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YouTube Gold: Kenny Dennard On Bill Foster
For a lot of Blue Devil fans, basketball started in 1980 when Duke hired Mike Krzyzewski. That’s not true, obviously. The late Al Featherston was a real historian of Duke Basketball, and basketball in Durham, too. He wrote a lot of wonderful pieces for us about both. One of the great, if brief, eras of […]
Duke Recruiting: Adan Diggs Cuts His List
Adan Diggs, a Top Ten recruit, has cut his list down to seven. Duke and UNC are both on the list, as are Arkansas, Kentucky, Kansas, Southern Cal, and Arizona. A 6-4 combo guard, Diggs has modeled his game on Devin Booker and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. He’s a very promising player, but Arizona is seen as […]
Cooper Flagg’s Card Store Opens To A Huge Crowd
Cooper Flagg’s trading card store opened in Bangor, Maine, on Saturday, and if opening day is any indication, the Flagg Trading Co. will do just fine. People lined up in downtown Bangor, and the early birds got there at 3 a.m. to be at or near the front of the line. Clearly, there’s a lot […]
YouTube Gold: Another Member Of The Brotherhood Comes Home
It’s September, and both college basketball and the NBA seasons are getting closer. At Duke, that means that the new team is well under way, and it also frequently means that members of the Brotherhood come through to visit, and to hoop with the younger guys. So far this year, as far as we know […]
Duke 31, Illinois 27: Five Key Plays
Duke improved to 2-0 on the season with a hard-fought 31-27 victory over Illinois on the road in Champaign in a sold out Gies Memorial Stadium. A non-conference Power Four win is a huge accomplishment in Week Two of the season. Quarterback Walker Eget completed 15 of 21 passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns. […]
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Mark Williams Injured, Out For Months
Former Duke Blue Devil Mark Williams and the Phoenix Suns have some bad news: Williams suffered a torn labrum in his left shoulder, was operated on Thursday, and is expected to be out for several months. That’s terrible news for Williams, but it could be very positive news for fellow Brotherhood member Khaman Maluach. Expected […]
YouTube Gold: Danny Ferry Explodes For 58 Points In 1988
In 1988, Miami was still an independent, with Big East membership still three years away, and ACC membership 13 more off in the distance. However, Miami had actually dropped basketball in 1971, not reactivating the program until 1985. Bill Foster, who had been at Clemson, was chosen to rebuild the program. Duke and Miami played […]
Berlin Blowout As The U.S. Hammers Hungary By 52
The U.S. continues to roll through the FIBA field, this time with a big win over Hungary, 108-56. The 52-point win is the biggest U.S. win in the FIBA Women’s World Cup so far. Team USA romped to a 24-point lead and never looked back. A team tends to take on its coach’s personality, and […]
LSU Backs Down, But Is The SEC Done?
The LSU vs. SEC cage match is over for the moment. The SEC met Thursday and while the SEC didn’t expel the Tigers, the conference is apparently still considering some sanctions. The league is big mad at football coach Lane Kiffin, and there may still be a desire to go after him. Former Duke and […]
Twitter Gold: Cooper Flagg And Jared McCain Come Home To Hoop
It’s really cool when you can see the Brotherhood in real time. In this video, Cooper Flagg and Jared McCain return to Duke to get some runs in with the current team, which is good for everyone. Flagg and McCain are professionals now, of course, and they are used to a higher level of competition. […]
Kara Lawson & Team USA Update
Duke coach Kara Lawson is coaching Team USA in the FIBA World Cup, and while the U.S. is favored, the team has been a bit up and down. They blew out China in the opener, 94-61, nipped Italy in the second game, 55-52, then blew out Czechia in the third game, 105-64. People online are […]
SEC, LSU Master Crisis Control
It looks like the SEC vs. LSU cage match has been canceled, at least for now. The SEC planned a meeting for Thursday, and part of the agenda was possibly expelling LSU from the conference. According to various people, including Paul Finebaum, the Nicolas Chauvin of the SEC, they were quite serious about the possibility. […]
YouTube Gold: Carlos Boozer’s Duke Highlights
Lately we’ve all been talking more about the Boozer twins than their dad, which is understandable. Cameron just had a sensational freshman year at Duke and was the third pick in the NBA Draft, and Cayden showed immense growth last season. He’s going to be good, too. However, their dad, Carlos, was also an outstanding […]
Duke’s Full Schedule Released
Duke released its full basketball schedule, and, as usual with Jon Scheyer, it’s a tough one. Duke starts with three challenging exhibition games. Belmont and Tennessee visit Durham, followed by a trip to Lawrence to take on the Jayhawks. The regular season opens with a now-traditional game with Army, followed by Coastal Carolina. Both of […]
DBR Podcast #845: Tough Test Against Illini Awaits
The Duke Blue Devils hit the road this weekend for a big test on the gridiron against Illinois. We preview the game on Episode 845. The Illini won their opening game last weekend against UAB, and Jason and Donald go through what they did well and some areas that Duke could create an advantage. It’s […]
Tragedy Strikes DBR Cofounder Boswell
Those of you who have been reading here for a while will remember Boswell, our co-founder, better known as Mike Hemmerich. Anyone who has met him would agree that he’s one of the nicest people you could possibly come across. He’s just a good, decent man. So it is with profound sadness that we must […]
Five Thoughts On Five Minutes Of 5-On-5 Action
A staple of Duke’s summer social media output, scrimmage footage, was conspicuously absent all summer. That seal was broken late Friday night when a brief, highly edited five minutes of 5-on-5 action was posted on YouTube. It’s easy to focus on all the dunks and made shots in these videos, but harder to find real […]
Illinois Game Preview
Duke (1-0) travels to Illinois (1-0) for a Power Four non-conference matchup on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. ET. Television coverage will be provided by FS1. Current odds have the Illini favored by seven points. Injury Report: There are no official injury reports released for non-conference games, but Illinois head coach Bret Bielema […]
YouTube Gold: Great Free Throw Distractions
In college basketball, and, to an extent, pro ball, distracting free throw shooters has become sort of an art form. In Cameron, we’ve seen some inspired ideas. Speedo Guy was great, although then-coach Mike Krzyzewski suggested that we didn’t need to see that again (Speedo Guy, we believe, is a reverend now). There is a […]
The Best Deron Rippey Play We’ve Seen So Far
When we learned that Deron Rippey had committed to Duke, we knew he was athletic and talented, but we didn’t fully appreciate just how true that was. We had seen clips, of course. We knew he could get up and that he was explosively quick and deceptively strong. But sometimes it’s still hard to understand […]
U.S. Crushes Czechia, 105-64
After the narrow win over Italy on Sunday, coach Kara Lawson told her team that it couldn’t rely on talent, that passion would have to be their calling card if they wanted to win the FIBA World Cup. Message apparently received as Team USA crushed Czechia 105-64 on Monday. Six players hit double figures, led […]
Twitter Gold: The Night That John Chaney Completely Lost It
The late John Chaney used to say that he was the Black Knight. He wasn’t talking about Batman, though. He was talking about the late Bob Knight and his explosive temper. And there was some truth to that, because while Chaney was generally genial in everyday life, he too had a volcanic temper. And the […]
Team USA Slips By Italy In FIBA World Cup
Team USA has long dominated international women’s basketball, and that might continue well into the future. Or not. On Sunday, Italy pushed the U.S. to the brink, before Kara Lawson’s team pulled it out, 55-52. Italy shot poorly, hitting just 2-15 on threes (13%), and 18-58 overall (31%). However, the U.S. was worse, hitting an […]
ACC Preview #16 – Cal
#1 – UNC || #2 – NC State || #3 – Wake Forest || #4 – Virginia || #5 – Clemson||#6 – Miami || #7 – Louisville || #8 – Pitt || #9 – Georgia Tech || #10 – Syracuse || #11 – Boston College || #12 – Virginia Tech || #13 – Florida State || #14 – Notre Dame || #15 – SMU Mark Madsen is an interesting guy. He played at Stanford for Mike Montgomery, then moved […]
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