At long last, the Devils and Pack meet in the post-expansion era. Even though the teams have combined for just one ACC win, entertainment potential is high, and the TV folks will likely regret passing on it. Yours truly will be inside Wallace Wade, semi-live blogging as blackberry reception allows. Local media have some good […]
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Kenny Boynton commits to Florida; Expect Duke to push for John Wall
Link here Kenny Boynton, one of the nation’s top scoring guard recruits in the class of 2009, committed to Florida Thursday evening, choosing the Gators over Duke, Texas, USC and Georgia Tech. Additionally, I just ran across this article on the internet. “Duke has been calling my coaches and sending me letters. They are trying […]
NC State @ Duke gametime
NC State’s visit to Wallace-Wade Stadium to battle Duke on November 8th has been set for a 3:30pm kick-off.  The game will be televised on either ESPNU or ESPN360. Click here for announcement from the ACC offices. This may be your only opportunity to catch David Cutcliffe on the Blue Devils’ sideline as the rumors […]
Judge buys Duke’s case that it stinks at football
One can only imagine the recruiting implications that astute competitors can find in a University ADMITTING that they are the worst football program in all of America. The contract called for a penalty of $150,000 per game if a date with a “team of similar stature” could not be arranged.Duke’s lawyers argued that the Blue […]
League will NOT expand schedules…more
Despite a lot of talk recently, the leaders of the Atlantic Coast Conference decided yesterday not to consider a proposal to expand the number of conference games played in both football and basketball. The Charlotte Observer provides an update of league meetings in this article. ACC schedules will not expand to nine conference games in […]
Friday Basketball Bytes
=======> Congratulations to Sean Miller and Xavier! In just 4 years he has already taken Xavier to a place in the NCAA Tournament where his former boss at NC State couldn’t achieve in a decade. It’s kind of hard to blame the strength of Duke and Carolina for our failure to succeed in anything outside […]
Duke Basketball Report Has To Shut Down Message Boards After NCAA Loss
Duke Basketball Report had to shut down their message board after today’s loss against West Virginia. I am not sure if you guys ever had the misfortune of reading “Carolina Blue” back in the 80’s and 90’s, but DBR’s propaganda would make John Kilgo blush. We can’t wait read their post game recap from the […]
Saturday NCAAT Thread (Down Goes Evil! Down Goes Evil!)
Belmont almost took Duke out Thursday night, and Huggy Bear and crew finished the job today. UConn and asshole-in-chief Jim Calhoun were bounced yesterday. UNC is the last team left to carry the banner of evil in the big dance. Still bummed about our Tigers, but it could be worse.
Phantom Call Gives Duke Final Two Points
As both replays in this entry indicate, there was the slightest bit of contact during the first part of Nelson’s drive that was obviously initiated by Nelson’s hook. No whistle blew at the time of the contact. The whistle didn’t blow (and a foul wasn’t called) until a part of the play where there was […]
Fells Block, Grant Dunk
This was just too awesome not to memorialize here.
