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New look for Duke as Jon Scheyer debuts
DURHAM — Scenes from a debut, part 1: With Duke nursing a 13-point lead against a surprisingly game Jacksonville team, the Blue Devils get the ball in the final minute of the first half and […]
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Who’s hot, who’s not: Job security checks for NC’s men’s hoops coaches
The 2022-23 college basketball season got underway Monday, but it’s never too early to do a hot seat check on the sidelines across North Carolina. While much of the talk this season will be about […]
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No. 7 Duke wins in Scheyer’s debut
DURHAM — Jeremy Roach scored 16 first-half points to help seventh-ranked Duke open Jon Scheyer’s coaching tenure with a 71-44 win over Jacksonville on Monday night. Freshman Mark Mitchell had a team-high 18 points for […]
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Duke looks to find chemistry with 11 newcomers
DURHAM — For more than a decade, Duke has been known for offseason roster turmoil. As the Blue Devils embraced the one-and-done era in college basketball, the team had to rebuild, seemingly from scratch, each […]
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UNC No. 1 in preseason AP poll; Duke 7th
UNC surprised just about everyone last year when a talented team led by first-year coach Hubert Davis parlayed a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament into a run to the national title game. The […]
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Jeremy Roach: Duke’s last man standing
DURHAM — If there’s one thing a point guard wants to avoid, it’s the turnover. Unfortunately for Duke’s Jeremy Roach, that’s all that’s around him this season. Roach returns for his junior year at Duke, […]
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Duke takes bold step in NIL landscape
When UNC and Duke played in the Final Four, the two teams were separated by a mere four points. Once the season ended, however, the distance between the programs seemed to be a chasm. It […]
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Terquavion Smith, Trevor Keels among players who made NBA Draft decisions
Come on in! The water’s fine. That seems to be the message that underclassmen from college basketball teams across North Carolina received after considering early entry into the NBA Draft. The NBA allows players to […]
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New Devils: Jon Scheyer breaks with tradition in coaching hire
DURHAM — Jon Scheyer took the wheel of the Duke basketball program in April and didn’t take long to make an unexpected sharp turn. The head coach-in-waiting for 11 months while Hall of Fame coach […]
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Jon Scheyer looks to rebuild Duke coaching staff
Duke is used to offseason departures and having spots to fill. It’s just usually one-and-done players that are the ones leaving rather than assistant coaches. The Blue Devils opened the 2022 offseason with a pair […]