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With the intense storm bearing down on the Triangle and, well, everywhere else north of Florida (stop laughing, Floridians. You’ll hear from us during mosquito smacking season), there’s a strong chance we’ll lose power for some time. It’s impossible to know just how long we might be out, if it happens, but the recovery effort […]
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There was a bit of unexpected news during the Duke-Wake game on Saturday as a new roster addition has apparently been made: Malcolm Wilson, late of Queens, has transferred to Duke. A 7-0 center, Wilson was previously at Georgetown for three seasons and he’s been at Queens for two. Wilson has never been a stat […]
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Wake Forest played well for much of the first half, leading for the first 13:18, but Duke erupted in the last 6:42 to make it clear that there would be no upset in Cameron, on their way to a 90-69 win. In fact, Duke ripped off a 16-2 run that should capture any basketball fan’s […]
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Like mock NBA drafts, bracketology is basically pointless, at least this far out. Who knows what could happen between now and Selection Sunday? It’s ridiculous…but like mock drafts, it’s fun to think about bracketology. And you can get some basic ideas locked in, even if some of the finer points, or maybe reasoning of the […]
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Saturday is a busy day with Clemson at Georgia Tech, NC State off to Pitt, Miami jetting up to Lower Canada to take on Syracuse, Virginia Tech in an interesting matchup with Louisville, FSU saddling up to take on the SMU Mustangs, BC battling the Fighting Irish, Cal at Stanford for the West Coast nightcap […]
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Coach K is retired obviously but he still keeps up with the sport he dominated and does interviews fairly often to discuss the state of the game. In this appearance on Westwood One with Josh Graham, he talks about the death of amateurism, the need for transparency and alludes to one of his all-time concerns, […]
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Date 1/24 || Time 12:00 || Venue Cameron Indoor Stadium || Video CW A huge winter storm is moving in to North Carolina soon and one of the first things it did was to change the time of the Duke-Wake Forest game Saturday: it’s now at 12:00 noon. What to expect from Wake Forest? Well, […]
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In 1987, Duke was moving towards Blue Blood status and Wake Forest was in the Bob Staack era which unfortunately for the Deacons, didn’t end well. However, the Demon Deacons had a very dangerous weapon in Muggsy Bogues, the legendary 5-3 guard who would go on to a legendary 14-year NBA career. And in January […]
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With plenty of ice (and maybe snow) on the way, Duke prepares to welcome the Wake Forest Demon Deacons to Cameron on Saturday and the Duke Basketball Roundup is here with a preview of what to expect. Wake’s attack begins with superstar soph Juke Harris but there is much more to know about the Deacs […]
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Once in a while it’s fun to peruse the ACC stats to see what oddities and anomalies turn up. Take three-point shooting. Given the degree of difficulty, you would expect players to be better at converting two point field goal attempts than threes. Yet there are eight league regulars who’ve been more accurate through mid-January […]
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Much like Tuesday, we saw one blowout on Wednesday and two close games: UNC hammered Notre Dame 91-69, Boston College nipped Pitt 65-62 and Virginia Tech snuck past Syracuse on the road, 76-74. UNC led from wire to wire and while the Irish were close at 26-23, that was the end of that: UNC just […]
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We talk periodically about blocked shots and how so often they’re just wasted opportunities. Why? Because guys just throw the ball out of bounds and give it back to the other team. Granted, it’s fun to throw a shot into the fifth row and it projects a certain amount of power. All good fun. But […]
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Guess who is back? Jason has returned from Africa with tales of gorilla sightings and tea farming. But for his first episode back, the DBR Podcast doesn’t even mention the word “basketball” because the guys are all about the lawsuit Duke has filed to keep Darian Mensah from fleeing via the transfer portal. Luckily, in […]
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If you somehow haven’t heard by now, the weather this weekend is lining up for possibly one of the biggest winter storms in living memory for the Triangle, North Carolina and indeed much of the country but particularly the East Coast. Naturally, that will cause big problems at public events and around here, there aren’t […]
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In Tuesday’s ACC Action, NC State surprised Clemson on the road, 80-76 in overtime, Florida State pulled an impressive upset over Miami, 65-63 and SMU thumped Wake Forest, 91-79. Will Wade said State would need a big win to offset the home loss to Georgia Tech and they got it at Clemson, where the Tigers […]
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In 1986, Mike Krzyzewski took Duke to the Final Four for the first time since the 1978 team got there. Naturally, the immediate question after the championship game, which Duke narrowly lost to Louisville, was whether Duke was a flash in the pan. Was this a one-time thing, like it turned out to be for […]
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When Duke signed Darian Mensah to a two-year, eight million dollar contract, it was seen as sort of a step into a Brave New World. Now that he’s entered the portal, despite signing a two-year contract with Duke, the university is again going first but in a very different way: Duke has filed suit against […]
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By this time in the season a few things are becoming clear. “In January, that’s when you start to know which type of team you are,” said Duke freshman Dame Sarr, 19, with wisdom that belies his years. You learn which teams are able to successfully take their show on the road. Which teams have […]
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Cooper Flagg is back from a minor ankle issue and in his Garden debut, he picked up where he left off, finishing with 18 points, 7 rebounds 3 assists and 1 steal. Basically, he was back to doing Cooper Flagg things. As for the Knicks, things are not going well. This was a team that […]
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In Tuesday’s ACC Action, NC State treks down to Clemson, Florida State is off to Miami and SMU visits Wake Forest. We started to say that Will Wade was making his first trip to Clemson, but of course he went to school there and started his coaching career there as well. It’s not like he’s […]
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Duke has had some brilliant defenders over the decades. If you go back to the 1960’s, Jeff Mullins and Steve Vacendak were both very, very tough defenders. In the Foster years, Mike Gminski was terrific around the basket. It was very difficult to score inside on Duke in the late 1970’s. In the Krzyzewski era, […]
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Remember when Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski announced his retirement a year ahead of time? There were a lot of fans around the ACC who thought he wanted a farewell tour. That was always ridiculous. This isn’t the guy who called timeouts on the road in the ACC just so his players could see the other team’s […]
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When Mike Krzyzewski took the Duke job, it took him a little while to figure out how to recruit here. At first he swung for the fences and cast a wide net, most of whom he missed on. One of those was Chris Mullin, who chose St. John’s after a tremendous high school career first […]
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Duke hammered the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 93-46 Sunday, and extended their winning streak to 10. One of the defining characteristics of Kara Lawson’s Duke program is a rugged defense and that was in play here: Duke forced 15 turnovers and held Georgia Tech to 3-15 on three point attempts (20%) and 16-58 overall (28%). […]
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We’re back with another DBR Bites as we continue to discuss the ramifications of Darian Mensah entering the transfer portal at the 11th hour, leaving Duke having to answer a ton of questions about who will be their starting quarterback next season. Donald is joined by Scott Rich to have a more in depth discussion, […]
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