Duke Blue Devils

Kevin Love and Christian Laettner

by Charlie on February 5, 2012

On Kevin Love, Luis Scola, Christian Laettner, Aminu Timberlake and Charles Barkley… and feet.

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Grant Hill Responds…

by Charlie on March 16, 2011

Jalen Rose had some less-than-kind things to say about Grant Hill and the Duke Blue Devils in HBO’s Fab Five documentary. Grant Hill responds today in the New York Times – and gives Rose’s comments the same treatment Dikembe Mutombo would have given a weak floater.

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Near Miss for Butler, Duke Wins Title

by Charlie on April 6, 2010

The Duke Blue Devils are champions of college basketball again after a stirring 61-59 win over Butler that was in doubt until Gordon Hayward’s desperation three at the buzzer found only iron. Hayward and company struggled to score against Duke’s big frontcourt, often going for long periods without a field goal. But their stellar defense [...]

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Do You Hate the Blue Devils?

by Charlie on April 5, 2010

For many college basketball fans, rooting for the Duke Blue Devils is roughly equivalent to rooting for the IRS. But as Gregg Doyel of CBS Sports points out, it wasn’t always that way. There was a time when the Blue Devils were a major underdog in college hoops; their tilt with UNLV in the 1990 [...]

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Obama Jinx Doesn’t Affect Georgetown

by Charlie on February 6, 2010

President Obama’s presence doesn’t unnerve all basketball teams, apparently. The commander-in-chief and Vice President Biden took in the Duke/Georgetown game at the Verizon Center on Saturday. The Hoyas put on quite a show, hitting 33-of-46 attempts from the field — a staggering 71.7 field goal percentage — and beat seventh-ranked Duke 89-77. It was Georgetown’s [...]

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Duke guard J.J. Redick is the leading scorer in the storied history of the Atlantic Coast Conference, with 2,769 points in his four years in Raleigh. Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina moved into second place during the Tar Heels’ 101-87 win at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 12, and now stands just 165 points behind [...]

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