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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 […]
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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. […]
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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: […]
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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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When you’re a kid and you fall in love with a sport, it’s magical. As you get older though, other things push in and the sport, though always there, gets pushed back. Every so often though, you see a game that reminds you of why you fell for that sport in the first place. Duke […]
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As longtime DBR readers will know, Jason Robichau is sort of our official artist. He’s done some amazing work over the years. If you look here, you’ll see a couple of his earlier Duke works, including one of Shane Battier blocking a UNC player, which is really good. There’s also a beautiful lithograph of Coach […]
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In his four seasons as Duke’s head coach, Jon Scheyer’s teams have taken on consistent definition despite riding a churning tide of personnel turnover. For instance, through the end of November, with about a quarter of the 2025-26 season under their belts, his Blue Devils characteristically made more than half their shots from the floor, […]
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James Naismith, who was born in 1861 laid down the first 13 rules for basketball in 1891, when he was about 10 years younger than LeBron James is now. Although Naismith originally asked for boxes, a janitor brought peach baskets instead and we got basketball and rims instead of boxball and, well, something else. Anyway, […]
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We’re back with Episode 775 where we begin with our preview of the Florida Gators and NO WE DON’T! DUKE’S IN THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME! All plans to start with the Florida preview were thrown out the window the second an SMU kicker sent his potential game-tying field goal yards right of the uprights, sending […]
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Date 12/2 || Time 7:30 || Venue Cameron Indoor Stadium || Video ESPN Duke’s opponent in the ACC/SEC Challenge is defending national champs Florida. Florida lost a fair amount from last year, not least of all Walter Clayton, who had a terrific season last year, including the most critical play of the national championship game […]
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