Freshmen Jabari Parker Stars, but Duke Falls
Jabari Parker scored 27 points with 19 coming in the first half alone,however, it wasn’t enough to avoid early season loss to the 5th ranked Kansas Jayhawks 94-83 . The matchup of top-rated freshmen in...
View ArticleCollege Basketball Has Gone A Foul
My biggest gripe about college basketball this season,and in fact most people’s biggest gripe about college basketball this season, has to be the number of fouls called. The season is barely two weeks...
View ArticleTyus Jones and Jahlil Okafor Choose Duke
Not sure if it came as a surprise per se the recruiting rumor wheel has been spinning for several weeks if not months now, and the tandem of Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones decided to choose Duke. The...
View ArticleDuke Bounces Back Thumps Florida Atlantic
It didn’t take long for Duke to get over a tough loss to No. 5 Kansas and Florida Atlantic was in the unenviable position of having to be the Blue Devils next opponent. Rodney Hood had a career night...
View ArticlePreseason NIT: Duke Blasts UNC-Ashville
Twenty-point games are becoming at common for Duke’s Jabari Parker as breathing is for the rest of us. The Blue Devil’s freshman sensation scored 21 points and added 10 rebounds to help lead Duke past...
View ArticlePreseason NIT: Duke Scrapes Past ECU
Rodney Hood scored a career high 30 points helped lead Duke past a scrappy East Carolina team in the second round of NIT Season Tip Off. The Blue Devils jumped out to a 21-7 lead on the Pirates but...
View ArticleDuke Solidifies Top 2014 Class
As the sayings go, the rich get richer, and Duke’s on TV more than Leave it to Beaver reruns. The later is certainly the case as the Blue Devils secured the fourth and final commitment to their 2014...
View ArticleDuke Lucky To Sneak By Vermont
Mike Krzyzewski said it best following Duke’s one point victory over Vermont when he said “we were awful.” The Blue Devils certainly were not. Krzyzewski also said his team didn’t respect the game or...
View ArticleDuke Basketball Lots of Problems To Fix
There was a lot of promise and excitement about the Duke Basketball team, but lets be honest, nothing about the Blue Devil’s last two games that has been exciting. Duke has struggled against two teams,...
View ArticleJabari Parker Leads Duke Into NIT Tip Off Final
New York- Duke started slow, but turned things around late in the first half to secure a win over the Alabama Crimson Tide and advance to the NIT Tip-Off Championship Friday against No. 4 Arizona....
View ArticleDuke Falls to Arizona in NIT Finals
Arizona used a patented Duke run mid-way through the second half to help send them past the Blue Devils 72-66 in the finals of the NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament. In the Blue Devils supposed home away...
View ArticleDuke Blue Devils and Those Black Uniforms …
Anyone who has read any of my stuff over time, knows that I have a long-standing chip on my shoulder about those BLACK Duke uniforms. The latest installment was on Friday night, in the Pre-Season NIT...
View ArticleDuke Beats Michigan 79-69 in an Optimistic Outing
Duke finally looked a bit more like the team that had been hyped in the preseason but as to date, had not quite lived up to that billing. However Tuesday night’s 79-69 victory saw the Blue Devils get...
View ArticleAlex Murphy to Transfer From Duke
Farewell Alex, we hardly knew you. Rumors began circulating last night regarding Duke forward Alex Murphy transferring and as of the morning several websites were confirming those rumors that Murphy...
View ArticleDuke: Post-Exam Changes That Would be Nice to See
On Monday night, Duke will emerge from a 13 day break for final exams, a time when the players hit the books, then hit the practice courts. After a 7-2 start, there are changes which I’d like to see...
View ArticleDuke Cruises Past Gardner-Webb
By Zachary Lions Duke Sports Blog Contributor Coming off a 12-day break the Blue Devils took the court again Monday night against Gardner-Webb University and it was like they never even left....
View ArticleDuke Uses Strong Second Half to Knock Off UCLA
New York-The Duke Blue Devils won their ninth game after over coming a miserable stretch midway through the first half. Lead by the recurring star Jabari Parker with 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 5...
View ArticleDuke Basketball: Reflections on the Year So Far
A lot of people have asked me my thoughts on this year’s Duke Basketball and how far I think they can go. My normal answers is this: They are a good team with a great player and they potentially could...
View ArticleDuke Shakes Off Rust, Shoots Down Eastern Michigan
By Zachary Lyon Duke Sports Blog Contributor Jabari Parker poured in a game-high 23 points as the No. 9 Duke Blue Devils defeated Eastern Michigan to extend its non-conference home win streak. Duke...
View ArticleDuke wins big over Elon
Duke defeated the Elon Phoenix 86-48 on New Year’s Eve for a nice prelude into tonight’s more important football game. Andre Dawkins had another outstanding performance scoring 15 points, all on three...
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