Schedule, I release you. Check out five of the most intriguing non-conference matchups in the ACC.

When we last left you, DT Marvin Austin had officially been suspended for violation of team rules. This morning, that list may have bloated into over a dozen more players, as ESPN's Joe Schad is reporting that as many as 16 players could be suspended for the LSU game: The suspension marks the latest twist during a turbulent summer for North Carolina, which is preparing to play against LSU on Saturday without up to 16 players, sources said...

While I agree that Duke should be the cream of the crop in the ACC,  it is still debatable who is number 2. Virginia Tech with Malcolm Delaney really does make a strong case, guard play generally rules the ACC and The ACC’s leading scorer is back with last years team pretty much intact. Whether [...]...

One reader sent us a note recently asking why we hadn't written anything about the ongoing NCAA and internal investigations involving the UNC football program (by the way, thanks Lloyd, we are getting to it I promise) and the truth is I didn't really want to write anything because nothing had actually happened, per se. UNC held a big conference for the media that was basically just a chance to hear the equivalent of a press release read o...

Originally posted at ACCAIRBALL.COM CLEMSON 2010-2011 INCOMING FRESHMAN (PG-NR) Cory Stanton (5’11, 160) ☆☆ Like Boston College’s Steve Donahue, new man on campus Brad Brownell walked onto campus and found no 2010 commitments waiting for him. However, unlike like Donahue, Brownell was able to go out and get at least one guy, a speedy point [...]...

For the second straight year, a trash-talking video between Duke and North Carolina recruits has surfaced. This time, it’s Carolina’s James McAdoo (No. 3 rated PF) and Duke’s Michael Gbinije (No. 5 rated SF). It’s some pretty funny stuff and at the very least, it shows that while the fans may hate each other, these [...]...

Today we begin a new list. After listing “The 2010 Top-25 players in the ACC,” we’re moving on to focus just on the younger generation. With so much turnaround in college basketball, incoming freshman are having a huge impact on ACC basketball. One failed class can set a program back for years. One amazing get [...]...

Every Monday morning, Crazie Talk culls Duke basketball news, articles, and videos into a half dozen of the best “Deviled Eggs” on the interwebs. Here are this week’s best. Photo courtesy of Towerview Magazine.

Austin Rivers is quickly becoming one of the most hyped basketball players in recent memory. The John Wall-like press and buckets of love coming his wayare nothing short of remarkable. In 2003 Carmelo Anthony proved to the world that a single recruit can elevate a team to championship fame. Since that time,institutes have been throwing the farm at recruits hoping for the same success. Last Halloween, John Wall dressed up like the Calipari Kid.Thi...

First posted at ACC Airball. Over at the Bleacher Report, Mike Mehta has a great article up about Jon Scheyer and whether the Duke Blue Devils should retire his number. When you look at the numbers (and there are plenty of them), it almost seems like an easy decision. Scheyer is top-10 all-time at Duke [...]...

Every Monday morning, Crazie Talk culls Duke basketball news, articles, and videos into a half dozen of the best “Deviled Eggs” on the interwebs. Here are this week’s best. Photo courtesy of DukeBluePlanet.com.

As Duke fans we want to believe Dan Wiederer when he says that Austin Rivers is a lock for Duke, but as seen with the Harrison Barnes saga, and even the Terrence Jones commitment and then 180 degree turnaround nothing is set in stone until you see them in a uniform. You have to believe [...]...

ESPN released their schedule this week for the 24-hour tip-off marathon that kicks off their college basketball coverage, and Duke will be a part of it. The Devils will begin their title defense at home against Miami of Ohio at 7:30 PM (ET). Take a look at the entire schedule here. Speaking of Duke Basketball, Miles Plumlee made a little splash on the interwebs when he used 6'10" brother Mason as a prop to win the Duke camp dunk contest by va...

Surprise. Surprise. I’m dropping both the No 1 and No 2 players at the same time. The fact is, at this point, there are no more surprises. Why make you wait? Enjoy. The second Kyle Singler announcement that he would be returning for his senior year, you could already pencil him as a candidate for [...]...

What more can I say that hasn’t already been said about the incoming freshman? Harrison Barnes, a 6-8 forward, will be the most polished freshman to entire college basketball since Carmelo Anthony. In fact, he’s only coming to college because he has too. I know he talked all about going to business school, but this [...]...

Last year during Duke’s national championship run, Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler received most of the attention as well as first team All-ACC honors. Let’s be clear though, the Blue Devils don’t even come close to winning the national championship without Nolan Smith. While Singler and Scheyer had brilliant moments, both had stretches during the [...]...

Our spotlight today is on Justin Anderson ( @JDotAnderson23 )rising star out of Montrose Christian Academy. At 6’5, and around 210, his frame and athletic ability is off the charts, and beyond his years. He uses these gifts to overwhelm defenders on the offensive end, speed, quickness and strength are assets on display whenever he [...]...

Back in April, less than 24 hours before the deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft, junior point guard, Malcolm Delaney sent this tweet: “IM COMIN BACC TO SCHOOL… Final 4.” At that moment, all of Blacksburg celebrated. Last year’s scoring champ and first-team All-American, was returning for his senior year and just like that, [...]...

Every Monday morning, Crazie Talk culls Duke basketball news, articles, and videos into a half dozen of the best “Deviled Eggs” on the interwebs. Here are this week’s best. Photo courtesy of DukeBluePlanet.com.

In every sport, there is always one of those guys that if you slipped him onto another roster, he’d be all the rage. In the ACC, this player is Tracy Smith. After two years of growing pains, Smith bullied his way to the top of the ACC last year. He was 7th in scoring (16.5 [...]...

Hey now... I kid! I kid! (You can blame those UNC party boat pictures that came out last year for that headline.) Carolina basketball saw their first competitive action of the year in a two-game preseason exhibition tour in the Bahamas this week, and naturally they breezed past the Commonwealth Bank Giants (wait, who?)130-87, and beat the Bahamas All Stars 123-86. Obviously the results have to be taken with a fairly large grain of salt, since acc...

Current update on the UNC football investigation: everyone seems to want to know how Marvin Austin got to Californiato work out at the Proactive Sports training facility, and they are particularly interested in assistant coach John Blake's relationship with agent Gary Wichard. Former UNC lineman and current San Diego Charger Cam Thomas says teammate and first-round draft pick Kentwan Balmer paid for the trip. This could be good or bad, depend...

Please follow our posts over at http://www.DukeHoopBlog.com. I considered keeping this site open as well, and the url will remain live for as long as Google will allow, but I now have a much more functional and hopefully more pleasing to the eye Wordpress site.I also teamed up with YardBarker.com who promotes some fantastic sports-related blogs on their site, and hopefully one day mine will be included in the fantastic. Thank you very much for...

Duke wants YOU to play college basketball. Well, maybe not you, but the staff would like some elite prospects to work with. As the summer winds down, let's take a look at some of the biggest stories to follow this fall into the early signing period. Photo: Wikimedia Commons...

Who says, Coach K doesn’t take one-and-done players? While Kyrie Irving has never said he’s only in it for one season, the New Jersey native has all the tools to be in the NBA in 2011. Without question, he’s the best pure point guard coming in as a freshman this year. In fact, when the [...]...

The first 12 members of the Boost Mobile Elite 24 event taking place in Los Angeles’ Venice Beach Friday and Saturday, August 27 and 28 were announced on August 5th. This is a game between what ESPNRise.com considers the Top 24 players in the country, regardless of class. It is obviously quite an honor to be selected. The announced list as of now is quite impressive:Adonis Thomas, Amir Garrett, Austin Rivers, Bradley Beal, Dajuan Coleman, Ja...

Monday, Nov. 297:00 p.m. - ESPN2 - Virginia at MinnesotaTuesday, Nov. 307:00 p.m. - ESPNU - Iowa at Wake Forest7:00 p.m. - ESPN2 - Georgia Tech at Northwestern7:30 p.m. - ESPN - Ohio State at Florida State9:00 p.m. - ESPN2 - Michigan at Clemson9:30 p.m. - ESPN - North Carolina at IllinoisWednesday, Dec. 17:15 p.m. - ESPNU - Indiana at Boston College7:15 p.m. - ESPN2 - N.C. State at Wisconsin7:30 p.m. - ESPN - Purdue at Virginia Tech9:15 p.m. - ES...

Every Monday morning, Crazie Talk culls Duke basketball news, articles, and videos into a half dozen of the best “Deviled Eggs” on the interwebs. Here are this week’s best. Photo courtesy of DukeBluePlanet.com.

D1 Sports/Charles Ryan Basketball won the 2010 NC Pro-Am Summer League Sunday, August 8th, 2010. Duke Sophomores Ryan Kelly and Andre Dawkins were two of the team's top scorers (Andre had 18 pts and Ryan had 16.) Since joining the Duke Blue Devils, Ryan and Andre have competed in 4 tournaments (2009 Preseason NIT, 2010 ACC Tournament, 2010 NCAA Tournament, 2010 NC Pro-Am) and won all 4. Let's hope that trend continues with the CBE Clas...

We have the dream final tomorrow night on CBS College Sports TV. That is Channel 613 on DirecTV and 537 on Time Warner Cable in the Triangle Area. Watch as Duke recruits Marshall Plumlee, Quinn Cook, Rodney Purvis, Shabazz Muhammad, Alex Murphy, Kaleb Tarczewski, and Amile Jefferson compete on live TV at 8:45 PM EST.

Nolan, in addition to having an incredible summer, has his mind right. Focusing on what Duke needs in order to repeat, that includes some loses (but not too many).  Seems as though in evaluating the season Nolan has realized that there were key loses last year that aided in the mental development and subsequent title [...]...

Who said Alex Murphy wasn't athletic? Watch him take it to Hanner Perea at the Adidas Nations in Chicago:Video via Dan Poneman of SwagAir.com...

There were so many moments from last year's title run that made it so special to enjoy watching from the sidelines. One that most Duke fans I knew pegged as the one that needed to happen in order for Duke to be a true National Title Contender was for the Plumlee Brothers to be a consistent offensive force. While the Devils didn't end up needing that on a regular basis, it was always nice when it happened. One game in particular, both P...

We first heard about this a week ago (via Curtis Kitchen from 810WHB.com) and saw another mention of it late last night, so we most definitely had to take a minute to send some positive thoughts in the direction of former Missouri State, Saint Louis, and UNLV head coach and 1994 Henry Iba Award winner [...]...

Mason, Nolan, Ryan Kelly, Andre Dawkins, Miles Plumlee, Marshall Plumlee, Quincy Miller, and Deuce Bello. Enjoy!

Some dates are not finalized yet, but we have nearly every opponent in ink here:15-Oct Countdown to Craziness 7PM23-Oct St. Augustines (exh) 7PM4-Nov Cal Poly Pomona (exh) 7PM14-Nov Princeton (CBE)16-Nov Miami OH (CBE)19-Nov Colgate22-Nov vs. Marquette (CBE-KC) 7:30PM23-Nov vs.Gonzaga/Kansas State (CBE-KC) 10:15PM27-Nov vs. Oregon (Rose Garden, Portland) 4PM1-Dec Michigan State 9:15PM4-Dec vs. Butler (Meadowlands) 3:30PMDec BradleyDec St. Louis20...

The kid can score in so many ways and is now adding defensive stalwart to his repertoire. If he can bring his defensive skills up anywhere close to his offensive game, it's gonna be hard not to put him as the #1 player in the Class of 2011... Watch him in this outstanding highlight video via OneEntertainmentHoops.com: Click to play...

Austin says he will take a "couple visits" and then make his decision before his high school season.As he told Scout.com in an interview earlier this week, "Honestly I'm going to get it done before the beginning of my high school practices,". I spoke with someone recently who heard from the Winter Park AD (where Austin goes to high school) who told him their first official practice would be November 1st. I'd expect a decision sometime in...

Congrats to Duke commit Michael Gbinije and Duke recruit Austin Rivers for making the First Team of the AAU Super Showcase down in Orlando, Fla. Both of these youngsters continue to raise the level of their games as they move into their senior years of high school basketball. ESPNRise.com All-Tourney TeamsMichael Gbinije, Team TakeoverGbinije had a strong cast around him, which gave him plenty of opportunities to get looks. But the senior didn�...

As you can tell, sometimes Duke news comes up and interrupts a planned Top 10 Countdown. I hope you've enjoyed the posts that have come between #10 on our Top 10 Favorite Moments from last season's title run and this one, as so many things have come up since then.Without further adieu, here is #9 on the list...Jon Scheyer's highly efficient night against Gardner-Webb in Cameron was a sight to see. While the Duke team was still findi...

Many of our 2011 and 2012 targets have been selected for the prestigious Adidas Nations Global Experience. From their press release here: The world's elite 18-and-under players from six international teams including Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, US 2010 and US 2011, will train and compete in the prestigious annual program. Current NBA players, highly esteemed NBA veterans and collegiate players join the global program as head coaches,...

A new post from BullDawgJunction.com, a Mississippi State recruiting website, seems to allude that 2011 verbal commitment Tyler Adams is open to other schools. Specifically, that he is open to the Bulldogs: He told me MSU and Georgetown are really the only two schools still recruiting him since his commitment to Duke. And interesting enough, he told me "Mississippi State is still in the mix and still an option".We know that Tyler has had grades...

6 pm Body Of Christ vs. Team Dreamworks7 pm D1 Sports/C Ryan vs. Lucky 78 pm Team Jamison vs. Hendrick Of Durham9 pm Coaches in Christ vs. Team 212/Trianglegi.comWell, looks like this could be one of the last chances to catch a lot of Duke players at one time for this NC Pro-Am Summer League. With only two more regular season games and 3 playoff games remaining, get out to North Carolina Central ASAP if you want to see your favorite Devils compe...

Floaters, threes, dunks, layups, the #1 Shooting Guard (#1 player according to some) in the Class of 2012 shows off a diverse repertoire of scoring abilities in this new highlight video from PremierBall.com. Watch Shabazz make defenders look stupid during the Adidas Super 64 Classic below.

As the new recruiting calendar turned over August 1st, prospects got one year older according to the NCAA and coaches began a whole new round of phone calls, text messages, emails, and social media connections. Rising Juniors can receive telephone calls once per month through July 31st, 2011. Rising Seniors can be called twice per week, and off campus contact is only one month and a week away. There are obviously ways around this, but these ar...

We have a couple of updates on former Duke Basketball Players.First, Greg Paulus has been hired as an Assistant Men's Basketball coach at the Naval Academy. This is Greg's first foray into the coaching world, and he steps into a pretty good situation as Navy finished the year at 7-7 in the Patriot League, 13-17 Overall and return quite a few players. Good luck to Greg as we know it has long been a goal of Greg to become a basketball coac...

Seniors Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith were selected as two of the ten USA Select Team members to train against the USA Men's National Team in New York City for the World Basketball Festival.See the rest of the list here.This is quite an honor and should cap off an extremely busy Summer for both team captains. Kyle has attended the Chris Paul Guard Skills Camp, the Amare Stoudemire Skills Camp, the USA Training Camp, played a few games in the...

Last year saw many milestones reached such as Cameron Indoor Stadium's 70th year, 754th victory, and 15th undefeated season. Duke fans also saw Coach K's 395th victory in Cameron, his 868th career victory, and his 1,000th game. Jon Scheyer played his part and moved past 2,000 points on a Free Throw in the second half of the 2nd round Cal game, something only 9 other Duke players have done in their careers. Jon's 2,077 points put him...

I'll admit, I first got the idea for Poll Skewing the fine folks at Duke Basketball Report, where I've spent more time than I care to admit talking about Duke Hoops. I want to pass along a poll I found where Duke fans should be able to make an impact. The NC Pro-Am Blog is asking for fans to vote on the Top 5 players from the league so far. Do your part and vote for the Blue Devils:http://greaterncproambasketballleague.blogspot.com/...

If you are in the Washington DC Area this weekend, you will get a chance to see Duke's highest ranked commit for 2011 Michael Gbinije and one of the top 2011 Recruits in Quinn Cook battle in the last sanctioned event of the Summer AAU circuit.For more details, go to the I95Ballerz website here.If you're going to see these two Duke targets, be at St. Stephens High School for Gbinije's game at 2 PM as he and his Team Takeover DC battle...

Last year was the final year of Dr. Art Chandler's magical 40 year run as the "Voice of Cameron". He leaves behind quite a legacy of missing only 3 games minus a short Army Reserves stint with the original Desert Storm Operation over 39 seasons of Duke Basketball in Cameron. Dr. Chandler is best known for his "Here Comes Duke" introduction at the urging of former Duke player Alaa Abdelnaby. As he said in this GoDuke.com article towards the...

It's two weeks since the NCAA's investigation team landed on UNC, and still no suspensions handed down. What we've been reading in the meantime: Here's your 2010 Football Preseason All-ACC Team, which includes five Tar Heels Robert Quinn, Marvin Austin,Quan Sturdivant, Kendric Burney andDeunta Williams) and one (!) Blue Devil (WR Donovan Varner). Of, course, the looming question of whether or not Austin will even make it to ACC p...

Thursday, July 296 pm Team 212/Trianglegi.com vs. Team Navy7 pm Coaches In Christ vs. Team McGladrey8 pm Team Stackhouse/TRSC vs. Team Jamison9 pm Lucky 7 vs. Body of ChristShould be a pretty light evening for Duke guys in action tonight. As you know by now, Team Navy does not actually consist of any Duke players, so do not attend the 6 PM game if you're expecting to see any of your Blue Devil ballers. Honestly, other than that it's bee...

Every Monday morning, Crazie Talk culls Duke basketball news, articles, and videos into a half dozen of the best “Deviled Eggs” on the interwebs. Photo courtesy of DukeBluePlanet.com.

Ryan Kelly was hoopin' at the Greater N.C. Pro-Am on Tuesday night. Kyrie Irving, Seth Curry, Josh Hairston, Tyler Thornton, Mason Plumlee, and the newest member of the Duke Blue Devils, Marshall Plumlee, were all in action at N.C. Central as well. Photo: Crazie-Talk...

Here is the summer buzz on the Blue Devils from ESPN and Eamonn Brennan. While no one is saying the Devils should repeat, the more that words gets dropped in articles the more pressure this team is going to feel. There is definitely a target place firmly on the back of this team and I [...]...

Marvin, somebody bought you that shirt, didn't they?Well, this NCAA investigation of Carolina's football program is still in full swing, so let's go over the latest quasi-relevant details and unsubstantiated rumors, shall we? Tar Heel Fan has a nice wrapup of recent developments, including plenty of people coming out of the woodwork to say they have seen Marvin Austin receive gifts, like possibly staying at a 4-star hotel in Miami on...

Every Monday morning, Crazie Talk culls Duke basketball news, articles, and videos into a half dozen of the best “Deviled Eggs” on the interwebs. Photo courtesy of DukeBluePlanet.com.

Well, it appears that while the idea of Carolina going to the SEC in conference realignment was a pipe dream, UNC has decided to start acting like an SEC school anyways, as the football program is currently under investigation by the NCAA. All kidding aside, though, a lot of Tar Heel fans and people within the athletic program have to be a bit nervous this morning. According to Inside Carolina, the investigation centers around possible illegal be...

Crazie-Talk has caught two sessions of the NC Pro-Am, and have seen glimpses of what our guys are capable of for next year. For one, Miles Plumlee now has a beard. Look out, ACC. Photo: Crazie-Talk...

Well, Well, Well!!!! It looks as if the 3rd Plumlee has committed to Duke after all the speculation that he was not. Most Duke fans probably knew, in the back of their mind, that he would eventually become a Dukie. How could you turn the opportunity down the possibility to play with your brothers in [...]...

Word came down from several sites that Marshall Plumlee has committed to Coach K and the Duke Blue Devils. Marshall joins Michael Gbinije and Tyler Adams as the Duke haul so far for 2011. While Marshall doesn’t come as heralded as his brothers, he is a hard worker and should do well in Duke blue.

Ahhh back from vacation where I have two observations: 1. Lebron James has an ego the size of the Sun and Cleveland will hate him forever, and 2. Seaworld is pretty damn fun. I’ve never really liked Lebron James, and I never really had a valid reason until now, so I can now say he [...]...

Hello again everyone, hope you'll all excuse the lack of posts - it is the offseason, after all. Here's catching you up on what you may have missed recently in the Rivalry: It appears that James McAdoo won’t be coming to UNC a year early after all, saying that a mission trip to Nicaragua with his friends convinced him he wanted another year to enjoy high school. While he could have helped Carolina immediately, good to see that the...

Congratulations to Kyrie Irving and Josh Hairston for being named to the 2010 USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team.

Some video interviews with the Dukies attending the CP camp, getting better not only for the upcoming season but also thinking about life in the NBA. Seth Curry Interview Kyle Singler Nolan Smith...

Seth Curry is really going to be the x-factor for Duke in the coming year, with scoring options in Singler, Smith and Irving, Curry will bring quite a punch from 3. How will Duke juggle the minutes? I think it will work nicely into what K wants to do, a faster team means a team [...]...

Welcome to Duke Basketball, the site all about finding all the info you need about Duke Basketball. There is always a ton of people looking for information about Duke Basketball on the internet, and luckily for you we are here just for you. There is something that is really exciting about Duke Basketball so good [...]...

In less than 48 hours, our televisions will be taken over by the biggest sporting event the world has to offer.  Your TweetDeck (or whatever Twitter application you use) will be lousy with friends, celebrities, and sportswriters tweeting about it.  Your Facebook friends will be centering their status updates about it.  And, for the next [...]...

It's looking more and more like Class of 2011 commit James McAdoo may be coming to UNC a year early, which, as Bart mentioned below, turns Carolina's current recruiting class from "great" to "just plain stoopid." Additionally, SI's Luke Winn and ESPN's Eamonn Brennaneach note that McAdoo could very well become the face of an early-entry trend should he decide to go to Carolina, as more recruits explore the idea. Winn also does a g...

The first of two narrow decisions of this list pits two Vic Bubas squads against each other to determine who the best team of the 1960s was.  Both the 1963 and 1966 squads went on to lose in the Final Four and then win the consolation game, garnering the NCAA Third Place trophy (a silver [...]...

Reports have surfaced that College of Southern Idaho star Carrick Felix will not sign with Duke.  Sources have confirmed that Felix was not admitted into Duke University and now Felix will reopen his recruitment. Prior to his commitment to Duke, Felix held offers from Arizona State, Idaho, Kent State and South Florida. With the absence of [...]...

While doing research for my current project on the top 10 Duke teams of all time I decided to put this together.  Enjoy. Connected to the phone in Vic Bubas’ office is an efficient-looking gadget on which two rows of lights flash silently, not interfering at all with the soft music piped into the speaker [...]...

I was doing some browsing last night and I found a very interesting guest blog entry on Fox Sports Community by none other than, Austin Rivers. After reading this I was sort of confused. This blog entry is nothing like his last diary entry at highschoolhoop.com from about a week ago. It brought me and [...]...

It is only May, but there have already been dramatic shifts in the ACC coaching ranks. At no time in the history of the ACC have 3 coaching changes taken place in one off season. That came to an end this spring as Clemson, Boston College and Wake Forest will all have new coaches patrolling [...]...

A couple of the ACC/BIG TEN challenge games leaked yesterday. The official release date is on Thursday, but I am going to take the time to preview the games that leaked. Just by looking at the matchups that leaked, it should be a good Challenge this year. Overall, the ACC is 10-1 since the inception [...]...

As we all know Austin Rivers updated is diary/blog, reflecting on his visit to Duke and going to the Basketball Banquet. After reading this, I wanted to dig a little deeper into what is important to him and try to see what school he may choose. Lets take a closer look: 1.) First off, he [...]...

Since my last post, many things have happened from transfers to NBA declarations and players returning. Lets take a better look into the future now that the rosters are a little closer to completion. FLORIDA STATE Last Year’s Record: 22-10 (10-6) Key Departure: Solomon Alibi (Declared for Draft) Key Recruit: Okaro White -  Power Forward [...]...

Well we knew someone was going to transfer, I did not expect the two Wear Brothers to be the ones. According to Long Beach Press-Telegram, due to undisclosed reasons, the BOTH David and Travis Wear have decided to transfer after one year at UNC. Here is what their father said: “Dave Wear said he discussed [...]...

At this point Duke should be the favorite to repeat as champions, and basically a lock for preseason No. 1 overall. On paper, they look to be even better than the team that cut down the nets in 2010? (Depending on the Plumlees development). Duke looses Thomas, Zoubek, and Scheyer, but  replace the “role players” [...]...

According to Rivals.com, Austin Rivers has publicly stated that Duke is his new leader and barely mentioning Florida. Here is the quote: “I want to go to a school where I can fit in and play well,” Rivers told Rivals’ Jerry Meyer. “Duke and North Carolina run a similar offense and like to get up [...]...

Lets quickly look at how teams are shaping up in the ACC. A lot has been going on, from the coaching carousel, NBA Declarations, and the landing of some big recruits. I will have to adjust my analysis of some of these teams depending on whether or not players stay or go.  I love Duke [...]...

Nate James traveled to Mississippi last week to check up on 2011 prospect, Tyler Adams.  Yesterday, BlueMascot learned that Adams has committed to Duke.  The 6′9″ 260lb center did not even need to visit the campus. Adams had scholarship offers from Ole Miss, Miss St., Memphis, Alabama and Clemson but decided to join the Blue [...]...

Tyler Adams has officially committed to Duke!!! According to Scout.com, Duke got a commitment Sunday night from Tyler Adams, a 6-8, 250-pound junior center from Brandon (Miss.) High. Adams is ranked No. 10 among centers and No. 81 overall in the Class of 2011 by Rivals. He reportedly chose the Blue Devils over Clemson, Alabama, [...]...

I just got back from vacation and, franlky, it has taken me that long to reflect on Duke’s national championship season. I remember broadcasting their first game of the year versus UNC-G and having Coach K tell me this was a very good team, not a great team. I was anxious to see this new [...]...

Duke Sports Information DURHAM, N.C. – Junior Kyle Singler announced on Monday his decision to remain at Duke University for his senior season in 2010-11. Singler, the 2010 Final Four Most Outstanding Player, has averaged 15.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game during his first three seasons as a Blue Devil. “I love being here [...]...

As I alluded to in my previous post, the 2004 Duke Blue Devils check in at #10.  You might be asking yourself how could a team featuring Duke’s all time leading scorer, rebounder, shot blocker, stealer and 2nd leading assist man be all the way down at 10.  Well, allow me to explain myself. Entering [...]...

Over the coming months I’ll be delving into the archives to uncover some history.  I’ll be plunging into the record books to find out just who were the top 10 teams in Duke history.  Was the 63 squad more talented than the 64 team even though 64 went to the National Final?  Can the 99 [...]...

Over the past week, we’ve conducted a poll that asks our readers why they hate the Duke Blue Devils. Here are the results (250 respondents): The results are interesting. While 37% of respondents freely admit that they don’t hate Duke, that means that 63% do, for one reason or another. The top reasons were “they get [...]...

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- RUMORS AND RANTS has video of a blogger asking Duke fans — including kind of a cute little blonde — before the Butler game whether or not they are okay with the role of villain. - JAKE’S TAKE ON SPORTS went to see the Duke/Butler game in 3-D at a local movie theater and posted [...]...

In his post game press conference, Mike Krzyzewski was asked about why he told Brian Zoubek to intentionally miss the second free throw, giving Butler an opportunity to win the game with a half-court shot. Here’s his response, via NewsObserver.com: On the last thing, they didn’t have any timeouts left. And if he missed, I thought [...]...

Bob Kravitz, Indy Star: If this magical, marvelous run didn’t renew a little bit of your faith in sports — and specifically college basketball — it means you’ve already drowned in cynicism and are beyond hope. Unless you’re a Duke fan — and maybe even if you’re a Duke fan — how can you fail [...]...

It was a storybook finish for Brian Zoubek. Something of a punch line for most of his four-year career at Duke, the light suddenly went on midway through his senior season. The game slowed down for the 7′1″ center and he quickly became a force defensively and on the glass. And he needed every inch of that [...]...

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I can’t tell you how different the Finals are from the semi’s!! When we were cruising through the 1978 tournament, we approached every game the same. It was a joy ride and we were the media darlings! We were young, brash and unafraid- until the Finals!! It was completely different. The air was heavier and [...]...

INDIANAPOLIS -(AP)- The ball sailed from halfcourt with the buzzer sounding — bounced off the backboard, the rim, the floor. Most of the 70,000 fans on Butler’s side let out an “Ohhhhhh,” and the Duke players piled onto forward Kyle Singler at center court. What a game! And what a way to end the season, even [...]...

Today’s is the day mighty Goliath meets David for the crown.   As a Duke fan growing up in North Carolina, I was always subject to the taunts of my childhood friends whose fathers or mothers had gone to UNC or State.  It made sense to try to recruit more Devils into the mix.  One [...]...

RTC has attempted to break down the NCAA Tournament and Final Four games using our best analytical efforts to understand these teams, the matchups and their individual strengths and weaknesses. Our hope is that you’ll let us know in the comments where you agree, disagree or otherwise think we’ve lost our collective minds. Here are [...]...

INDIANAPOLIS – (AP) After tossing a big, wet blanket on one feel-good story, Duke gets to go after another. They don’t call ‘em the Devils for nothing. Jon Scheyer scored 23 points Saturday night to lift Duke to a 78-57 victory over West Virginia and set up a meeting against tiny Butler — a classic matchup of [...]...