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When Gerald Henderson got to Duke, it didn’t take long for people to understand that he was a sensational talent. The most electrifying part of his game, though, the thing that got people out of their seats, was his leaping ability. Henderson is one of the best dunkers to ever come through Cameron Indoor Stadium. […]
The Foster era at Duke was brief but fascinating. Bill Foster arrived in Durham in 1974 after a bizarre attempt to lure former Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp out of retirement (only the death of Rupp’s farm manager stopped this from actually happening. Rupp was 72 at the time; he would die of spinal cancer in […]
Duke freshman Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje has emerged as an early favorite to become the No. 1 pick in the 2028 NBA Draft. According to ESPN’s Jeremy Woo, the 7-foot-2 forward will spend two seasons at Duke before becoming draft-eligible because he was born in 2009. Boumtje Boumtje strengthened his reputation at the Under-17 World Cup, […] The post Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje emerges as 2028 draft favorite appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
We are still a bit away from the tipoff of the 2026-27 college basketball season. Still, whether we’re in the midst of a season being played or the season ended yesterday, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi will always have some bracketology for us college basketball fans. Big Blue Nation may not be too fond of the placement […]
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – The Connecticut Sun of the WNBA recently announced that it was signing former Duke women's basketball guard Ashlon Jackson to a rest-of-season contract. The Sun have 11 regular-season games remaining.
Recruiting is a funny business, and you never know what will happen. You can at times see guys emerge late, and that changes things, or guys might reclassify, as we’ve seen several times lately, and that also shakes things up. And sometimes guys just change their minds after they commit, or turn out to be […]
The Duke women's basketball team will be a part of two marquee matchups in the inaugural Scripps Sports Women's Basketball Showcase, presented by Position Sports and the E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP). The new premier women's college basketball event debuts December 16, at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix.
Duke has been recruiting at a very high level for a long time now. Over the last couple of years, for instance, Jon Scheyer has brought in Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel, and Cameron Boozer, but really, Duke has been killing it in recruiting for decades now. This year, along with Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje, Deron Rippey, […]
One of the fun things about basketball in the Triangle is that there are three teams that all woof at each other. The common element is that Duke and NC State historically hate UNC, while Carolina hates Duke and likes to condescend to State fans as if they’re the infamous little brother. Take this article […]
As usual, Duke brought in a fair amount of high-end talent this year, and the one who probably gets the least amount of attention is Maxime Meyer, who is the subject of the latest Duke Chronicle player profile. That may not last. Meyer will be behind at least three guys as a freshman – Pat […]
Christian Laettner built an immense legacy as a winner at Duke. He had two great buzzer beaters in the NCAA Tournament, one against UConn, and one immortal classic against Kentucky. He outdueled Shaquille O’Neal twice and did the same to Michigan’s Fab Five, including in the 1992 NCAA championship. By his senior year, he was […]
Duke’s non-conference schedule has been officially released, and, as usual, Jon Scheyer is putting his team through a gauntlet. Let’s take a look. Things open with Countdown to Craziness on Oct 3rd, then former Scheyer assistant Evan Bradds brings Belmont to Cameron for an exhibition (Oct 8), followed by a visit from Tennessee (Oct 20) […]
Duke women's soccer redshirt junior midfielder Sam Courtwright has been selected to the United Soccer Coaches Midfielders to Watch List, which was announced Friday.
Duke men's basketball announced its complete non-conference schedule for the 2026-27 season Friday.
If you took all the players who have come through Duke Basketball since 1960, for argument’s sake, and you had to pick one guy who epitomizes what we think of as Duke Basketball, it would be hard to beat Shane Battier. When he came to Duke, a lot of people predicted he’d run for president […]
Duke men's basketball will face Georgia on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at Madison Square Garden as part of the 2026 Jimmy V Classic.
Former Duke women's basketball star and current WNBA Champion Chelsea Gray was selected to represent the 2026 USA Basketball Women's National Team at the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup, set for Sept. 4-13 in Berlin, Germany.
Much like in recent seasons, the expectations are almost championship or bust for a very talented Duke squad, and we're looking at why John Blackwell is the key transfer piece to that puzzle.
Jon Scheyer has been coaching Duke Basketball since 2022. In that time, his point guards have been Jeremy Roach, Caleb Foster, Tyrese Proctor, and Cayden Boozer, with cameos from Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel. He’s never had one quite like Deron Rippey, the subject of the Duke Chronicle’s latest new player profile. Rippey is more […]
Five-star guard A.J. Williams has reclassified into the 2027 class, creating another massive recruiting battle involving Duke, UNC and UConn.
Five-star prospect A.J. Williams has reclassified from the men's high school basketball class of 2028 to 2027, per comments made to ESPN's Paul Biancardi.
The latest two player profiles from the Duke Chronicle are of freshmen big men Cameron Williams and Joaquim “JoJo” Boumtje Boumtje. We’ve all heard a lot about Boumtje Boumtje over the summer, but what really surprised us with the practice videos Duke has released lately is just how physically mature he is at 17 – […]
One of the biggest media names in college basketball appears to be feeling decently optimistic about the Syracuse Orange going into the upcoming season. Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports released his ACC preseason power rankings. Out of the conference’s 18 teams, Rothstein had the Orange at seventh going into 2026-27. Rothstein has Duke as his […]
Here’s a name to put on your recruiting board, if you haven’t already: Deng Ngor. A Canadian, Ngor played a key role in beating the U.S. in the FIBA U18 AmeriCup tournament, hitting a three, and then a dunk, to put Canada over the top. He is from a Sudanese family, and as it turns […]
We’ve been talking about Johnny Dawkins’s clutch plays for a couple of days now, and we thought that it was time to get closer to the present and take a look at one of the great clutch plays in recent history: Isaiah Evans’s game winner last year against Florida, then the defending national champions. Duke […]