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Inside the Duke locker room, there’s only one goal this week: cement the program’s conference dominance with an ACC Tournament title to accompany its outright regular season championship. Blue Devil fans, however, will be inundated with the glut of basketball games making up “Champ Week” outside of the ACC Tournament. While Duke’s status as a […]
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Since the ACC Tournament expanded, Day 1 has frequently been a watered-down joke. Well, not this year, as two out of three games were really good. Pitt nipped Stanford at the buzzer, 64-63, and Wake Forest got Virginia Tech in overtime, 95-89. In the only easy game, SMU didn’t have much trouble with Syracuse, winning […]
This may or may not be the best play in ACC Tournament history, but it’s almost certainly the coolest. Of course, we’re talking about Randolph Childress’s stunning crossover in the 1995 tournament that faked Jeff McInnis out so badly that he hit the floor. And when he did, he rolled away from Childress, and when […]
Duke has two key players who are injured in Caleb Foster and Pat Ngongba. We discuss the updates on their health from Jon Scheyer and preview the ACC Tournament on DBR Bites #151. Jon Scheyer held a press conference today to update the media on the status of CFos and Big Pat. CFos – out […]
Bad March news as Duke has announced that Caleb Foster has a fractured bone in his foot and will be out “for the foreseeable future.” Additionally, Patrick Ngongba will miss the ACC Tournament, presumably as a precautionary measure. Aside from everything else, what a blow for Foster. That kid has worked his tail off to […]
Duke is set to open play in the ACC Tournament on Thursday, and as of now, it looks like it’ll be without Pat Ngongba and Caleb Foster, both out with foot injuries. Jon Scheyer has said that both are likely out this week, but Duke hasn’t released any details. There’s a strategic reason for that: […]
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It’s Tuesday, which means that the ACC Tournament starts today. Pitt plays Cal at 2:00, Syracuse plays SMU at 4:30, and Wake Forest plays Virginia Tech at 7:00. We might get lucky and get a thrilling game, but the odds seem to be against it. We’d like to see Jeff Capel’s Pitt win, but Stanford […]
If you asked people who their favorite Duke Basketball player is, you’d get some very different answers. Fans who saw Art Heyman play might pick him. People might pick Johnny Dawkins, too. More recently, we have a ton of players to choose from: JJ Redick, Kyrie Irving, Zion Williamson, Paolo Banchero, Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel, […]
The ACC has given us their end of season awards, and Duke cleaned up! We recap all the winners and team placements on DBR Bites #150. The ACC awards list is led by a near sweep of the main awards by Duke: Cameron Boozer won Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, Maliq […]
Duke cleaned up in ACC post-season honors Monday. Jon Scheyer was named ACC Coach of the Year, while Cameron Boozer was named both Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year. He was also First-Team All-ACC and on the All-Rookie Team. Maliq Brown got both Defensive Player of the Year and also Sixth Man […]
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There’s a good bit of work and play before we know exactly how things will shake out for the tournament, and who will be this year’s master of bracketology. One opponent that is very possible for Duke’s opening game: Tennessee State. It’s a #1 vs. #16 seed that’s made for TV. Why? Because it would […]
Used to be, all the games were sold out. Securing a ticket was a feat. The tournament was an EVENT that riveted the attention of a region. Favorite players and teams were on display, one right after the other. Proud programs pranced, pounced, previewed NCAA prowess. Fans gave money to basketball programs of new […]
Duke won its second consecutive ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament championship on Sunday with a 70-65 overtime thriller over #2 seed Louisville. This one was especially rewarding, given what a difficult start to the season the Blue Devils had. Duke started off just 3-6 and then completely flipped the script, ripping off 17 straight wins. They […]
Duke’s charmed season continues as the Blue Devils rallied to take out Louisville 70-65 in overtime to earn its second-straight ACC Championship. Not that it was easy. Louisville was the dominant team for much of the afternoon and was in control, or should have been, at the end of regulation. However, Duke, down 55-51, with […]
Firing season is upon us, and two ACC schools made immediate moves after the season ended for their teams: Georgia Tech has fired Damon Stoudamire, and Boston College is done with Earl Grant. Stoudamire looked like he might do well. He beat Duke in his first season, and Baye Ndongo looked like a real find. […]
Despite injuries to two starters, Duke rolled over rival North Carolina in a win that seemed even more dominant than the 15 point final score indicated. The Duke Basketball Roundup breaks down all the things that worked for Duke in this game, starting with the stellar defensive disruptions of Maliq Brown and Dame Sarr that […]
Saturday was the last day of regular season ACC Action, and here’s how that went: Virginia survived Virginia Tech, 76-72; Louisville surprised Miami, 92-89; BC got by Notre Dame, 77-69; Clemson outlasted Georgia Tech, 79-76; Florida State smoked SMU, 91-78; Stanford held off NC State, 85-84; Wake Forest surprised Cal, 80-73; and Pitt took down […]
Saturday’s 75-61 win over UNC was both satisfying and distressing. It was distressing because Pat Ngongba started the game with a boot on and Caleb Foster ended the game with one on his foot as well. Ngongba’s situation is not that serious: the injury report said that it would be a game-time decision, and the […]
Duke returns to the ACC Championship game for the second year in a row after jamming Notre Dame three times on its final possession to win, 65-63. Irish star Hannah Hidalgo hit Cassandre Prosper for a three-point attempt with time running down, but she missed. Then Hidalgo missed a three of her own before Toby […]
This game didn’t start off all that well for Duke. First, Patrick Ngongba was listed as a game-time decision, and he did warm up, but didn’t play. And then, partway through the first half, Caleb Foster fell to his knees in the lane and didn’t seem to move. We didn’t understand what happened, but thought […]
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Saturday is the final day of regular season ACC Action, and it’s a busy day. Three noon games as Virginia Tech visits Virginia, Notre Dame takes on Boston College, and, win or lose, Georgia Tech plays its last game of the season at Clemson. In the 2:00 hour, Louisville checks in at Miami, SMU visits […]