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Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving’s stance on the COVID-19 vaccine is well known at this point. Irving has refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine, a stance that has resulted in him becoming a part-time player for the Nets in road games due to New York’s vaccine mandate. The Nets star has come under fire for […]

Duke and Florida State play on Tuesday night. It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Duke-Florida State prediction and pick. Duke and Florida State will meet for the first time this season on Tuesday night. The Blue Devils come into play in this one as the No. 6 ranked team in […]

The Duke Blue Devils have been one of the better programs of all time under the leadership of head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Krzyzewski, who is in his final season, is the winningest head coach in Division I men’s basketball history and has taken home five national championships. The legendary Duke head coach has also recruited […]

Tuesday night in the NCAA will feature an ACC matchup between Georgia Tech and Duke. It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Georgia Tech-Duke prediction and pick. Duke is coming into this matchup as the heavy favorite. Duke is currently the second-ranked team in the nation right behind Baylor. Their highlights […]

As COVID-19 numbers continue to climb across the world and the US, the Duke Blue Devils have become the latest victim. Mike Krzyzewski’s team has been forced to postpone their next two games against Clemson and Notre Dame due to positive cases within their program. Per Brendan Marks of The Athletic: Duke’s next two games […]

The Duke Blue Devils lost in disappointing fashion to the unranked Ohio State Buckeyes on Tuesday night. It wasn’t just that the number-one ranked Blue Devils lost, it was the way that they lost the Buckeyes, as they blew a lead that should have been insurmountable. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski reacted to the bitter loss, via ESPN. […]

The No.1 team in the nation, Duke, gets ready to host the Ohio State Buckeyes Tuesday night. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Duke-Ohio State prediction and pick based on Duke Ohio State odds. The Duke Blue Devils could very well be the top team for most of the season […]

The Duke Blue Devils picked up their biggest win of the Mike Krzyzewski farewell tour on Friday night when they stunned No. 1 Gonzaga 84-81. Coach K has plans to retire at the end of this season, which has been one of the main talking points regarding Duke’s season, but it seems he’s not the […]

In a battle of undefeated top-tier national title contenders, it was Paolo Banchero and the Duke Blue Devils who came out on top in their matchup Friday night against Chet Holmgren and the Gonzaga Bulldogs, as they scored an 84-81 victory. The game was played in a neutral location in Las Vegas, but the atmosphere […]

Duke Blue Devils freshman and star basketball player Paolo Banchero was in the news for the wrong reasons last week, as he was involved in a DWI-related incident with his teammate, Michael Savarino. Banchero had yet to speak on the incident but that changed when the Duke star talked to reporters on Tuesday. Duke basketball […]

Even before they step on an NBA court, Panini has the hottest young prospects locked up to their own exclusive card deal. For the Class of 2022, the card company has set its sights on the Duke Blue Devils’ top guy – Paolo Banchero. 5-star @DukeMBB freshman phenom and projected 2022 No. 1 NBA draft […]

It is set to be a year unlike any other for the Duke Blue Devils men’s basketball team. Mike Krzyzewski is set to retire at the end of next season, handing the program over to his former player Jon Scheyer. Expectations will be huge for Scheyer and Duke once Coach K leaves to continue on […]

In what only helped an insane Wednesday full of news dumps, it was reported that Duke Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski is set to retire. When Will Mike Krzyzewski retire According to the report, Coach K will hang it up after just one more season with the famed Duke Blue Devils. Arguably the best basketball […]

The Duke Blue Devils will reportedly make history when they name Nina King the school’s new athletic director. According to a report from The News & Observer, the announcement should be made soon. When the move becomes official, Nina King will become the first woman and person of color to lead the way in Duke’s […]

Five-star basketball prospect Patrick Baldwin Jr. is sticking with family instead of going to play for a blue blood NCAA program. Baldwin will be playing for his father at Milwaukee, choosing the Panthers over the Duke Blue Devils and Georgetown Hoyas, among other schools. This despite Milwaukee struggling mightily under Patrick Baldwin Sr. in recent years. […]

Duke men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski praised longtime Kansas and North Carolina head coach Roy Williams after the latter announced his retirement on Thursday. Krzyzewski said he was “surprised” to learn Williams was retiring, calling him “one of the greatest coaches in college basketball history.” The Blue Devils head coach also lauded Williams for […]

Virginia is now officially out of the ACC Tournament, and it’s not because of their opponent in the semifinals, Georgia Tech. The ACC announced Friday morning that the game has been canceled following a positive COVID-19 test for Virginia. As a result, the Cavaliers are eliminated from of the ACC Tournament. They follow in the […]

When your father is an NBA superstar and you play for one of the top high school basketball teams in the country, you’re going to garner a lot of attention. That’s an understatement for Bronny James, son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. Before we get going, Bronny James heading into the NBA Draft […]

Before turning into one of the best pure scorers in the NBA today, Washington Wizards All-Star Bradley Beal earned his stripes during his impressive one-and-done collegiate stint with the Florida Gators in 2011-12. As it turns out though, Beal almost spurned the allure of the Florida climate in favor of donning the Blue and White […]

While Zion Williamson is a monster on the NBA hardwood, he’s facing another kind of challenge off the court. The legal battle between Williamson and his ex-agent Gina Ford has waged on for over a year now — now known as the Zion Williamson lawsuit drama. The recent news is that Gina Ford of Prime […]

When asked by reporters Thursday when he’ll make his regular-season NBA debut, New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson said he’ll wake up one day and just know, similar to how he made his decision to play college basketball at Duke. Williamson underwent surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in October. Shams Charania of Stadium […]

Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke Blue Devils lost key players from last season’s college basketball team, but added freshmen phenoms Vernon Carey and others in attempt to offset such a massive roster overhaul. Five games into the 2019-20 college basketball season, while operating without the Zion Williamson-level hype, it appears as though everything is going […]

With the collective gone to the NBA, a college basketball loving nation knew it would be up to Tre Jones to lead the Duke Blue Devils with such a young roster surrounding him. In Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, while the offense wasn’t pretty, the sophomore guard did just that, scoring 15 points and […]

Adrian Griffin, a five-star prospect out of the 2021 college basketball recruiting class, has committed to play for the Duke Blue Devils. This is, obviously, a great get for Coach K and company. Stepinac junior Adrian Griffin Jr. has verbally committed to Duke. #duke @StepinacSports @step_basketball — Josh Thomson (@JoshThomson22) November 4, 2019 Not only […]

Members of the media in the Atlantic Coast Conference voted for the Duke Blue Devils as the favorite to win the league this season. It’s the fourth straight season they have been picked to win the regular season crown and it could be the fourth consecutive season they disappoint the media. Here are three reasons […]

There was a time when amateurism had its place in the land of college sports. However, that time likely ended long ago when schools began accepting million dollar television deals brokered off the back of its student-athletes. In what might end up remembered as a watershed moment as to how college basketball fans view college […]

Jonathan Kuminga, a five-star wing out of the 2021 college basketball recruiting class, will not be reclassifying to another class. Moreover, the young man claims he’s recruitment process is currently wide open. Stockrisers and Rivals reporter Jake Weingarten relayed the news to the masses on the mean streets of Twitter. Programs interested in the young […]

Duke Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski made a lot of noise on Tuesday when discussing player rights, but the college basketball legend also discussed the ACC in a way that shouldn’t go unnoticed. With the Blue Devils embracing one-and-done players more and more over the years, Coach K acknowledged roster turnover, pointing to a very […]

Tickle about just no one shocked, but just about everyone fancy. The Duke Blue Devils now have the No. 1 ranked 2020 college basketball recruiting class. This movement among grassroots gurus’ boards happened a few hours after five-star Jaemyn Brakefield committed to the program on Friday. His commitment came only a few hours after the […]

Jaemyn Brakefield, a five-star forward prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, has committed to play for the Duke Blue Devils. This comes only a few hours after Coach K and company even offered the young man a scholarship. The youngster relayed the news to the masses on the mean streets of Twitter […]

Jaemyn Brakefield, a five-star forward prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, has been offered a scholarship by the Duke Blue Devils. This news was relayed to the masses on the mean streets of Twitter by Rivals and Stockrisers grassroots guru Jake Weingarten on Thursday. Recently, the young man received scholarship offers from […]

ESPN college basketball bracketologist Joe Lunardi has released his Oct. 3 bracketology for the 2020 NCAA Tournament, with some familiar teams leading the way with No. 1 seeds. Michigan State, Louisville, Florida, and Kansas are at the top of the seeding list, and all four teams have national title expectations heading into the season. The […]

The team with the best players usually wins the most amount of games. For Duke Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski, though, his 2018-19 team highlighted an issue that comes with overwhelming talent lacking balance. Duke’s freshmen class, highlighted by three players all selected in the 2019 NBA Draft lottery, is considered all-time spectacular. The Blue […]

Former Duke standout Cam Reddish is confident he’ll be selected between three to eight in the upcoming 2019 NBA Draft. Reddish has been pretty much a mystery for NBA teams, especially with the fact that they didn’t have a lot of time to assess his skills. Reddish underwent a minor procedure for his core muscle […]

In case anyone hadn’t been made aware from the thousands of updates regarding him, Zion Williamson of the Duke Blue Devils Men’s Basketball team returned to action after missing 6 games after famously obliterating his shoe during his first matchup against the North Carolina Tar Heels. Williamson immediately made his presence felt and, as of […]

The Chicago Bulls are nowhere near the playoff picture so fans are beginning to look ahead to the offseason’s NBA Draft and NBA Draft lottery, where the Bulls currently have the 4th-best odds to land the number one overall pick. One particular Bulls fan know exactly who he wants his team to take #1 overall. That’s […]

Duke standout Zion Williamson suffered what is believed to be a mild knee injury during the first quarter of Wednesday night’s matchup against the UNC Tarheels. Like most of the basketball-loving world, Celtics All-Star Kyrie Irving was watching when Zion went down. Irving was also a star at Duke, and he knows a thing or […]

Duke standout Zion Williamson suffered a mild knee sprain 36 seconds into Wednesday night’s matchup against the UNC Tarheels. The injury was unfortunate, but how it happened has Nike in a bit of hot water. As he dribbled the ball near the free-throw line, Williamson planted his foot to make a cut in the opposite […]

The Duke Blue Devils were manhandled by the North Carolina Tar Heels Wednesday night, 88-72, no thanks to Zion Williamson’s injury a little over 30 seconds into the game. The unfortunate moment brought out the trolls on Twitter with all kinds of tasteless jokes and Puma isn’t exempt from this with their jab at Nike. […]