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YouTube Gold: Georgia Tech-UNLV In The 1990 Final Four
On Thursday, we talked about Duke’s win over Arkansas in the 1990 national semifinals. The other game that night was also really good, as Georgia Tech and UNLV really got after each other. This was the Lethal Weapon 3 team, starring Brian Oliver, Dennis Scott, and Kenny Anderson, and UNLV, of course, would go on […]
Duke Recruiting: Two Updates
Two bits of recruiting news, with one offer going out, and one list cut down to four. The offer is to Asa Montgomery, a 6-6 forward with a 6-10 wingspan, from Powder Springs, Georgia, where he plays for Hillgrove High School. He’s had offers from Auburn, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, […]
ACC Roundup – Miami Locks Up Jai Lucas & More On Trimble’s Move To Louisville
A couple of notes worth mentioning for a summer ACC Roundup. First, Miami, fully aware that former Duke assistant Jai Lucas is a major target for schools like Kentucky and Kansas, which might be making hires this spring, gave him a significantd extension. Lucas got five years and a raise, though it’s unclear how much […]
YouTube Gold: Duke vs. Arkansas In The 1990 Final Four
In the 1990 Final Four, the championship game, where UNLV crushed Duke, 103-73, overshadowed the semis, but those games were pretty good too. UNLV got by Georgia Tech, 90-81, and Duke beat Arkansas and Nolan Richardson’s 40 Minutes of Hell, 97-83. Arkansas, from Richardson on down, was unbearably cocky, Arkansas players explicitly promised to inflict […]
UNC’s Trimble Announces He’ll Transfer To Louisville
As has been rumored for a few days, Seth Trimble has indeed committed to Louisville…but will this stick? He still may not suit up for Pat Kelsey and the Cardinals, because of the recent court decision that allows members of the 2022 class a fifth year. The NCAA has appealed the decision, and no one […]
Cooper Flagg Update
Former Blue Devil Cooper Flagg has had an interesting summer. He’s been on Celebrity Family Feud, and had a special NBA Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card issued that was found in Rhode Island this week. The lucky owner of that card has had offers of $1 million, and the Dallas Mavericks, Flagg’s team, have offered 32 […]
This Shouldn’t Be Happening
The college basketball season is not that far away now, and after all the turmoil we’ve seen in the last few months, it’ll be nice to get back to basics, and to have players on the court, rather than in court. And it’s true that the start of the season has long had a celebratory […]
YouTube Gold: Wilt vs. Kareem
Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain had a legendary rivalry in the late 1950s and through the 1960s. But Russell retired in 1969, and you’d think Chamberlain would have reigned unchallenged as the league’s top big man. That didn’t happen. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then still known as Lew Alcindor, entered the league after winning three straight NCAA […]
Duke Football: 2026 Season Schedule Analysis
The 2026 football season is rapidly approaching and, no surprise, the Duke Blue Devils are receiving little to no respect in preseason polls and articles. The ACC media preseason poll predicts Duke will finish 10th out of 17 teams. ESPN analytics predict Duke will win only five of 12 games. It is time for our […]
Coby White May Hear About This
A 1920 UNC grad, Thomas Wolfe wrote You Can’t Go Home Again, never knowing that the phrase would enter the lexicon, because the book was published posthumously. Coby White may be hearing that phrase soon, after he said this to the Charlotte Observer about his new Hornets teammate, former Duke star Grayson Allen: “The one […]
Twitter Gold: Jeremy Roach Drives A Stake Through Texas Tech’s Heart
We were talking about Duke’s win over Texas Tech in the 2022 NCAA tournament recently, and how tough that game was. As you may remember, the Red Raiders had a 33-29 lead at the half, and their no-middle defense was very challenging. Things changed in the second half. Duke shot 71% in the second half, […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Player Profile: Bryson Howard
All of Duke’s freshman recruits are intriguing in one way or another, but we’re really curious about Bryson Howard. A 6-4 player out of Frisco, Texas, Howard’s dad, Josh, played for Wake Forest, and had a long career in the NBA. So what does Bryson bring to Duke? Well, versatility for one thing. At 6-4, […]
ACC Preview #10 – Syracuse
#1 – UNC || #2 – NC State || #3 – Wake Forest || #4 – Virginia || #5 – Clemson||#6 – Miami || #7 – Louisville || ACC Preview #8 – Pitt || ACC Preview #9 – Georgia Tech Syracuse is going to be one of the most interesting teams to watch in the ACC this season. The Jim Boeheim era, which was nearly as long […]
YouTube Gold: Don Nelson’s Biggest Moment As An NBA Player
Don Nelson, who died Sunday, was an unlikely candidate for a historical basketball figure. He was not particularly gifted. He didn’t run fast or jump high. At 6-6, in his day, he was kind of too tall for a guard and verging on too small for a forward. Nonetheless, he built a remarkable career, first […]
DBR Podcast #839 – Full Non-Con Schedule is Here
The final few pieces of the 2026-27 non-conference schedule have been announced and, whew, it is a doozy! DBR Podcast co-hosts, Jason and Donald, hop on to go through it and highlight some of the interesting quirks and realities of the whole thing. The guys also dig into the first full Duke Blue Planet episode of […]
A Look At Cam Williams’ NBA Potential
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, […]
Woofing 101: Don’t Do It In The Summer
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 […]
Twitter Gold: ESPN On Duke’s 2010 National Championship
We don’t have any way to know, of course, but if you asked Mike Krzyzewski which of his championship teams was his favorite, he might choose the 2010 team. There are a couple of reasons why that might be the case. First, the core of that team really grew. In 2008, they lost to West […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Player Profile: Maxime Meyer
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 […]
Fear And Loathing Of Michael Malone? Not So Much
Jeff Goodman provoked one of the stupidest Duke-UNC conversations we’ve heard in a while when he said that the Duke staff is “scared” of UNC’s Michael Malone, partly because he has an NBA championship ring. Well, yeah, he does, but the team that he won that ring for also fired him because he lost his […]
Twitter Gold: Laettner’s Great Lesson
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 […]
2026 ACC High School Recruits
It used to be a lot easier to put together a list of high school recruits, but between the portal, international recruits, and reclassified players, it’s gotten to be a much more complex situation. Really, it’s gone from recruiting season to roster-building season. Some schools hardly bother to recruit high school players anymore. So far, […]
Once Again, Duke’s Non-Conference Schedule Is No Joke
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) […]
ACC Portal Tracker
Here is a list of ACC high school recruits, and some international signees too. BOSTON COLLEGE OUT IN CAL OUT IN CLEMSON OUT IN DUKE OUT IN FLORIDA STATE OUT IN GEORGIA TECH OUT IN LOUISVILLE OUT IN MIAMI OUT IN NORTH CAROLINA OUT IN NORTH CAROLINA STATE OUT IN NOTRE DAME OUT IN PITT […]
Chip Engelland Changed The Course Of Shane Battier’s Career
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 […]
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