CHARLOTTE — Turning around the outlook of their season, the Charlotte Hornets are riding a seven-game winning streak for the first time since 2016. At 23-28 overall, Charlotte has gone 8-2 over its last 10 […]
The most productive component of Duke’s basketball team this season has put up a stat line that should have NBA scouts salivating. As if the 23 points per game scoring average weren’t enough. This Blue […]
CHARLOTTE — Nearly two months into the 2025-26 season, the Charlotte Hornets are still struggling to find consistency as the team navigates a sustained rough stretch marked by injuries and flashes of promise from its […]
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 […]
Basketball can be a complicated game. Are you supposed to ice or hedge on the ball screen? Is the first option a back screen with Spain action on the other end of the floor? Sometimes, […]
Make no mistake: Kon Knueppel can shoot, but he’s not a shooter. Knueppel arrived at Duke with the reputation as one of the top three-point threats in the freshman class, and he lived up to […]
The roots for Duke’s 85-65 win over Alabama in the Elite Eight reach back a year ago and halfway across a nation. In March 2024, Duke was upset by NC State in the Elite Eight, […]
When a team has a star player, the game plan most opponents go with is to let the other guys beat you. It’s been a long time since a team had a star like Cooper […]
Playing without their best player, a defensive leader and an assistant coach, Duke won its third game in three days to take the ACC Tournament championship on Saturday. The Blue Devils used a 12-0 second […]
The road to the Final Four ended with one step in the wrong direction. “It was just a sense of disbelief, initially,” said UNC’s Jae’Lyn Withers, who took that one single misstep. “Following that, of […]
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