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The most Shane Battier line of all time was when he was a senior we think, and Duke briefly dropped out of first place in the ACC, where he had been almost his entire career in Durham. When Duke returned to the top, someone asked him how it felt, and Battier smiled and said, “normal.” […]
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There is no rest for the weary and no time to bask in the glow of that stirring weekend win over Michigan. Jon Scheyer and the guys are in the Midwest as they get ready for an ACC clash with Notre Dame. The Irish have been bit pretty hard by the injury bug but still have […]
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Next up for Duke is a trip to South Bend, and while Notre Dame has had a disappointing season, particularly since Markus Burton was injured against TCU on December 12th. Duke is likely to come into this game #1 nationally and Notre Dame is limping in at 12-15 and 3-11 in the ACC. Easy money, […]
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Only one game Monday as Louisville heads to Chapel Hill with both traditional powers playing erratically. Louisville is 20-7/9-5 while UNC is 21-6/9-5. the Cardinals had won five straight before losing to SMU. Most recently they beat Georgia Tech. As for UNC, the Tar Heels are 2-2 since losing at Miami. The last three games, […]
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In 2008, Duke ran into West Virginia in the NCAA tournament and, well…took a beating. West Virginia was physically more mature and significantly tougher. They were led by a reserve off the bench who would rise to prominence later, as the coach of the Boston Celtics. His name? Joe Mazzulla. He finished with 13 points, […]
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All good things must end and so Duke’s remarkable win-streak came to a close at Clemson as the Tigers won, 53-51. The streak, which started on December 4th, grew to 17th before the Tigers broke it – not that it was easy. Duke had a 39-30 lead going into the fourth quarter, but Clemson erupted […]
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This was arguably the biggest non-conference regular season game Duke has played in years. Everyone said it felt like a Final Four atmosphere. And when the dust cleared at the end of a physical and emotional battle, Duke was the team with the victory and the vaunted Michigan Wolverines took the L. Both Donald Wine and […]
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We didn’t really get into this Saturday, being focused on the Michigan game, but the NCAA released its top 16 seeds during the day. Michigan, Duke, Arizona and Iowa State were the #1 seeds – and then, naturally, Michigan and Iowa State lost. Fortunately for Iowa State, so did #2 seeds Houston and Illinois (if […]
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Michigan’s Fab Five had an extraordinary impact on college basketball and to an extent, they still overshadow modern-day Michigan teams. So it’s no surprise that those guys are still front and center when Michigan plays Duke. And not surprisingly, given their track record, they still get it wrong. In this video clip, Michigan grad Rich […]
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In Saturday’s ACC Action, let’s separate the lame games from the good ones first. Lame: Louisville 87, Georgia Tech 70; Pitt 73, Notre Dame 68; Virginia Tech 82, Wake Forest 63; SMU 94, Boston College 70. Good: UNC 77, Syracuse 64; Virginia 86, Miami 83; Florida State 70, Clemson 65; Cal 72, Stanford 66. Let’s […]
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The NBA has evolved quite a bit over the last several decades. When it started in 1946, or 1949 depending on whether you count the pre-merger BAA as some do (the BAA and the NBL merged to make the NBA in 1949), the league was very much old school. When Bill Russell came along in […]
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Correction – We thought Isaiah Evans’ last basket counted and ESPN initially listed the final score at 70-63. However, it came after the buzzer. We’ve corrected the headline. Duke and Michigan met at the summit Saturday evening and while the game was not always pretty, the efforts on both sides were stunning as Duke pulled […]
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Date 2/21 || Time 6:30 || Venue Capital One Arena || Video ESPN So given what we know about the team that Dusty May has put together, how do you stop Michigan? Well, you either slow them down or speed them up. Ideally, both at the same time. That’s a bit of a paradox, but […]
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Former Blue Devil Kon Knueppel passed Donovan Mitchell for the second-most threes made by a rookie in an NBA season with 185. Coincidentally, the three that pushed him past Donovan was made…over Donovan. Keegan Murray holds the record with 206, set in 2023. Charlotte has 25 regular season games left and Knueppel is averaging 3.4 […]
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In Saturday’s ACC Action, Wake Forest visits Virginia Tech, Florida State goes up to Clemson, UNC goes north to check out Syracuse, Miami is at Virginia, Notre Dame and Pitt have a strugglefest scheduled in the Zoo, Georgia Tech hopes to take a bite out of Louisville in the Yum! Center, BC heads to Texas […]
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One of the best games we’ve ever seen in Cameron was when #1 Michigan visited in 1992. That spring, the teams had met in the NCAA championship game and Duke beat the Fab Five by 20, 71-51. This game was a ton of fun, not least of all because the Fab Five had been woofing […]
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Michigan is a load for anyone, and it will be for Duke Saturday. Yet that team has lost one game and been challenged in several others, including an overtime win over Wake Forest back in November. They also had tight games against Nebraska (75-72 win), Penn State (74-72 win), and Wisconsin (91-88 loss). What happened […]
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In our times, the 1984 US Olympic team is widely considered to be the best prior to the 1992 Dream Team, which was the first year that NBA players were eligible. You could make a good argument for the 1960 team though. That group included names most of us won’t recognize, like Jay Arnette, Burdette […]
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Duke is still on an epic roll and the Blue Devils took it to NC State on Thursday, winning 83-65. Toby Fournier led the way with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Taina Mair had 17 and Arianna Roberson continued her strong recent play with 15 off the bench. Duke forced 13 turnovers and shut State […]
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We have all had this one circled on our calendars for a while. On Saturday, Duke ventures to the nation’s capital for one of the biggest non-conference games you will ever find in February. #1 Michigan versus #3 Duke (though with Houston losing this week, the winner of this game is sure to be #1 […]
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Next up for Duke is a very tough matchup in Washington, D.C. with #1 Michigan, and that game is going to be a really big challenge. To an extent, these teams mirror each other. For one, Jon Scheyer and Dusty May have no interest whatsoever in Small Ball. They’ve both gone big. Scheyer started his […]
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In Wednesday’s ACC Action, Virginia clocked Georgia Tech, 94-68, and Wake Forest surprised Clemson, 85-77. Wake Forest basically dominated the entire game. A week or two ago, who would have expected that? Well, here’s something you may have missed – Clemson has lost three straight, to Virginia Tech, Duke and now Wake Forest. And all […]
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