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With the season over, attention begins to turn to the NBA Draft and how the order will work out. This is frequently of interest to Duke fans since Blue Devils typically go high, and this year looks like no exception as Cameron Boozer will be off the board early. But how early? That depends on […]
The latest Duke Chronicle player profile is of Patrick Ngongba, and from his freshman to sophomore seasons, Ngongba has grown as much as any Duke player in recent memory. If you remember, Ngongba missed much of his senior season in high school with a foot injury, and with Duke’s depth up front last season, we […]
Normally, if we miss something and it’s not a timely story, we just let it go, but occasionally we make an exception, and this is one of those times. Back on February 7th when UNC upset Duke on Seth Trimble’s last-second three, Jon Scheyer said that his players were assaulted after the game. For that, […]
Since you’re here reading this site, you’re like us and hang out on the basketball side of the Internet a lot. And the most fun part of the basketball side of the Internet is Larry Bird. You can see the videos of his amazing skills, and that’s always fun, or you can go next-level and […]
Portal season is beginning to crank up, and that means lots of player movement. We’ll do our best to keep up with it here. The most notable players to make moves so far are Virginia Tech’s Neoklis Avdalas, Pitt’s Brandin Cummings, and Georgia Tech’s Baye Ndongo, who seemed to regress this season. More are certain […]
Just a few days into the offseason, Duke has already seen two rotation pieces—Nik Khamenia and Darren Harris—enter the transfer portal. What the Blue Devils haven’t heard yet are any decisions regarding the NBA Draft. Cam Boozer is surely off to be a Top 3 pick. Dame Sarr and Pat Ngongba have challenging stay-or-go decisions […]
As we have seen in recent years, the portal giveth, and the portal taketh away. So far this year, we’ve seen Darren Harris and Nik Khamenia enter the portal, and we’ve started to see Duke being discussed with guys looking for new schools as well. The most intriguing of these is probably Flory Bidunga of […]
The latest Duke Chronicle profile is of Blue Devil sophomore Isaiah Evans. As a freshman, Evans was a one-dimensional player, a three-point specialist. Basically, if his shot was on, he played, if not, he sat. This year was quite different. Evans is a great shooter, but he is a streaky shooter. This year, he went […]
Duke great JJ Redick stirred things up a while back when he said guys like Boston Celtic Bob Cousy were “plumbers and firemen” in the off-season and couldn’t play in today’s NBA. He had a point to an extent: although Cousy had phenomenal court vision, he was small by today’s standards, and if you watch […]
Another day, another portal decision for a Dukie. Nik Khamenia has decided to check out what else college basketball has to offer. The Duke Basketball Roundup crew says this one stings a bit more than losing Darren Harris. Jason and Donald say they could see glimpses of what Nik could become during his freshman campaign and […]
One of the things we truly hate about the portal is that players you really want to see stay and succeed decide to leave and try their luck elsewhere. On Tuesday, it was Darren Harris. On Wednesday? Nik Khamenia entered the portal. We really love watching him play. He’s hard-nosed and smart, and we only […]
The Duke Chronicle has started its annual series of player reviews. We’re coming in a bit late, but the first three are Cameron Boozer, Dame Sarr, and Darren Harris. As you know, Harris opted for the portal on Tuesday and Boozer is highly likely to declare for the NBA Draft this summer. Sarr may head […]
During Michigan’s win over UConn Monday night, Aday Mara threw a quick and devastating outlet pass over the Huskies’ defense that made announcer Bill Raftery excitedly say, “shades of Wes Unseld.” Many people immediately wondered: who the hell is Wes Unseld? And since he retired in 1981, a lot of readers were born well after […]
On the latest edition of DBR Bites, the podcast crew dives into a flurry of topics, starting with Darren Harris announcing his intention to enter the transfer portal. Jason and Scott are sad to lose a kid who clearly gave his all and loved the program, but they also acknowledge that Darren just didn’t perform in […]
It’s not a huge surprise, but Darren Harris has decided to put his name in the portal. He could always change his mind, of course, but realistically, he probably won’t. And we’re really going to miss him. Harris made some of the great hustle plays this season than Duke has seen in a while. He […]
“They said I couldn’t do it,” Final Four Most Outstanding Player Elliot Cadeau said on social media after winning the National Championship. Who’s the “they?” His former team, the North Carolina Tar Heels. Cadeau, with the help of his teammates, also used some more colorful language to describe North Carolina. He’s not the only former […]
Word got out Monday afternoon that UNC has hired Mike Malone, most recently head coach of the Denver Nuggets and winner of the 2023 NBA championship, as its next coach. Reactions are mixed. Many UNC fans were baffled, but that’s not surprising. Like most fans, they aren’t steeped in the business side of basketball. That’s […]
Hail to the victors, as Michigan wrapped up the first Big Ten national basketball championship since Michigan State’s title in 2000 (trivia question: when was the last time that a Big Ten team won the national championship that was not from the state of Michigan? Okay, it was Indiana in 1987. Second trivia question: when […]
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Monday night, Michigan captured the 2026 NCAA championship with a gritty display of tough-minded basketball. They needed every bit of it, because UConn matched them stride for stride in hard-nosed intensity. It wasn’t a pretty game, but it was hugely impressive. The NCAA tournament began 87 years ago, and over the decades it has featured […]
The national championship is Monday night, and things have changed a bit since our first look at the matchup between Michigan and UConn. For the Wolverines, Yaxel Lendeborg, who injured his ankle and knee, is expected to play. And UConn’s Solo Ball has been in a boot since UConn’s win over the Illini. It’s hard […]
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Remember, at the beginning of this NBA season, when people compared Cooper Flagg to Andrei Kirilenko, also known as AK-47? Kirilenko was an athletic defensive star, and many people thought that is where Flagg would end up. Well, not so much. He’s an excellent defender, as promised, but has also emerged as an offensive star. […]
While the end of the Duke basketball season is always a terribly sad time, it at least allowed the Duke Basketball Roundup to bring our old friend Sam Klein back on the show for the season recap via the Stats Game. Every year, the DBR Podcast team all guess at various statistical measures of success in […]
Sunday turned out to be a busier day than expected for Cameron Boozer. First, Boozer got more hardware for the trophy wing of the house he’ll soon buy, as he was named the Naismith Player of the Year award Sunday. It’s richly deserved – he had a phenomenal season by any standard, and unbelievable for […]