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In Saturday’s ACC Action, Louisville took care of Indiana 87-78, Florida State lost to Houston 82-67, Georgia Tech beat Monmouth 79-67, BC slipped by New Haven 67-63, Virginia popped Dayton 86-73, Miami smacked Southern Miss 88-64, NC State dismissed Asheville 75-63, Cal waved goodbye to Pacific 67-61 and Wake Forest said goodbye to West Virginia, […]
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Like most rookies – well, not Kon Knueppel so much – Cooper Flagg had an adjustment period to the NBA. His was more complicated than a lot of others because first, so much was expected of Flagg and second, his life was complicated when the Dallas Mavericks wanted him to play point. He’s certainly capable […]
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Atlantic Coast Conference Champions! In Football. Read those words a couple times and let them sink in. This is definitely a “stop and smell the roses” event for Duke fans. Duke defeated Virginia 27 -20 in overtime to win their first conference championship since 1989 which they shared with Virginia. This is Duke’s first outright […]
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Unfreaking believable – Duke knocks off Virginia 27-20 in overtime to win the ACC Championship. Redshirt sophomore Luke Mergott, who was well down the depth chart was forced to step up due to injuries and when Virginia tried a trick play in overtime, he stepped in front of the Virginia receiver to ice the win […]
2 months ago | 1 read
Duke and Michigan State rarely disappoint and this time was no exception as the Blue Devils pulled out an exciting 66-60 win in Breslin. As always though with the Spartans, it wasn’t easy. Duke faced a lot of adversity in this one, and the peak of it was probably the moments between when Patrick Ngongba […]
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The second word in the name of this site is basketball and we love basketball. Born and bred on roundball. When it’s summer, we wish it was winter just so we could get some more hoops in. The cold is absolutely worth it, as Duke proved this week in the win over Florida. But the […]
2 months ago | 1 read
In Friday’s ACC Action, only one game but a good one as Notre Dame took out TCU in overtime, 87-85. Honestly, when TCU went into the half up 45-36, given Notre Dame’s recent history, we thought they were cooked. Didn’t happen, as it turned out, and a freshman, Jalen Haralson, was the difference maker. Haralson, […]
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As Duke fans, we’ve had to deal with Kentucky fans since at least 1992, when Christian Laettner ripped the still-beating heart out of BBN’s collective chest and stomped it flat in the Spectrum. We wouldn’t give that game back for anything, but we wouldn’t wish the joy of Kentucky fans on anyone either. And we […]
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Date 12/6 || Time Noon || Venue Breslin Center || Video Fox Duke plays the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday and beyond that, the non-conference gauntlet is almost over, with majors Texas Tech next Saturday and Michigan in February (Duke also plays Lipscomb at home). As long as Tom Izzo is there, nothing much will […]
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After a big win over former Duke Blue Devil Mark Mitchell and his Missouri Tigers, Notre Dame gets a nice road test at TCU. Jamie Dixon has never been our favorite coach but he has TCU at 5-2. The losses are to New Orleans (78-74 and inexplicable) and to Michigan, 67-63 and admirable, given how […]
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College football has been around since 1869 and has a long and at times checkered history. The NCAA was actually formed in 1906 because football had grown too violent not to be monitored and regulated. Over time it grew into much more the sport that we know today. The forward pass came into the game […]
2 months ago | 1 read
There’s still time to turn it around, but the women’s season is not going well. Duke had previously lost to #16 Baylor, West Virginia, South Florida, #2 South Carolina, #3 UCLA and now LSU in the ACC/SEC Challenge. Duke fell to the Tigers, 93-77. The Blue Devils started with a bang, running out to a […]
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It is going to be a huge sports weekend for Duke fans. The latest edition of the Duke Basketball Roundup dives into both of the big events, the hoops battle at undefeated Michigan State and the football Blue Devils playing Virginia for the ACC Championship. Jason and Scott Rich (subbing for World Cup obsessed Donald) […]
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ACC Championship Game Preview: Duke vs Virginia Duke (7-5, 6-2) faces Virginia (10-2, 7-1) in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game Saturday evening at 8 pm EST in Charlotte, NC at Bank of America Stadium. Television coverage is on ABC. Virginia is favored by three points. Duke is riding a two-game win streak with wins […]
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The shot, arranged during a timeout and destined for a place in the pantheon of great Cameron moments, came with 21 seconds to go and Duke trailing Florida by two points, the Gators’ only lead of the second half. The ball went to the top of the key to Isaiah Evans. Even after missing his […]
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In Wednesday’s ACC/SEC Challenge action, the only winner from Day II was Virginia, as the Cavs took down Texas 88-69. Otherwise, Auburn beat NC State 83-73, Clemson fell to Alabama 90-84, Vanderbilt took out SMU 88-69, Georgia Tech lost to Mississippi State 85-73, BC took LSU to overtime before falling 78-69 and Louisville took an […]
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You know things are going well for Kon Knueppel, but if you weren’t a Duke fan or maybe not even a big basketball fan and how would you know? One way would be if he started popping up on TV, as he does here on the Tonight Show. He talks about his family inviting his […]
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Are you still buzzing after last night’s win over Florida? It’s happening across Duke Nation after one of the most exciting games in recent Cameron history. And let’s give Florida props: that’s a really good team. Thomas Haugh looks like an absolute pro. Interesting significa here: Haugh is 22, four years older than Cooper Flagg. […]
2 months ago | 1 read
Yale is not one of the Top 25 teams in college basketball. An obvious sentiment? Not if the NCAA’s early NET Rankings are to believed, which have the Bulldogs rated No. 25 in the country. Kidding aside, the early NET rankings have historically been quirky, as I’ve written about before. This year’s edition has a […]
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In the first day of ACC/SEC Challenge, the ACC performed far better than it did last year: Syracuse knocked off Tennessee 62-60, UNC took care of Kentucky 67-64, Virginia Tech took out South Carolina in overtime, 86-83, Miami beat Chris Beard’s Ole Miss 75-66 and Notre Dame got by Mark Mitchell and Missouri, 76-71. Duke […]
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Duke’s win over Florida was intense and dramatic. You could pick any number of moments – 11 blocked shots, multiple great plays by Cameron Boozer, or Boogie Fland coughing the ball up at the end and call them the most dramatic plays. Still, we’re pretty sure that most Duke fans would agree with us that […]
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This is so cool: Former Duke stars Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel are now the first draftees from the same school to be named Rookies of the Month in the same month. Flagg is the West Rookie of the Month while Knueppel represents the East. As the image here notes, their stats are very close: […]
2 months ago | 1 read
What is it about the ACC-SEC Challenge and Isaiah Evans? After burying Auburn under a barrage of threes a year ago, he turns the tables by hitting almost nothing against Florida this year… until the moment when it mattered most. The Duke Basketball Roundup has a joyous recap of a thrilling game that was as tense […]
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