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Duke walk-on starts cross-country charity ride
Brennan Besser didn’t get into any games for Duke this past season, but the Blue Devils walk-on was on the bench, with the best seat in the house for the team’s run to the Elite […]
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Duke recruit Baker reclassifies, joins loaded class
Duke’s already loaded recruiting class just got even deeper. Forward Joey Baker, who was committed to join the Blue Devils for the 2019-20 season, reclassified his year on Wednesday and will enroll in school this […]
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Commission offers recommendations for fixing college basketball
North Carolina’s recent academic fraud case was front-and-center among the subjects addressed in a report released Wednesday by the commission looking into problems plaguing college basketball. The 12-member Commission on College Basketball, chaired by former […]
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Former Duke coach Bubas dies at 91
Vic Bubas, who led Duke to its first Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball championship in 1960, died Monday. He was 91. Bubas was on the sideline for the Blue Devils from 1959-69, producing a 213-67 […]
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Gary Trent Jr. becomes latest Duke one-and-done
Gary Trent Jr. has become the third of Duke’s four star freshmen to declare for the NBA Draft. Trent joins teammates Marvin Bagley III and Trevon Duval in a one-and-done club that is expected to […]
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Duke’s Duval, BC’s North Carolina backcourt latest to declare for draft
Freshman guard Trevon Duval became Duke’s second one-and-done player this season Wednesday with his announcement that he will join teammate Marvin Bagley III in the NBA draft. Duval is the 14th Blue Devil to declare […]
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Big changes on floor, bench for Duke
Great season. So close. Now scrap everything. Going forward, at least for the foreseeable future, that will be the Duke basketball mantra. The Blue Devils’ overtime loss to Kansas in the Elite Eight cost the […]
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Capel leaving Duke to take basketball coaching job at Pittsburgh
In the hours following Duke’s elimination from the NCAA tournament Sunday, Jon Scheyer emerged as a leading candidate for the basketball coaching job at ACC rival Pittsburgh. Two days later, the Panthers have followed through […]
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Duke falls short of Final Four in OT loss to Kansas
Sophomore guard Malik Newman scored 12 of his 32 points in overtime as top-seeded Kansas defeated second-seeded Duke 85-81 in a classic Midwest Regional final Sunday at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb. The showdown between […]
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Familiar faces greet Duke in Sweet 16
Duke is in an unfamiliar situation in the Sweet 16 — playing a familiar face. The No. 2-seeded Blue Devils will face No. 11 Syracuse, who upset Michigan State to secure the date with Duke […]