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Kyrie Irving chats with the local media
This is the first of two interviews with Kyrie Irving from last weekend’s Tournament of Champions event in the Triangle area. This entire interview is in high quality audio, a new feature to BDN Premium which we will continue to refine. Our members will also receive updates from AAU and Duke events, and there will [...]
Dual interview with Josh Hairston and Tyler Thornton
The Blue Devil Nation has talked to future Dukies Josh Hairston and Tyler Thornton on numerous occasions, but we felt you might like to hear them for yourself. Here is the audio feed from an interview after the two friends and teammates led their team to a win in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Next up – [...]
BDN Premium – Ray McCallum Audio Interview
The Duke Men’s Basketball team has broadened their search for a point guard. In fact, they have cast a wider net in the future with recruiting in general. We’ll talk more about the new approach later, but for now, we’ll concentrate on Ray McCallum. With a glaring opening at the point guard spot, Duke has [...]
BDN Recruiting Focus – Roscoe Smith Interview (free)
I received a tip that Roscoe Smith would be playing for the Baltimore Stars during the TOC, so I made it over to the Wilson Rec Center at Duke University to check out his game. Smith was not even listed on the roster when it came out, so he caught a lot of people off [...]
Scouting Report – Kyrie Irving impresses all weekend long
The New Jersey Roadrunners coach, Sandy Pyonin has coached some terrific players over the years and Duke prospect Kyrie Irving is the latest. Pyonin, one of the best AAU coaches in America, worked with former Duke players Bobby Hurley and Jason Williams. Irving is a 6-2 guard prospect who plays his high school basketball for [...]
Prospect Rodney Hood grew up a Duke fan
Rodney Hood (6-6, 185, Meridan, MS, Class of 2011) – Hood likes to play facing the basket, looking for open lanes to slip through. He has a smooth stroke from the outside and a decent handle, but needs to play with more aggression. He disappeared for several minutes at a time during three games I [...]
Team Final tops CP-3 All Stars 72-64 to win U-17 TOC Championship
Team Final won the 2009 Tournament of Champions by defeating CP-3 All Stars 72-64. CP-3 came back from an early deficit when Michael Gilchrist got into foul trouble. Gilchrist scored 22 points and Dion Waiters with 27 proved too much in the end. Waiters was named MVP. UNC bound Reggie Bullock was held to 5 [...]
CP-3 and Team Final eye TOC Championship
The CP-3 All Stars disposed of the defending TOC champs, the Celtics, 94-73 to reach the championship game. They will face Team Final. Future Tar Heel Reggie Bullock scored 27 points, Wake Forest- bound Melvin Tabb added 12, Dezmine Wells, 15, Jay Canty, 17 and PJ Hairston, 12 to pace CP-3′s scoring attack. Jordan McCrae [...]
Kyrie Irving putting on a show in Cameron
Kyrie Irving is not disappointing the fans in attendance at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Irving has 28 points with 11:51 left in the second half and his team has a 45-30 lead. Check out BlueDevilNation’s Twitter page for updates throughout the weekend. We expect to have live audio blogs up before the day is out, which [...]
TOC Reports all weekend on our tweeter page – BlueDevilNation
Check out our twitter page for updates throughout the weekend from the TOC. Kyrie Irving is about to take to the court.
Live Update from the Tournament of Champions
Mark Watson updates RoundballRecruiting.com on the Tournament of Champions in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. He gives insight on Kyrie Irving, a top guard in the 2010 class and how his team played.
Getting to the Point (and the Post)!
After Duke’s Sweet 16 loss to Villanova, on March 27, Coach Krzyzweski was asked, “Does this in any way make you more eager to find a post player who can really score?” He answered, “And a point. And we feel — it’s not like we haven’t tried to find them. A couple of them have [...]