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Tyus Jones Waived By Dallas
In what was apparently a joint decision, the Dallas Mavericks have waived former Duke point guard Tyus Jones. For the Mavericks, it opens up a path to sign rookie Ryan Nembhard. The Gonzaga product was on a two-way and has exceeded expectations. As for Jones, he would like to be on a playoff team. If […]
Twitter Gold: Dame Sarr Is A Lights-Out Defender
Duke has had a banner year to date, and a big part of why it’s been so great is the defense. And there’s a lot to that. Caleb Foster and Isaiah Evans have vastly improved as defenders. Pat Ngongba is seriously underrated as a defender. And of course, Maliq Brown is a brilliant defender who […]
Duke Dominates Virginia, Wraps Up #1 Seed In Charlotte
We thought Virginia was better than that. Whatever else we might have thought, we never thought that Duke would have a 28-point lead on a good Virginia team. And winning 77-51? Not what we expected – not at all. But that’s what happened as Duke wrapped up the #1 seed for the ACC Tournament. And […]
This Take On Cayden Boozer Seems Really Off
Honestly, we’d never heard of Eddie Links before. Great name, but we hadn’t heard of him. He advertises himself as a “High level Ball Knower,” and maybe he is. But what he says about Cayden Boozer seems really wrong. There’s no question that Cameron and Cayden are on different tracks. Cameron is much taller, 6-9 […]
ACC Roundup – Only A Few Games Left In The Regular Season
In Saturday’s ACC Action, NC State visits Notre Dame, Florida State heads up to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech, Louisville cruises over to Clemson, BC heads down to Miami, Pitt drops in on Cal on the West Coast swing, Syracuse checks in with Wake Forest, SMU gets Stanford, and Virginia Tech visits UNC. Here’s […]
YouTube Gold: The Classic 1974 ACC Championship
This has been a season of hope for NC State. Will Wade’s team hasn’t been perfect, but it has certainly had its moments, notably an absolute destruction of UNC (albeit without Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar, but still, good for the Wolfpack soul). State has wandered in the desert often since the departure of Jim […]
Next Up – Virginia
Date 1/28 || Time 12:00 p.m. || Venue Cameron Indoor Stadium || Video ESPN Soon we’ll have votes for ACC honors and when it comes to ACC Coach of the Year, we think there are four legitimate candidates: Luke Loucks of Florida State, Jai Lucas of Miami, Jon Scheyer of Duke, and Ryan Odom of […]
Twitter Tarnished Gold – St. John’s Misses 24 Straight Shots
If you ever wondered what 24 straight missed shots – Kevin Keatts, you can sit this one out – here’s your answer. St. John’s did this Wednesday night against UConn and while much of it was UConn’s defense, especially inside, a lot of it was just, for whatever reason, a bad shooting night by the […]
Duke Knocks Off FSU, Claims Share Of ACC Regular Season Championship
Duke bounced back from a last-second defeat at Clemson with a solid 80-52 win that clinched at least a share of the regular-season ACC championship. The Seminoles kept it close for the first half, down just 33-29 at the break. Duke dominated the third quarter, 22-11, and the fourth quarter as well, 25-12. Toby Fournier […]
Kon Knueppel Shatters An NBA Rookie Record
When Caleb Foster had various members of the Duke team on the Brotherhood Podcast before last season started, he asked everyone who had surprised them the most. Just about everyone said Kon Knueppel, and that kind of got your attention. This past fall, before the NBA season started, someone asked Charlotte GM Jeff Peterson if […]
DBR Bites #147 – Pivotal Cavalier Showdown
We are back with DBR Bites #147 as the Duke Blue Devils prepare for a showdown against the Virginia Cavaliers in a battle for 1st in the ACC! Virginia has been playing very well lately, but so has Duke. We take you through what Virginia has done to date and why they have been so […]
If The ACC Tournament Started Today…
A lot can still change, but if the ACC Tournament started today, here’s what we’d see: First, Boston College, Pitt, and Georgia Tech would stay home. #8 SMU and #9 Virginia Tech would start things on Tuesday, followed by #12 Florida State and #13 Stanford, followed by #10 Syracuse and #15 Notre Dame, while #11 […]
Some Quick National Notes As Selection Sunday Approaches
Selection Sunday is only two Sundays away and there are some interesting national storylines developing. Here are a few to keep track of: Go to the DBR Boards to find Blue Healer Auctions | Drop us a line
ACC Roundup – Weak Forest Returns, Cal, Stanford Win
In Wednesday’s ACC Action, Boston College nipped Wake Forest, 68-67, Stanford took down Pitt, 75-67, and Cal surprised SMU, 73-69. Boston College led Wake Forest for much of the game and was up 64-56 with 1:42 left. Juke Harris hit a pair of threes, with the last coming with 18.8 left and giving the Deacs […]
YouTube Gold: Marquette Beats UNC For The 1977 National Championship
In 1976-77, Dean Smith had been the coach at UNC for 16 years and had long since established himself as one of the best coaches in college basketball. He had been to the Final Four in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1972. When the U.S. basketball team allegedly lost to the Soviets in 1972, Smith was […]
DBR Podcast #802 – Beatdown in South Bend
Well, that was fun! The Blue Devils showed exactly zero mercy facing an injured and outmanned Notre Dame club on Tuesday night, throttling the Irish in a game that felt like it was over only minutes after it had begun. There are so many superlatives coming out of the win — the biggest Notre Dame home […]
A Bit Of Perspective On What Duke Did To Notre Dame
What can you say after a game like Duke had against Notre Dame but: wow. The numbers, the history…it’s all staggering. This was the worst loss for Notre Dame in over 100 years….128 to be exact. Think about that for a minute. The only worse loss Notre Dame has ever suffered was in the freaking […]
ACC Roundup – Virginia Rolls, Miami Wins Too
In Tuesday’s ACC Action, Miami beat Florida State, 83-73, and Virginia just walloped NC State again, this time, 90-61, which was a lot worse than the loss in Raleigh on January 3rd. Virginia won that time, 76-61, after State cut into a massive lead late. No such luck this time. Virginia just crushed State. The […]
YouTube Gold: Vic Bubas On Banning The Dunk
In 1967, the NCAA banned the dunk shot. Publicly, the cartel was concerned about injuries but the general theory was that it was because of one player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor. At 7-2, Jabbar was nearly impossible to guard in college, leading UCLA to three straight national titles. He was so far […]
Irish Wake: Duke Devastates Notre Dame On The Road
Any concerns that Duke might be flat after Saturday’s big win over Michigan evaporated quickly in South Bend as the Blue Devils rolled to a 100-56 win. Duke set the tone early against Notre Dame, going inside to Patrick Ngongba for a quick layup and shortly after forcing an early shot-clock violation by the Irish. […]
National Players Of The Year Is A Duke Tradition
We’re understandably a bit prejudiced because we live in ACC territory – in other words, America from sea to shining sea — but the conversation has changed little as the 2025-26 season unfolded. Cameron Boozer has earned mention week in and week out as a favorite, if not the favorite, to win recognition as the […]
What Can We Learn From The Top 16 Reveal?
Saturday was arguably the most momentous day of the college basketball season thus far—both on and off the court. Hours before Arizona won at Houston, Duke beat Michigan, and Iowa State fell at BYU, the NCAA released its eighth annual in-season look at the Top 16 NCAA Tournament seeds. This oft-overlooked occasion is the only […]
ACC Roundup – UNC Dispatches Louisville, Two Good Games Tuesday
In Monday night’s ACC Action, Louisville had a chance against UNC but couldn’t pull it off. The Cards had an early lead but Carolina took a 39-38 lead into halftime and then pushed out to a 56-40 lead not too far into the second half. But Carolina again had trouble holding the lead. The Tar […]
YouTube Gold: The 1976 National Championship Game
Bobby Knight took the Indiana job in 1971 at the tender age of 31, as the UCLA dynasty was beginning to wind down. He got immediate results. In his first season, Indiana went to the NIT, which, at that point, was still a big deal. In 1974, when NC State broke the Wooden dynasty, Indiana […]
Polls Are Out, And Duke Is Back To #1
The most Shane Battier line of all time was when he was a senior we think, and Duke briefly dropped out of first place in the ACC, where he had been almost his entire career in Durham. When Duke returned to the top, someone asked him how it felt, and Battier smiled and said, “normal.” […]
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