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BDN Weekend Notebook – Still celebrating Gold and Meet the Devils in Football
What an exciting time of year this has been for Duke fans. Coach K has returned from London with his blokes in tow — that’s assistants Chris Collins and Steve Wojciechowski, mate — and with Gold. And football is just two weeks away from kickoff … You need a map and compass to keep up [...]
Everything Is Bigger In Texas: An Elijah Thomas Interview
After putting in the hard work to lose a significant amount of weight, Elijah Thomas, at nearly 6’9″ and 235 pounds, has seen his game and recruitment take off. With soft hands, a strong upper body, good feet, a fundamentally sound low-post game, a relatively soft touch, and a competitive streak on both ends of [...]
Norco RB Joseph Ajeigbe commits to Duke
The Blue Devils are up to 15 verbal commitments in the class of 2013 with the addition of RB Joseph Ajeigbe on Wednesday afternoon. A 5’9” 195 pound rising senior, Ajeigbe ran for 20 touchdowns and 1,673 yards as a junior for the same high school that produced current Blue Devil Corbin McCarthy and former [...]
The Rockwall Rifleman: Austin Grandstaff
Since the arrival of Coach Jeff Capel in the spring of 2011, the state of Texas has been more of a focal point for Duke recruiting. In the class of 2013, the Blue Devils have already received a commitment from 6’5″ Matt Jones of DeSoto and are heavily pursuing 6’8″ Julius Randle of McKinney to [...]
BDN discusses first scrimmage with Duke’s Desmond Scott, Brandon Connette, and Issac Blakeney
DURHAM – BDN was on hand Monday for Duke’s first scrimmage of the 2012 training camp. The Blue Devil offense appeared to have the upper hand throughout the evening. Some of the stars included senior Desmond Scott, redshirt sophomore Brandon Connette, and redshirt sophomore Issac Blakeney. Brandon [...]
From the Cutting Room Floor: Amile Jefferson and Rodney Hood recap NC Pro-Am
With so much going on in the world of Duke athletics these days , BDN can get backed up with material. Case in point: here are two videos with Duke newcomers Amile Jefferson and Rodney Hood that had been left on the cutting room floor . Jefferson proved to be quite competitive during the N.C. Pro-Am, where his team [...]