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First the bad news: Seth Trimble broke a bone in his left forearm Sunday and is out indefinitely. He’s scheduled for surgery this week. We kind of admire him. He’s stuck it out, worked hard, and gone through the Hubert roller coaster ride without complaining. We also like his entrepreneurial spirit. It’s a shame this […]
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Like most Duke fans, we took immense pride in last year’s team. It was a truly special group. We’ve been there before of course. The 1986 team was special too. So were the 1991-1992 teams. So was the 1999 team. The 2001 team was great from start to finish. 2010? 2015? 2019? All wonderful, memorable […]
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Duke bounced back from the disappointing loss to Baylor in Paris with a dominant 91-48 win over Holy Cross. Toby Fournier led the way with 27 points and 9 rebounds. Jordan Wood added 19 points and 9 boards of her own. Ashlon Jackson had 15. Overall, Duke shot 50% from the floor and hit 12-23 […]
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Duke crushed Carolina on Saturday… no, not that Carolina, the Western variety. The Blue Devil defense overwhelmed the Catamounts, holding them scoreless for 7 minutes early in the first half to make it an easy afternoon of hoops watching for Duke fans. The Boozer brothers, both of them, were the stars of this one and […]
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We’re in Year 4 of the Scheyer era now, and at the beginning of every year, the defense has been ahead of the offense. And that’s good. However, when you look at where Duke is now, while the defense is rugged, the offense, while not firing on all cylinders yet, is highly promising. Let’s consider […]
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In Saturday’s ACC Action, Syracuse beat Delaware State 83-43, Stanford took out Montana 91-68 and Virginia Tech got a nice overtime win over Providence at the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off, 107-101. Freshman Neoklis Avdalis, who had some NBA Draft buzz this past spring, had 33 points, five rebounds and six assists. We’re not saying […]
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Duke fans had a pretty good idea of course but a lot of people underestimated Kon Knueppel as an NBA player. We tend to judge by guys like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, and those guys are (or were) extremely talented players. However, their talent was never the only thing that separated them. […]
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Duke traveled to East Hartford with an opportunity to secure bowl eligibility but came up short against a talented UConn squad 37-34 in a seesaw affair. Duke turned the ball over three times while UConn committed zero turnovers. Quarterback Darian Mensah threw two first half interceptions and fumbled with 28 seconds remaining in the game […]
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When Duke put Jack Scott and Iffy Ufochukwu in but left Sebastian Wilkins on the bench, we wondered if he was injured or what the explanation would be. Turns out there’s a very straightforward explanation: he’s going to redshirt, as coach Jon Scheyer explained after the game, saying this: “Sebastian Wilkins and I, we’ve had […]
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Duke beat Western Carolina handily Saturday afternoon – Duke was supposed to win handily and did, winning 95-54 – but there was a lot to like about this game, starting with effort. Duke played hard. There was no lack of effort from anyone. From the top of the roster to the bottom, the effort was […]
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Tyrese Proctor, Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel and Sion James were all in action Friday night and there were some very positive results. Proctor had 17 points in 19 minutes against the Washington Wizards in Cleveland’s 148-114 laugher, hitting 5-6 and 2/3. In Dallas’s 118-104 loss to Memphis, Cooper Flagg had 12 points, six rebounds, two […]
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In Friday night’s ACC Action, everyone won, meaning the only ACC loss so far was BC’s overtime bummer against FAU. On Friday, FSU whipped Alabama State 101-64, Wake Forest topped Morehead State 85-61, Virginia took out NCCU 81-62, Pitt beat Longwood 78-60, Notre Dame crushed Detroit Mercy 102-70, Gardner-Webb fell at Clemson 97-59, Georgia Tech […]
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David Robinson was one of the most unusual stories in the history of college basketball. Although highly intelligent, he was a very late bloomer. His college coach at Navy, Paul Evans, recruited him because his shoe size suggested he might grow taller than 6-6, and at at that time, in the early to mid 1980’s, […]
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Duke’s next opponent is Western Carolina, and there’s just not a lot to go on right now when it comes to the Catamounts. WCU opened against Cincinnati and lost, 94-63. Wes Miller is an adequate coach, but the Bearcats aren’t exactly in a golden era. Duke is going to be heavily favored, but the one […]
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In Thursday’s ACC Action, Louisville beat Jackson State 106-70, BC conquered the Citadel 76-47, Miami knocked of Bethune-Cookman 101-61, SMU got by Texas A&M-Corpus Christ 69-58 and Cal survived Wright State 77-67. Louisville was ridiculous in its opener against South Carolina State and while it wasn’t as dominant in this one, it was pretty impressive. […]
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There was a lot to like in Duke’s in over Texas: Cam Boozer’s second half-surge comes to mind, as does Isaiah Evans’ obvious maturation and Caleb Foster’s very notable defense. In fact, the team defense in general was really, really good. Nik Khamenia’s hard-nosed play off the bench was as well and seeing Maliq Brown […]
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Whether you know what a Catamount is or not, you always need to respect your opponent. That’s why the Duke Basketball Roundup takes time before every single Duke basketball game to preview the team coming up next on the calendar. But, before Jason and Donald get to their lookahead at Western Carolina, they welcome longtime […]
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Duke (5-3, 4-1) travels for the second week in a row to take on the University of Connecticut (6-3) in the last non-conference game of the regular season. With a win, the Blue Devils would secure bowl game eligibility. Kick-off is at 3:30 pm EST with TV coverage provided by CBSSN. Duke is favored by […]
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American immigration policy has grown much stricter, but it doesn’t appear the ACC is much affected. The conference has 45 players from 30 countries (not counting the US), an average of 1.5 per squad, according to 2025-26 opening rosters. Nine of those nations provided at least two foreign players. Georgia Tech has Senegalese teammates from […]
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Five games on tap for Thursday and while we thought none of them were interesting…we stand corrected. First the likely blah. Jackson State plays at Louisville, The Citadel is at Boston College, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi visits SMU and Wright State visits Cal. Not to say none of these can’t possibly be good, but the one […]
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Jay Bilas is familiar to college basketball fans but to Duke fans, he’s kind of family. He’s been a part of the Brotherhood since before there was a Brotherhood, having been one of Mike Krzyzewski’s earliest recruits at Duke. Bilas was part of the class of 1986 which was the foundational class of the modern […]
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The Duke Blue Devils were able to surge in the second half to defeat the Texas Longhorns in the Dick Vitale Invitational, and we recap the first game of the season on Episode 765. Donald and Jason begin with the headlines from a game that was a tale of two halves in many respects. We […]
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No great surprise here, but in their respective openers, Florida State and Stanford both won. It’s no great surprise because FSU played Alcorn State and Stanford played Portland State and neither is a big challenge. And given the big turnover most teams have these days, it’s not like we know much about either team and […]
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Larry Bird had many incredible moments during his legendary Boston Celtics career, but most of them came on offense. Bird was not only wildly gifted offensively, but he was arrogant in the best way. He would regularly tell people what he was going to do and then did it. He got bored one night and […]
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