Devils and Bulldogs will face off in Madison Square Garden on December 8. As you probably know, Georgia is coached by Mike White, son of former Duke A.D. Kevin […]
Tommy Amaker Returns To Cameron In December
Back in the Krzyzewski era, Coach K said that he didn’t like to play against his former players who had become coaches. His successor, Jon Scheyer, has only coached for four seasons so far, and none of his players have become coaches, so he doesn’t have that issue. And so he has had no issue […]
ACC Preview #9 – Georgia Tech
#1 – UNC || #2 – NC State || #3 – Wake Forest || #4 – Virginia || #5 – Clemson||#6 – Miami || #7 – Louisville || ACC Preview #8 – Pitt At a further remove, the Bobby Cremins era looks much more like a great exception for Georgia Tech basketball, which, historically, has never been great, other than when he coached […]
YouTube Gold: Duke vs. Toronto Highlights From 2018
Duke has had some amazing teams over the years, but one of the most entertaining teams we’ve ever seen was the 2018-19 Blue Devils. That team, featuring Jordan Goldwire, Jack White, Cam Reddish, Tre Jones, RJ Barrett, and Zion Williamson, burst on the college scene like a supernova with a total destruction of Kentucky, 118-84. […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Player Profile: Deron Rippey
Jon Scheyer has been coaching Duke Basketball since 2022. In that time, his point guards have been Jeremy Roach, Caleb Foster, Tyrese Proctor, and Cayden Boozer, with cameos from Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel. He’s never had one quite like Deron Rippey, the subject of the Duke Chronicle’s latest new player profile. Rippey is more […]
Duke Football Season Preview: Part 2 – the Defense and Special Teams
The defensive back seven was decimated by injuries in 2025 so if one thing could change for 2026 better health would be at the top of the list. If there is a silver lining to last season’s injury cloud, it is that lots of players had to step up and in the process they gained […]
YouTube Gold: Kyrie Irving’s Best Game At Duke
Duke had an excellent chance of going undefeated in 2010-11. With a backcourt of Nolan Smith and Kyrie Irving, and a frontcourt of Kyle Singler, Mason Plumlee, Ryan Kelly, Miles Plumlee, and Seth Curry and Tyler Thornton off the bench, it was poised to be vastly better than the 2009-10 championship team. A lot of […]
Duke Recruiting: AJ Williams Reclassifies
Duke target AJ Williams was the top player in the class of ‘28 until he announced that he would reclassify to the class of ‘27 on Tuesday. As we saw in Istanbul this summer, Williams is a formidable rising talent. He’s got the potential to really be something. And at Peach Jam, he averaged 20 […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Player Profiles: Cameron Williams & Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje
The latest two player profiles from the Duke Chronicle are of freshmen big men Cameron Williams and Joaquim “JoJo” Boumtje Boumtje. We’ve all heard a lot about Boumtje Boumtje over the summer, but what really surprised us with the practice videos Duke has released lately is just how physically mature he is at 17 – […]
ACC Summer Roundup: Sad, Rad, And Kinda Bad
We have a minor summer ACC Roundup. First up: bad news for Miami as Marcus Allen has blown out an ACL and will miss the entire season. This is a terrible break for the kid, who just got over non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Here’s hoping he stays strong and fights his way back again. That’s just dreadful […]
YouTube Gold: Len Bias Explodes In Cameron
By 1986, two things were clear in the ACC: Len Bias was an astonishing talent bound for great things, and Duke was a program on the rise. The Blue Devils would go on to their first Final Four and national championship game under Mike Krzyzewski. It would not be their last. Bias, of course, would […]
Duke Football Season Preview: Part 1 – The Offense
When a new season approaches, it is better to focus on what you have rather than lament what you don’t have. This is especially true for Duke football fans in 2026. It is time to move forward. The first thing Duke has is coaching-staff stability. Head Coach Manny Diaz returns for his third season at […]
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