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North Carolina 24, Duke 20: Five Key Plays
Duke fought its way back from a 17-0 deficit to take a 20-17 lead with four minutes and 39 seconds remaining in the game, but could not hold on for the win. North Carolina heads back to Chapel Hill in possession of the Victory Bell via a 24-20 win in Durham. Nate Sheppard, obviously playing […]
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Final Two Chronicle Player Previews: Caleb Foster And Pat Ngongba
Nick Arnold || Brock Davis || Maxime Meyer || Jacob Theodosiou || Sebastian Wilkins || Bryson Howard || Drew Scharnowski || Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje ||Cameron Williams || Deron Rippey || John Blackwell || Dame Sarr || Cayden Boozer || Caleb Foster || Pat Ngongba There are two player previews from the Duke Chronicle this time, senior Caleb Foster and junior Patrick Ngongba. Both have had a history of foot injuries at Duke, […]
Rookies Boozer, Evans Have Big Nights
Two former Blue Devils and current NBA rookies had big nights Friday. Cameron Boozer had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists to help the Memphis Grizzlies past the Charlotte Hornets. Meanwhile, Isaiah Evans showed his potential for the Minnesota Timberwolves, finishing with 21 points on 6-13/5-10 from the floor, in a 133-116 loss to […]
YouTube Gold: The Genius Of Red Auerbach
There have been a lot of great coaches in basketball. In high school, we saw Bob Hurley Sr. of St. Anthony’s and Morgan Wootten of DeMatha. In college, we’ve seen Mike Krzyzewski, Dean Smith, and John Wooden. And in the pros, we’ve seen Pat Riley, Phil Jackson, and perhaps most of all, Red Auerbach. What […]
Duke Recruiting: Asa Montgomery Getting Close?
Recruiting analyst Joe Tipton, among others, reports that 5-star target Asa Montgomery has canceled visits to Arizona and Louisville. Additionally, he now has several Crystal Balls pegging Duke as his final choice. Montgomery is about 6-6, has a 6-10 wingspan, and some analysts think he’s not done growing. He’s an excellent defender and a guy […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Player Preview: Cayden Boozer
Nick Arnold || Brock Davis || Maxime Meyer || Jacob Theodosiou || Sebastian Wilkins || Bryson Howard || Drew Scharnowski || Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje ||Cameron Williams || Deron Rippey || John Blackwell || Dame Sarr || Cayden Boozer || Caleb Foster || Pat Ngongba One of the guys on this season’s team that we’re really pulling for is Cayden Boozer, subject of the latest Duke Chronicle Duke player preview. We were really […]
DBR Podcast #860 – Secret Agent Visits A Duke Practice
A report from the inside! As a reward for a very successful fundraising effort at the Duke Dribble for Victory over cancer, The Duke Basketball Roundup was invited to send someone to see a Duke basketball practice this week. Jason and Donald could not make it, so they sent their buddy Carl Heimel (of The […]
YouTube Gold: Xavier vs. Tennessee Didn’t Go As You Might Have Expected
Since Duke will welcome Tennessee to Cameron in a few days, we thought it might be good to look at some video from the Tennessee-Xavier exhibition. Tennessee is going to be somewhat different from the normal Rick Barnes team, which historically is physically aggressive, defensively oriented, but not necessarily all that offensively brilliant. This one […]
DBR Podcast #859 – Big Game Against UNC This Weekend!!
The Victory Bell will be on the line this weekend as Duke takes on UNC in football. It may not have the national attention of these two teams clashing in basketball, but this matchup is a huge one in the ACC. The winner of this game will sit in good position to ascend near the […]
Reject Mania Could Hit Duke This Season
He came and he went, one of contemporary college basketball’s vagabonds. Following stints at Kentucky and Kansas State, he paused for a year at Virginia and set a few records for blocked shots before heading off to the NBA. Ugonna Onyenso, a 6-11 center from Nigeria, had 105 blocks during the 2026 season as the […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Player Preview: Dame Sarr
Nick Arnold || Brock Davis || Maxime Meyer || Jacob Theodosiou || Sebastian Wilkins || Bryson Howard || Drew Scharnowski || Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje ||Cameron Williams || Deron Rippey || John Blackwell || Dame Sarr || Cayden Boozer || Caleb Foster || Pat Ngongba Duke has had some great defenders over the years. Think back: Tommy Amaker. Billy King. Grant Hill. Steve Wojciechowski. Chris Duhon. Tre Jones. And perhaps most of all, […]
Duke Football: North Carolina Game Preview
Rivalry Week has arrived. Duke (4-1, 1-1) versus North Carolina (3-2, 1-1) in the Battle for the Victory Bell on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. EDT at Wallace Wade Stadium. Television coverage will be provided by ESPN2. Duke opened as a 4.5-point favorite. Duke is coming off a 28-25 loss to Georgia Tech in Atlanta […]
YouTube Gold: Jay Bilas’s Duke Highlights
Jay Bilas is best known now as a universally respected broadcaster. A lot of people may not even know that 40 years ago, he was part of the class that helped boost Duke into the elite. When he was a freshman, along with Mark Alarie, David Henderson, Weldon Williams, and Johnny Dawkins, Bilas was a […]
DBR Podcast #858: Preseason Awards And Rankings Love Duke
Duke Men’s Basketball is favored to do well in the ACC and nationally. We discuss all the preseason accolades on Episode 858! The ACC preseason polls and awards are out, and Duke is expected to be #1 in the conference. On top of that, several players earned nods for All-ACC teams and awards. Donald and […]
Duke #1 In ACC Preseason Poll
No great surprise here, but Duke was voted the preseason favorite again, and not just the men’s team. The women’s team was also voted #1. For the men, here’s the expectation: For the women, it’s like this: It hadn’t really occurred to us, but our favorite stat of the Jon Scheyer era is this, as […]
How Kon Knueppel Came To Love Basketball
Kon Knueppel, as most of our readers probably know, comes from a serious basketball family. His mother and father played in college where both were their school’s all-time leading scorers, one uncle played briefly in the NBA, two uncles coach in college, all four brothers are promising prospects, and one cousin now plays for Illinois. […]
YouTube Gold: Dave Bing
Dave Bing is sort of a basketball version of Forrest Gump, only smarter. A native of Washington, D.C., Bing met Marvin Gaye playing basketball. Unable to keep up, Gaye sang on the sidelines. They remained friends for years. At Syracuse for a time, he roomed with Jim Boeheim and got to know law student Joe […]
Cameron Is The Definition Of Home-Court Advantage
We’re long past marveling at Duke’s home court dominance, which ultimately comes down to having superior teams guided by gifted coaches in an extraordinary, tradition-rich setting. But just because a particular attribute is enduringly exceptional doesn’t mean we should take it for granted. So, get this: Last season was the third in the past four […]
Is Cooper Flagg About To Go Into Takeover Mode?
Over at ESPN, Brian Windhorst has a column up that starts with this headline: “Why Cooper Flagg’s ascension is starting to feel inevitable.” Pretty solid hook there, and he’s right. Last year, Flagg surprised people with a very complete game. His biggest weakness was probably outside shooting, something he’s been working on over the summer. […]
Twitter Gold: Cam Boozer Slams One Home!
During the run-up to the NBA Draft, Arizona’s Tobe Awaka and Duke’s Cameron Boozer faced a similar issue: neither was thought to have much of a vertical leap. Awaka – 6-8 and 261 – registered a standing leap of 32.5 inches. For his part, Boozer – 6-9 and 253 – got 28.5 inches, which was […]
The Latest Duke Chronicle Player Preview: John Blackwell
Nick Arnold || Brock Davis || Maxime Meyer || Jacob Theodosiou || Sebastian Wilkins || Bryson Howard || Drew Scharnowski || Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje The latest Duke Chronicle player preview is of Wisconsin transfer John Blackwell. Blackwell chose Duke over UCLA, Illinois, and Louisville. At Wisconsin last season, he averaged 19.1 ppg, 5.1 rebounds, and 2.3 assists. He also shot 85.9 percent from the line, which is […]
After 19 Months Away, Kyrie Irving Returns To Basketball
The Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets took their Texas rivalry on the road to Asia for some preseason games, and one of the highlights was the return of Kyrie Irving. Irving missed 586 days after blowing out the ACL in his left knee, and he’s now 34, which means that his playing days are mostly […]
YouTube Gold: Pete Maravich Torches The Knicks
In his day, Pete Maravich was called a hot dog and a show-off, because no one in his era did the sorts of things that he could do. He had total control of the ball, and was essentially unstoppable, and people in his era didn’t know how to take him. At LSU, he averaged 44.2 […]
DBR Podcast # 857 – Argh In Atlanta, Duke Falls From The Unbeatens
The Devils went down to Georgia and came away with a frustrating loss on the football field. The DBR podcast gang breaks down the 28-25 game with the Yellowjackets that drops them from the ranks of the undefeated. Jason and Donald give full credit to Ga Tech for an outstanding game plan but also lament […]
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