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A while back, probably in 2009 if memory serves, we got a tour of Duke’s practice facility. It was really nice in so many ways, highly impressive. When we got to the court, there was a guy putting up shots we didn’t recognize at first, but it was Kyle Singler. He was radically thinner than […]
From Duke Basketball Report | about 6 hours ago | 0 reads
You know those slow starts we’ve seen from Duke this season? Didn’t happen at Stanford as Duke started hot and won, 80-50. Duke’s size and talent presented huge problems for the Cardinal, especially in the first half. Dame Sarr threw a blanket over precocious freshman Ebuka Okorie, limiting him to 7 points before the break. […]
From Duke Basketball Report | about 17 hours ago | 0 reads
We’ve reached the meat of conference play in college hoops, where the Final Four odds are beginning to take shape and evolve. But with over a month of regular season and conference tournament action still to come on the hardwood, the odds are far from settled. Let’s take a quick look at who the oddsmakers have as favorites and longshots to reach Indianapolis. 2025-26 Final Four Odds *Rob Kinnan-Imagn Images The battle for a spot in Indianapolis won’t officially tip off until...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Since Tuesday’s projection, the number of undefeated teams has dropped from five to three, with Iowa State and Vanderbilt falling for the first time this season. That’s led to a shakeup on the top line for today, with UConn and Duke replacing the Cyclones and Purdue as No. 1 seeds alongside No. 1 overall Arizona […]
From Blogging the Bracket | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Duke fans learned a lot of the Kon Knueppel story well before the rest of the country did. Grew up in Milwaukee in a basketball family, initially preferred gaming to hoops and learned to play in his father’s men’s league. Coming from a basketball family is part of the Duke profile. You don’t have to […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Projecting the NCAA Tournament Bracket before March is a fool’s errand—a necessary caveat before embarking on any discussion of “bracketology.” And yet, projecting the bracket dominates the conversation amongst college basketball fans all year round (yes, there are even “Way Too Early” projected brackets in the offseason now!), so it’s impossible to ignore. These discussions […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 3 days ago | 0 reads
We’ll have a somewhat limited ACC Roundup today since the Duke-Cal game ended at around 1:00 A.M. Thanks, TV buddies! In Wednesday’s ACC Action, in the boring game, Pitt beat Georgia Tech 89-66, SMU got a miracle against Virginia Tech to win 77-76 and Stanford came back to shock UNC 95-90. We’ve been paying attention […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 3 days ago | 0 reads
The Duke-UNC rivalry has had some very intense moments over the years. The 1961 fight between Art Heyman and, well, everybody on the UNC bench was one. Heyman gleefully claimed that he hit Frank McGuire in the nuts and years later, he saw McGuire who told him, “it still hurts, Artie!” There was the Fred […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 4 days ago | 0 reads
Date 1/14 || Time 11:00 || Venue Haas Pavilion || Video ACC Network Duke enters the ACC era of West Coast travel this week with a trip to the Bay Area to take on Cal and Stanford. Cal is first and some of y’all are gonna need a nap because this one starts at 11:00 […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 5 days ago | 0 reads
The next time a prominent coach with a long record of success decides to retire, pseudo-sages will lament the impossible task confronting his or her successor. That’s been an article of faith ever since Gene Bartow replaced John Wooden at UCLA for the 1975-76 season. Bartow was essentially driven from the job as a failure […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 5 days ago | 0 reads
Del Harris had a long career in coaching and has been around basketball for his entire life, so when he ventures an opinion, people tend to listen. And what he told The Sporting News about Duke product Cooper Flagg will have people talking. Here’s what he said: “Cooper is the best I’ve actually seen since […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 6 days ago | 0 reads
In 1987, Duke and Maryland, then an ACC team, were heading in opposite directions. Duke had made the championship game the previous season. It had lost four starters but was still a Top 15 team. The previous summer, the night of the NBA Draft, Maryland’s Len Bias had died of a cocaine overdose after going […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 6 days ago | 0 reads
Duke has had some amazing defenders over the years. On Saturday, we saw a brilliant first half by Dame Sarr. In our estimation, it was the best half of defense by a Duke player since Tre Jones personally dismantled Syracuse for the first 5:30 before he injured his shoulder. Seriously. We’ve never seen a guard […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 7 days ago | 0 reads
Duke’s 82-75 win over SMU was not a work of art by any means, but it was notable for one thing in particular, and that was Dame Sarr’s first half defense, which was magnificent. Sarr put on a defensive performance in that half which was as fine as any we’ve seen since Tre Young personally […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 8 days ago | 0 reads
The Florida State Seminoles (7-8, 0-2 ACC) host the NC State Wolfpack (11-5, 2-1 ACC) in ACC action at Donald L. Tucker Civic Center, starting at 12 p.m. ET on Saturday, January 10, 2026. On Saturday, in its last game, Florida State fell to Duke 91-87. With 22 points, Chauncey Wiggins was its high scorer. NC State was victorious in its previous game versus Boston College, 79-71, on Tuesday. Darrion Williams was its leading scorer with 22 points. When is Florida State vs. NC State and when ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 9 days ago | 0 reads
Don’t get used to it. Or, to put it in more positive terms, enjoy it while you can. The statistical dimensions of what Cameron Boozer has achieved so far this season are seldom matched, certainly not on any squad with a variety of talented players. Even if it did happen with a Duke squad that […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 10 days ago | 0 reads
What is with Duke and comebacks in the Yum! Center? Duke’s comeback at Louisville in 2019 was shocking because it happened really fast. Duke was down 23 with 9:58 to play. That comeback was basically basketball blitzkrieg. It wasn’t quite that extreme here. Duke was down 47-38 at the half and finally tied the game […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 11 days ago | 0 reads
It’s really kind of amazing just how much Duke Basketball is now part of the overall sphere of basketball, if you’ll forgive the pun. In college, you see a number of coaches – Jeff Capel, Johnny Dawkins, Bobby Hurley, Greg Paulus and Nolan Smith come to mind. The NBA has executives like Elton Brand, Trajan […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 11 days ago | 0 reads
What a game! Duke overcomes a terrible first half and comes back to win it in the second as they defeat Louisville on the road 84-73. With Donald and Scott Rich on hand and Jason recording from a lavatory 35,000 feet above the Atlantic, we just give out the vibes on Episode 784! Caleb Foster […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 12 days ago | 0 reads
It was a Dickensian nightmare. The best of times. The worst of times. A Tale of Two Halves. So, the answer to the question I’ve been asked over and over again for the last several weeks is . . . . . . “No it is apparent we are not ready to beat Duke.” * […]
From Card Chronicle | 12 days ago | 1 read
Louisville won the first half but Duke won the second and with that, the game, winning 84-73. The first half against Louisville really didn’t start very well for Duke as Ryan Conwell hit his first three three point attempts and finished the half with four. Louisville was ridiculous from behind the line. Backup big man […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 12 days ago | 0 reads
Louisville will be without its star freshman point guard for the biggest home ACC game of the season. Pat Kelsey revealed Monday morning that Mikel Brown Jr. will once again be out when U of L hosts No. 5 Duke Tuesday inside the KFC Yum Center. A lingering back injury has kept Brown off the […]
From Card Chronicle | 13 days ago | 1 read
Duke survived two close games while Louisville and UNC suffered upsets. Clemson has two road wins and NC State has had some drama. 18. Boston College: Boston College lost to Georgia Tech. The sad thing about the new state of college sports is there’s really no reason to watch. In the past, you’d watch for […]
From Shakin The Southland | 13 days ago | 0 reads
Duke won its sixth straight game with Sunday’s 82-68 win over #18 Notre Dame. Duke took control early and while Notre Dame only used six players, Duke only went seven deep, so it’s not really that big of a difference. Depth wasn’t an issue when Duke ripped off a 13-0 run in the first quarter. […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 13 days ago | 0 reads
The Notre Dame women’s basketball team was on the road again, and the Irish drop their second game in a row. This time it was against ACC rival Duke 82-68, and Notre Dame looked out of the sorts (and pretty much out of the game) early, and never got much going. No. 18 Irish Drop […]
From One Foot Down | 14 days ago | 0 reads