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ACC Tournament Preview
March Madness has arrived and first up is the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament in Greensboro. I’ll display my bias as a native North Carolinian up front by commenting the ACC Tournament always seems to be were it belongs when being hosted by a city in the Old North State. Not to slight Georgia, [...]
Previewing the Terrapins II
Didn’t we just do this? Another consequence of the unbalanced conference schedule is Duke and Maryland playing each other twice with just 17 days separating the two contests. With the Blue Devils in 1st Place at 12-2 and Maryland in 2nd Place with an 11-3 record, this year’s schedule sets up nicely for [...]
Previewing the Cavaliers
Duke (24-4, 11-2) visits Virginia (14-12, 5-8) on Sunday evening at 7:45 pm EST.
The Cavaliers have lost six straight games, while Duke is riding a seven game win streak. Duke won those seven games by an average of 12.86 points, while Virginia lost their six games by an average of 14 points. These [...]
High School Hoops 2010 Edition No. 9
Here is another edition of High School Hoops for Blue Devil Nation premium members. This edition takes a look at Duke’s three 2010 committed players: Kyrie Irving, Josh Hairston, and Tyler Thornton; as well as the other players Duke is looking at in the Class of 2010 and beyond. Sorry, but you must become [...]
Previewing the Hokies
Duke (22-4, 10-2) hosts Virginia Tech (21-4, 8-3) on Sunday February 21 at 7:45 pm EST.
The Atlantic Coast Conference tracks 21 team statistics; Duke is ranked number one in 12 of the categories and number two in a 13th category. Virginia Tech is not ranked number one in any category, however, they are ranked [...]
Previewing the Terrapins
#7 Duke (20-4, 8-2 ACC) host unranked Maryland (16-6, 6-2 ACC) on Saturday afternoon at 1 pm in a game which will determine first place in the ACC standings. This will be the 1,000th game at Duke for Coach Mike Krzyzewski. Duke defeated Maryland three times last season and has won the previous [...]
Revisiting Preseason Predictions
Back on October 8th, I posted my ACC Basketball 2009-10 Season Preview including scintillating supporting rationale for my thought processes. With nine conference games in the books, it is time to revisit my words of wisdom in order to determine how accurate I am as a prognosticator.
Not suprisingly, there have been a lot of [...]
Previewing the Yellow Jackets II
#10 Duke (17-4, 5-2) hosts #21 Georgia Tech (16-5, 4-3) on Thursday February 4, 2010 as the Blue Devils and Yellow Jackets face each other for the second time this season. Georgia Tech prevailed 71-67 in the first game, which was played at Alexander Memorial Coliseum, in Atlanta.
The Blue Devils will be looking to [...]
Previewing the Hoyas
#8 Duke (17-3) travels to our nation’s capital to take on #7 Georgetown (15-4) at the Verizon Center Saturday afternoon at 1 pm eastern standard time.
Georgetown ripped off 14 unanswered points to open their game against Syracuse on Monday evening. In the process, the Hoyas knocked down four 3-pointers from well [...]
Previewing the Yellow Jackets
Duke (13-1) takes to the road for their first ACC road game of the year against Georgia Tech (11-3) in Atlanta. Duke is looking for a 2-0 ACC start after thumping Clemson 74-53 in their conference opener at home, while Georgia Tech is looking to even their conference record at 1-1 after dropping their [...]
High School Hoops 2010 Edition No. 8
This edition of High School Hoops 2010 includes a Holiday Tournament action wrap up and coverage of teams recommencing their normal game schedules. There are updates on committed Duke players Tyler Thornton, Josh Hairston, and Kyrie Irving as well as information on prospects Roscoe Smith, Austin Rivers, and J.P. Tokoto. Sorry, but you must become [...]
Previewing the Clemson Tigers
The Tigers come a calling as Duke (11-1) hosts Clemson (12-2) on Sunday evening in each team’s ACC opener. Duke is coming off a 114-55 thrashing of Penn, while Clemson escaped South Carolina State 70-67 in their last game. In post game comments, Clemson Coach Oliver Purnell stated, “In college basketball, upsets happen [...]