8/18 The Real Prestige Rankings: Introduction and Outline
A few weeks ago ESPN released “ Prestige Rankings ” for NCAA College Basketball teams from 1985 through 2008. As ESPN states, 1985 was the first year the NCAA tournament had 64 teams. After reading through their methodology and scoring system, I have..
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8/11 Posnanski Flunks Krzyzewski
The Kansas City Star's Joe Posnanski is perhaps the most well-regarded sports columnist ( and blogger! ) in the country, which is why his latest column from Beijing is relevant–that, and it's the sharpest rebuke of Team USA head coach Mike Krzyzewski yet. Posnanski's ..
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8/10 Team USA Cruises Past China
GENEVA — While many members of the working media toiled in Beijing, I watched Team USA's 101-70 romp over China Sunday afternoon at Mr. Pickwick's Pub here in Switzerland, a country with a decidedly sparse basketball history. I'm here for six weeks on a study abroad..
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8/8 Duke's Failure to Schedule Non-Conference Away Games Leads to Underachieving
It's becoming more and more apparent that Duke simply refuses to schedule more than one challenging away game. Of course, I'm referring to non-conference games. Sure, the Blue Devils play in competitive tournaments when the season begins, but the atmosphere faced in a..
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8/7 Open Mic: All-Time Duke Basketball Team of Coach K's Era
So I already tried this with Virginia so I thought I would try again with Duke. Hope you enjoy! NOTE: Not being 100 years old or having access to lots of old footage, this list is the top players of the COACH K era which means from 1980-present. So for those loo..
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8/7 Open Mic: My All-Time Duke Basketball Team
So I already tried this with Virginia so I thought I would try again with Duke. Hope you enjoy! PG — Johnny Dawkins Even with other greats like Bobby Hurley, Jason Williams, and Jeff Capel this is a no-brainer. Dawkins is an amazing point guard who was alw..
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8/6 Gregg Doyel wants to make amends
I am sure by now all of Duke nation has seen the article by Gregg Doyel. In it Doyel talks about how his love for USA basketball far exceeds his hatred of Coach K, and if the USA bring home the gold all will be forgiven. All Duke fans know what a pain in the ass Doyel h..
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8/4 What If Cameron's Scoreboard Is Ugly?
Courtesy of Duke Athletics At least for now, forget about luxury boxes , renovations, changes in student seating or any of the myriad issues that will prompt heated discussions about the future of Cameron Indoor Stadium. The most hallowed college basketball arena in the cou..
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8/1 Cameron Indoor to Get a Facelift
Duke's Department of Athletics announced Friday that it has commissioned video display manufacturer Daktronics to design and install a new center-hung scoreboard for one of the most famous college gymnasiums in the country. The 14-feet wide, 15-feet tall system will include..
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7/29 Blue Devils To Close 2008 With Loyola
Another scheduling note from another school, as Duke prepares to announce its own official schedule in the middle of August: Loyola (Maryland) will travel to Cameron Indoor Stadium for a date with the Blue Devils Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. on espn2, two days after the Greyhounds pla..
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7/28 NCAA Basketball: The Real Prestige Rankings, 2000-2008
For those who may not know, last week ESPN released “ Prestige Rankings ” for NCAA College Basketball teams from 1985 to the present. After reading through their methodology and scoring system, I decided to come up with my own rankings that I believe are m..
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7/21 Winn: Duke Won't Make Final Four
In offering 25 fearless predictions for the upcoming (well, almost) college basketball season, SI.com's Luke Winn makes a point that will undoubtedly delight Duke haters and incense Blue Devil loyalists: 21. Duke will look, statistically, like a national-title contender ..
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7/17 Nelson Tries To Be Golden in Vegas
Although many of the Duke-related stories coming out of the sin city this summer have revolved around Coach K and the Olympic team, former Blue Devil guard DeMarcus Nelson has been trying to earn a shot at the Golden State Warriors' preseason camp in October. After going un..
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7/17 CBS Sportsline's Tournament Poll is a joke
Maybe I should blame the fans because they did the voting. However, CBS sports has always been a favorite whipping boy of mine for years. For the past couple of weeks CBS Sportsline has had a tournament for the greatest tournament teams in history. The All-Duke team l..
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7/10 Olympics, Nelson and New York…oh my!
I tend to enjoy a little break over the summer time, completely ignoring Big Duke Balls. Instead I focus on family, vacations, my last place fantasy baseball team and I begin to prepar for my upcoming football draft. This is my life and yes, it's a good one. However, this d..
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7/2 DeCourcy's article about Coach K, Team USA, and Duke unfair
Mike DeCourcy, who writes for The Sporting News, recently wrote an article talking about how Coach K's experience with Team USA hasn't benefited Duke much. While looking at the last two seasons as the basis for his argument you might agree. However, last season was a gr..
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7/2 Josh McRoberts on Gary Roberts Wednesday
Straight from The On Deck Circle.net by Stu Wilkinson. Duke basketball is, in a word, detestable. In more words, it's a heinous violation of everything I like about college basketball. Coach K brings in a bunch of McDonald's All-Americans, but instead of settin..
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6/28 Coach K, Burgeoning Movie Star
Last week, HBO announced a documentary chronicling the history of the Duke-UNC rivalry. Next week, ESPN2 will air a documentary following Mike Krzyzewski's other squad, Team USA. “Road to Redemption,” a five-part series documenting the national team and its ques..
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6/28 Did Mike Krzyzewski Create USA Basketball in Duke's Image?
Filed under: Duke Basketball , ACC Basketball , NCAA Basketball Coaches , Carolina , USA Basketball , Americas One of the biggest complaints about the announcement of USA Basketball's 12-man roster is the lack of big men. We are sending just one true center ( Dwight Howard ..
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6/28 Leslie McDonald chooses Carolina over Duke while Duke signs Andre Dawkins
The Duke Basketball team was hoping to get a commitment from Leslie McDonald a shooting guard in the 2009 class but he chose North Carolina over the Blue Devils. The Blue Devils quickly turned their attention to Andre Dawkins who is the third rated shooting guard in the ..
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6/27 Another Dawkins For Duke
If Andre Dawkins is anything like a certain 1986 graduate with the same surname… well, it's certain that Duke would take such production from its latest 2010 signee. According to Blue Devil Nation and scout.com, Dawkins, a four-star shooting guard from Virginia Beach,..
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6/27 ACC Has Just One First Round Pick, Marking a Great Sign For the Upcoming Season
Filed under: UNC Basketball , Duke Basketball , NC State Basketball , Wake Forest Basketball , ACC Basketball , NBA Prospects Congratulations to NC State's J.J. Hickson , who was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 19th overall draft pick in last night's NBA Draft. ..
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6/26 Exclusive Interview With Coach K: Day 5
This is the last of five clips of a June 17 exclusive interview with Mike Krzyzewski that The Chronicle will post this week. In this excerpt, Coach K talks his “last big project” while coaching at Duke: the restoration of Cameron Indoor Stadium. Giving Cameron a..
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6/24 HBO Plans Documentary of UNC-Duke
Filed under: UNC Basketball , Duke Basketball , ACC Basketball , NCAA Basketball Media Watch , Charlotte , Carolina HBO is planning on doing a documentary on the Duke-North Carolina rivalry . The documentary is scheduled to air next February, maybe just in time for the two ..
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6/24 Team USA Announced, Still Butt of Jokes
On Monday, the roster for Team USA was announced to the country. After three years of interviews and try-outs Mike Krzyzewski was settled on the team that would try to redeem our faith in our national team. However, until they bring home a gold medal Team USA will still..
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6/19 Coach K Doesn't Think He Should Name His Successor ... Just Have a Lot of Input
Filed under: Duke Basketball , ACC Basketball , NCAA Basketball Coaches , Carolina The trendy thing in sports now is naming your own successor. It's happening all over college basketball (and has even entered the NFL). One guy that thinks it is all hooey is Duke's Mike Krzy..
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6/17 A Sign of a Down ACC? They May Not Have a Player Drafted in the First Round
Filed under: UNC Basketball , Georgia Tech Basketball , Duke Basketball , Boston College Basketball , Maryland Basketball , NC State Basketball , ACC Basketball , Clemson Basketball , Virginia Tech Basketball , Virginia Basktball You want another sign showing the decline of..
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6/10 Losing McDonald, Could Be Blessing In Disguise
Even though it is never good to lose out on a recruit, especially to a rival, sometimes it can be a good thing. Leslie McDonald, who was on Duke's radar for quite awhile, committed to North Carolina over the weekend. However, since the Blue Devils offered McDonald much has ..
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6/5 Floppin' Fines
There goes Greg Paulus' NBA career. Fines Will Be Imposed For Clear Cases Of Flopping I kid. I kid. Cut me some slack, it's the summer.
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5/31 AD Kevin White Leaves Notre Dame for Duke
Filed under: Notre Dame Football , Duke Basketball , Notre Dame Basketball , Breaking News , Duke Football Multiple media outlets, including the News & Observer , are reporting that Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White will leave to take the same position at Duke. White..
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5/30 Duke Basketball Recruiting Questionnaire
In an effort to rebuild and reload programs, most college basketball coaches begin courting a potential recruit with a very generic form letter. Duke University has gone the extra step of designing " The Duke Basketball Recruiting Questionnaire ." T..
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5/28 TOC Was Playground For Duke Recruits
As always, Bob Gibbons Tournament Of Champions took place with some of the top high school talent in America in attendance. Duke recruits and commits had very successful trips to the triangle. Mason Plumlee, the only commit in the 09 class so far, was a big story all week..
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5/23 Duke Hires Coach K's Son-In-Law
Filed under: Duke Basketball , ACC Basketball , NCAA Basketball Coaches , Carolina Duke University hired Mike Krzyzewski's son-in-law to be Director of Basketball Operations for the school. Chris Spatola, who is married to Krzyzewski's youngest daughter Jamie, served as a g..
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5/20 Chris Spatola Promoted To Director Of Basketball Operations
Chris Spatola has been promoted to Directory of Basketball Operations at Duke University. That spot opened up after Mike Schrage decided to follow Johnny Dawkins to Stanford. Spatola is also Coack K's son-in-law that had been a graduate assistant/head team manager for ..
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5/16 Suites In Cameron - Big Mistake
2008 recruiting is in the bag. 2009 recruiting won't pick back up till late summer. Even though these are slow times in Duke nation, the message boards are still hoping because of a news story that came out this week. Duke University is considering changing a big part o..
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5/12 ACC Coaches Want to Complain About RPI Numbers -- Sort of
Filed under: UNC Basketball , Duke Basketball , Maryland Basketball , Wake Forest Basketball , ACC Basketball , March Madness , Clemson Basketball , Virginia Tech Basketball It's been over 2 months since the NCAA Selection Sunday. A month or so since the NCAA Tournament con..
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5/10 Nate James named the new assistant basketball coach at Duke
Nate James is the newest former Duke basketball player to be named an assistant coach at Duke University. James will take the spot that opened up after Johnny Dawkins decided to take the head coaching job at Stanford. James had worked with the last year with the Duke staf..
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5/3 Costas Then…
I'm going to go a little off script here and forget about the Duke Blue Devils for a moment (Forgive me). I just got done watching the Costa Now special about the media & sports. If you missed it , Little Bob had a segment about sports blogs that featured Will Leitch of Dea..
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5/3 Miles Plumlee says bye bye to Stanford and heads to Duke
Miles Plumlee has decided to play at Duke. Plumlee originally signed a national letter of intent with Stanford but asked for and was granted his release after Trent Johnson left Stanford for LSU. Plumlee is a 6′10 230 lb power forward that will need to add on some ..
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5/2 One Plumlee, Two Plumlees
And just like that, the 2008-09 Duke Blue Devils have some size in the paint. We decided to take a break from our summer break to talk a little Plumlee. First, let's state right off the bat, this kid is not the savior. He's good, don't get us wrong, but he's not a Patrick P..
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5/2 Johnny Dawkins Watches Stanford Recruit Move on to Duke
Filed under: Duke Basketball , ACC Basketball , Pac-10 Basketball , Stanford Basketball , Carolina Incoming freshman power forward Miles Plumlee wanted a release from his letter of intent when Stanford head coach Trent Johnson left for LSU. He's now made his decision on whe..
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5/2 Nate James is intersted in the Assistant Coaching job
Former Duke basketball player Nate James says that he is very interested in the Duke Assistant Coaching job that is open after Johnny Dawkins took the head coaching job at Stanford. James has always been involved with basketball and has helped out with camps and really enjo..
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5/1 Recruiting: Never A Dull Moment
We all thought long ago that the 2008 class was all but set. One elite All-American, and a big man with a lot of potential. Showing that recruiting in any year is never over till it is over, Duke got a nice surprise with the commitment of Miles Plumlee. From the time ..
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4/30 ACC Looking at Expanding the Basketball Schedule to Eighteen Games
Filed under: UNC Basketball , Georgia Tech Basketball , Duke Basketball , Boston College Basketball , Maryland Basketball , NC State Basketball , ACC Basketball , Clemson Basketball , Virginia Tech Basketball , Virginia Basktball Two weeks ago, I mentioned that one of the A..
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4/28 Coach K Told Stanford That Johnny Dawkins Is Likely His Successor
Filed under: Duke Basketball , ACC Basketball , Pac-10 Basketball , NCAA Basketball Coaches , Stanford Basketball , Carolina I guess Mike Krzyzewski is trying to get that awkwardness that Roy Williams had going on out of the way very early. Last week, news broke that Duke a..
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4/27 Dawkins Spreading His Wings
All Duke fans knew that eventually a team would be able to convince one of the assistant coaches to leave the friendly confines of Durham. The most likely candidate to succeed Coach K, is going to leave his own mark. Ex-Duke star and current assistant coach, Johnny Dawk..
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4/26 NBA Draft: Demarcus Nelson Would Do Well on the Denver Nuggets
A Duke Blue Devil, one of the best perimeter defenders in the country, a slasher, and a threat in the passing lanes. Who is it? Here's a hint, its not Greg Paulus. The player is Demarcus Nelson. Nelson had career highs in points, assists, field goal percentage, a..
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4/26 Duke's Johnny Dawkins to Take Stanford Job
Filed under: Duke Basketball , ACC Basketball , Pac-10 Basketball , NCAA Basketball Coaches , Stanford Basketball , Oakland , Carolina , San Francisco Duke associate head coach Johnny Dawkins will be the next head coach at Stanford, according to sources . Dawkins, a former ..
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4/26 Johnny Dawkins heading to Stanford
Duke assistant coach and former player Johnny Dawkins is on his way to become the head coach at Stanford sources are saying. Dawkins will succeed Trent Johnson, who abruptly left for LSU after leading the Cardinal to the Sweet 16. I don't know what to think about this to ..
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4/24 Duke Blue Devils - Season In Review
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. This famous line is from the Charles Dickens novel, A Tale Of Two Cities . It is the perfect line to describe the 07/08 Duke basketball team. It was truly a tale of two teams. Coming into the season their was much t..
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