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2026-27 Duke Blue Planet Episode 3: Pro Devils
People talk a lot about the Duke Brotherhood, and admittedly, it’s great branding. But is it real? Well, in a word: yes. Duke’s head coach played here. Two other coaches did as well. Former Duke star and current Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is the Chief Basketball Officer. It’s a volunteer position, but he’s fully […]
Kon Knuppel Suffers Injury, Will Be Out For A While
Last year, former Duke star Kon Knueppel missed a game and remarked that it was the first time he had ever missed a game. The guy is nothing if not durable. Unfortunately, he’s going to miss a few games now, as the second-year Charlotte Hornets star has suffered a hamstring injury. It may keep him […]
An Update On Still-Possible ACC Transfers
Writing ACC previews is a lot harder than it used to be. First, there are 18 teams now, and second, with so many players suing for a fifth year, it’s next to impossible to keep everyone straight. We started our previews in August, we’ll finish them Monday, and several are already outdated. Here is a […]
YouTube Gold: The Airball Game
After Duke’s joyride of a season in 1978, the 1979 season wasn’t nearly as fun. Coach Bill Foster had a tough time dealing with the pressure of being the hunted, and the team picked up on the paranoia and was tight for much of the season. Senior Day, however, was different. It was Jim Spanarkel’s […]
Duke Media Day Video!
Duke Basketball had Media Day Thursday, and Jon Scheyer’s opening comments are below. You can catch the rest in this video. We’ll link to some other videos from the staff and players below. Also worth noting: Scheyer again commented on his future at Duke. “Uh, first I just want to touch on, um, you know, […]
Duke vs. William & Mary Links Run
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YouTube Gold: Bob Pettit, RIP
NBA legend Bob Pettit died on Wednesday. He was 93. Pettit was a blend of many things. Born in Louisiana during the Great Depression, Pettit attended LSU, and was one of the first great players in the NBA. Drafted by the Milwaukee Hawks in 1954, Pettit averaged 20.4 points and 13.8 rebounds per game that […]
William & Mary Game Preview
Duke (3-0, 1-0) hosts William & Mary (2-2, 1-2) on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. EDT in Wallace Wade Stadium. Duke is looking to start the season 4-0 and extend its winning streak to eight games, going back to last season. The last time Duke won eight straight games was during the 2013 season. William […]
Men’s Or Women’s, Duke Basketball Is On A Roll
Call it the Duke Double. Last year the Duke women’s and men’s basketball teams won their respective ACC Tournament championships. That was the second straight year both Duke teams emerged as ACC champs. Each finished atop the regular season standings, too, for the second straight time. But that’s not the entire story. The ’26 season […]
Jay Bilas On Chris Spatola
When Tom Emma ended his life in 2011, the most touching thing we read about his passing was from Jay Bilas. It was a very moving, personal recollection of Emma, who was an older teammate and a selfless mentor for his younger teammates. So it’s not really a surprise to see that Bilas has moving […]
YouTube Gold: David Robinson
David Robinson was never supposed to be a star. A high school nerd, Robinson was one of the last great sleepers. His college coach, Paul Evans, recruited him to Navy because he was 6-6 and had big feet. Seriously. He thought Robinson’s feet suggested that he was going to grow some more, and at the […]
Rick Barnes On Tennessee’s Exhibition Game vs. Duke
As you probably know, Duke will host an exhibition game against Tennessee on October 20. We might be wrong, but it’s likely the first time Tennessee has been to Cameron since the Ernie and Bernie Show came through in 1975, dazzling the crowd with a spectacular warmup routine. The Vols would win 86-80 in Jim […]
Cooper Flagg Update: Now In Takeover Mode?
Former Blue Devil Cooper Flagg had a tremendous rookie season last year, winning Rookie of the Year over former roommate and teammate Kon Knueppel. What will he do for an encore? Well, it’s going to be interesting. First, many fans think that he’s grown significantly. And at 19, that’s certainly possible. He entered the NBA […]
YouTube Gold: The 1969 Final Four
In 1969, the Final Four teams were UNC (East), Purdue (Mideast), Drake (Midwest), and UCLA (West). John Wooden was on his epic run with UCLA, and he had Lew Alcindor, who would soon change his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Purdue, behind the great Rick Mount, hammered UNC in the opening game, 92-65. Surprisingly, Drake gave […]
DBR Podcast #850 – Duke Loses A Cherished Family Member
On this edition of the Duke Basketball Roundup, we have the very difficult task of addressing the passing of Chris Spatola, Coach K’s son-in-law, and someone who had a profound impact on the Duke program. After serving our nation in the military, Chris coached when Jon Scheyer was at Duke, and then became a familiar […]
Coach K’s Son-in-Law Chris Spatola Dies Suddenly
Very sad news for the Duke Basketball family and community as Mike Krzyzewski’s son-in-law, Chris Spatola, died suddenly Monday night. He was just 47. Married to Jamie Krzyzewski Spatola, Chris, like Coach K, graduated from West Point, where he also played on the basketball team. He was on the Duke staff from 2007 to 2012, […]
ACC Preview #18: Duke, Part IV: The Defense
#1 – UNC || #2 – NC State || #3 – Wake Forest || #4 – Virginia || #5 – #Clemson||#6 – Miami || #7 – Louisville || #8 – Pitt || #9 – Georgia Tech || #10 – Syracuse || #11 – Boston College || #12 – Virginia Tech || #13 – Florida State || #14 – Notre Dame || #15 – SMU || #16 – Cal || #17 – Stanford || #18 – Duke Part I || Duke Part II || Duke Part III During […]
ACC Coaching Is In A New Era
The ACC has changed dramatically, on the floor and on the bench. Of course players come and go, faster than ever. As for the coaches, a shade under two-thirds on the men’s side weren’t on league benches three seasons ago. Four are first-time head coaches. That’s transformational turnover. The average age of the ACC’s […]
ACC/SEC Challenge Details Set. Here’s Our First Look
ESPN released the dates, times and networks for this year’s ACC/SEC Challenge on Monday, which are listed below. Here’s our first take on what we think will happen. We’ll likely revisit this by late November. BC at Georgia – as of now, we’d have to take Georgia, but if the Eagles start hot, we might […]
YouTube Gold: Team USA Encounters A Haka
Many of you will know what a Haka is, but some may not. For those who don’t, the Haka is an aggressive dance of the Maori people that was later adopted by New Zealand sporting teams. They traditionally start sporting events with a Haka, which occasionally confuses their opponents. Take the 2014 U.S. entry into […]
What Scheyer Didn’t Say On Jon Rothstein’s Podcast
Jon Scheyer appeared on Jon Rothstein’s podcast, Inside College Basketball Now, recently, and spoke about why he chose to stay at Duke instead of leaving for the Dallas Mavericks, where he could have coached former Duke star Cooper Flagg again. Of course, he chose not to, and on the podcast, he said that it was […]
Twitter Gold: Duke Pulls Off An Impressive Onsides Kick vs. Stanford
If you look at Manny Diaz from the outside, he seems like a fairly conservative man. He appears to be sober, in the cultural sense, serious, and an upstanding sort of a guy. And truthfully, he’s all those things. However, underneath that, there beats the cuthroat heart of a riverboat gambler. After having seen him […]
DBR Podcast # 849 – Football Lays Wood To Stanford
Well, that was fun. The Duke football team chopped down the Stanford Cardinal to begin the defense of their ACC Title. The Duke Basketball Roundup crew breaks down the many ways Duke dominated this contest, starting with an OLine and an RB who made a mockery of Stanford’s claim that it boasts a strong run […]
ACC Preview #18 – Duke, Part III – The Freshmen
#1 – UNC || #2 – NC State || #3 – Wake Forest || #4 – Virginia || #5 – #Clemson||#6 – Miami || #7 – Louisville || #8 – Pitt || #9 – Georgia Tech || #10 – Syracuse || #11 – Boston College || #12 – Virginia Tech || #13 – Florida State || #14 – Notre Dame || #15 – SMU || #16 – Cal || #17 – Stanford || #18 – Duke Part I || Duke Part II The first thing that distinguished […]
What A Weekend For Football In The Triangle
Other than Duke’s solid win over an admittedly weak Stanford team, it was a dismal Saturday for football in the Triangle. N.C. State’s failure was particularly egregious and inexplicable: with the game in hand, up 31-28 with six seconds left to play, all the Wolfpack had to do was kill a few seconds to put […]
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