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Panthers may go defense in draft
The NFL Draft starts this Thursday night in Green Bay, and there’s a good chance the Carolina Panthers will break with recent tradition. Not since the team took Jaycee Horn in the first round in […]
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Duke collapses in Final Four
SAN ANTONIO — The Duke Blue Devils suffered a stunning collapse in the national semifinal, losing to Houston, 70-67. “We were all in on bringing banner number six back to Cameron,” said Sion James. “It […]
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Flagg impresses new Hall of Famers
SAN ANTONIO — The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame unveiled its class of 2025 at the Final Four in San Antonio. With the national semifinal games tipping off later in the day, the topic of […]
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Meet the Blue Devils
Cooper Flagg: Duke’s freshman star adds to his legend Kon Knueppel: He can shoot … but don’t call him a shooter Tyrese Proctor: No longer a freshman, no longer a […]
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Hubbard, Borden, Begovich and Sheffield: Practice is the time for Duke reserves to shine
They generally don’t get onto the floor with fans in the stands until near the end of blowouts. Fortunately for Duke’s bench players, however, there have been plenty of opportunities for that this season. Victory […]
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Evans, Ngongba and Harris develop in background
On a team loaded with veterans and in a freshman class packed with future NBA superstars, it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle. As Duke has moved through the season, the focus has been […]
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Maliq Brown: Good to be needed
It’s good to be needed … usually. Maliq Brown has been one of the unsung reasons why the Duke defense works so well this season. He always seems to be in the right position—as evidenced […]
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Caleb Foster: Biding his time
Of all the abbreviations associated with basketball, from NBA to ppg to NET, there’s one that no player wants to see: DNP-CD. Did not play—coach’s decision. It means you were benched for the game in […]
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Mason Gillis–Playing a role in Final Four return
Fifth-year transfer Mason Gillis helped lead Purdue to last season’s Final Four, winning Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year. Then he came to Duke, where he’s often been seventh, eighth or ninth in the […]
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Sion James: The missing piece
In building last season’s roster, Duke coach Jon Scheyer had the nation’s top freshman class coming in. He had returning veteran guards Tyrese Proctor and Caleb Foster. And he had two veteran role players coming […]