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Latest ACC pickup: Loyola Marymount’s Jan Vide to Virginia. 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 […]
The ACC/SEC Challenge pairings have been released, and Duke will be playing Florida in the Swamp. This is the first time that Duke has visited Florida since both teams were in the SEC in 1937 – 89 years ago. It’s also going to be a Top 5 clash, and a chance for Florida to avenge […]
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, […]
Duke’s 2026-27 roster is fascinating for a lot of reasons. First of all, the Blue Devils get Pat Ngongba, Dame Sarr, Caleb Foster and Cayden Boozer back, and Sebastian Wilkins too, after his redshirt year. Then there are the intriguing portal additions: John Blackwell, Drew Scharnowksi, and Jacob Theodosiu. Finally, there are the freshmen. Jon […]
The NBA Draft is in less than three weeks, and the speculation about Cam Boozer is hitting new heights. Part of it may be gamesmanship, as various front offices try to push players up or down to get their true target. Subterfuge is actually one of our favorite parts of the whole process. In Boozer’s […]
Andrew Toney is somewhat overlooked today, which is really a shame. Drafted out of the University of Lousiana by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1980, Toney quickly established himself as a superb offensive guard. He was particularly lethal against the Boston Celtics, to the point where Beantown media called him The Boston Strangler. He was a […]
Interesting Nolan Smith news, as the second-year Tennessee State coach, along with several other coaches, including the football coach, women’s basketball, softball, track and field, and volleyball coaches, have sent a letter to the university president, expressing no confidence in A.D. Dr. Mikki Allen. Some of their concerns include the following: This is such a […]
In Game 1 of the NBA Finals, New York basically out-toughed San Antonio late in the game to pull out a 105-95 win. As we’ve seen during the rest of the playoffs, former Blue Devil Mason Plumlee rarely gets off the bench, and Wednesday was no exception, as he got another DNP. In general, you […]
We’ve talked before about the hilarious story of Prince renting Carlos Boozer’s LA mansion. As we understood it, Boozer rented it to Prince, expecting a straightforward rental situation, or at least whatever you do when it’s a mansion. But Prince always did things his own way. This video does a great job of explaining the […]
Well this is exciting: after Fox and the Big Ten had a hissy fit about Duke scheduling Michigan in Madison Square Garden, arguing that they they should get a cut of the take from Amazon Prime, it looked like it might be a snag. We first suggested moving it out of the shared territory of […]
Cameron Boozer’s NBA track is pretty set: unless something very strange happens, he’ll go between the #1 and the #4 picks, and lately, a lot of people have suggested that maybe he’ll be the first pick. Time will tell, obviously. For his Duke teammate, Isaiah Evans, his path is less certain. He didn’t test that […]
NBA greats LeBron James and Steve Nash sat down on The Mind the Game podcast to talk about Cooper Flagg and his former Duke teammate Kon Knueppel, and who had the most upside. Not surprisingly, they both agreed on Flagg. That’s no knock on Knueppel, who had an unbelievable rookie year, vastly exceeding expectations. He […]
As you probably know, SLAM Magazine did a feature on incoming Duke freshman Deron Rippey recently. Here’s the video that accompanies it. It’s pretty clear by now that his father, Deron Rippey Sr., is a huge part of his life in general, but a huge influence in his basketball development Deron Sr. played for ECU […]
We’re back with Episode 826. As Jason is in the early days of his vacation, Donald is joined by Scott Rich to discuss a couple of new additions to the Duke Men’s Basketball program. First, Duke has added KJ Conklin as a new assistant coach to replace Evan Bradds, who left this offseason to become […]
Jon Scheyer announced two hires Tuesday: new assistant coach KJ Conklin, and Alexander Powell, who is to be the Executive Director of Basketball. About Conklin, Scheyer said this: “KJ is an unbelievable addition to our staff and our program. He has a genuine passion for developing people and helping them reach their potential, and that […]
It’s been interesting to watch Jared McCain through the playoffs, as he radically exceeded most people’s expectations. It’s also been fun to watch the reactions of Philadelphia fans and Sixers writers as they realized that Philly really blew the McCain trade. In Oklahoma City, McCain emerged as a major force. Like we saw at Duke, […]
For a time Monday, it looked as if Louisville might have gotten Iowa State transfer Milan Momcilovic, but as it turns out, he chose Kentucky later in the evening. He’s a great three-point shooter, but we’re not sure the rest of his game is that polished. Nonetheless, it’s a big get for Mark Pope and […]
Duke has a tremendous freshman class coming again, and Cameron Williams, Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje, Deron Rippey, and Bryson Howard are getting most of the attention. Maxime Meyer is getting less, but you shouldn’t overlook his potential. Take a look at this video, and you’ll see the outlines of a promising player. He can work around […]
We were poking around the Web Sunday, and we looked up Phil Henderson after seeing the Duke-Arkansas Final Four game from 1991. Henderson of course died young of a heart attack in 2013. He was just 44. That reminded us of the sad story of Tom Emma, who was a Bill Foster recruit who helped […]
So this is interesting: former Duke greats Jason Williams and Grant Hill disagree about whether UNC is still a Blue Blood or not. Both of them grew up Carolina fans before they developed more refined taste, incidentally. Williams argues that UNC is no longer a Blue Blood, that they’ve fallen off for too long. Hill […]
The Duke-UNC rivalry, like any rivalry, has its ups and downs, but the ups are really something. Take 1961, when Art Heyman brawled with most of UNC’s team, including then-coach Frank McGuire, who Heyman gleefully claimed he hit in the family jewels (Heyman said that years later, he ran into McGuire, who said, “It still […]
One of our favorite things about the NBA Draft is the skullduggery, machinations, and positively Machiavellian manipulation that goes on as people try to up or downgrade prospects in order to get the guy they really want. Whisper campaigns get started about a prospect who supposedly had a bad attitude during a workout, or rumors […]
What people remember about Duke in the 1990 Final Four was that UNLV just destroyed the Blue Devils in the championship game, 103-73. It was the biggest blowout in NCAA championship history. What people tend to forget is that the Final Four was in Denver, which presents some altitude issues, and that Bobby Hurley had […]
Jared McCain and the Oklahoma City Thunder lost Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals to Mason Plumlee and the San Antonio Spurs Saturday night, 111-103. McCain scored 12 points for the Thunder but Plumlee did not get in the game. However, Plumlee is now the last member of the Brotherhood who may get a […]
Moses Malone has a unique place in ACC history. A native of Petersburg, Virginia, Malone was intensely recruited in high school, and ultimately chose Maryland. He would have enrolled in 1974. However, Malone, who grew up in grinding poverty, opted to sign with the Utah Stars of the ABA. If he had signed with Maryland, […]