For die hard fans of March Madness this is a pretty cool thing the NCAA is doing called the NCAA Super 10 Fan Selection Committee. It’s a rare opportunity for great basketball fans to see how their selections for the NCAA men’s tournament stack up to those of the official selection committee. The Super 10 Fan Selection Committee will be made up of 10 super fans who are selected to participate in a mock selection process in Atlanta, at the same time the official selection committee is meeting — and using the same data. It’s as close to being in [ Read More ]
Here is a great opportunity for Duke students to earn some cash and stick it to UNC. PlayUp is offering students a payment of $35/week to participate in their Campus Challenge program. The PlayUp Campus Challenge is a weekly competition in which campuses will compete to prove who has most enthusiastic sports fans. Each campus team will be comprised of 10 Community Managers, who will be responsible for generating activity within the PlayUp app during the biggest sporting events. PlayUp will reward both individual Community Managers and campus teams for generating fan engagement within the PlayUp app. The Campus Challenge [ Read More ]
Generally I tend to not follow or keep track of overs, unders and odds for games, but occasionally I do use it in how I view games. The Maryland game that Duke won by 13, they covered the 10.5 they were favored. Tracking trends is pretty useful. I try to keep some sort of online sportsbook like http://topbet.com/sportsbook/ to keep track of all of the current games in all sports.
Does it much matter if the student section at Cameron Indoor is full of students or ticket buyers? I’m not so sure. As long as the people that are filling those seats are ardent fans and the energy is up. I did not attend Duke, however, you will hard pressed to find anyone with as much fervor and enthusiasm for all things Duke basketball. Much has been made of the trend of Cameron not being filled with students but why not allow those who aren’t as privileged to be able to enjoy a game in that atmosphere, it’s not as [ Read More ]
Here’s a video from Five-Star Basketball featuring Jabari Parker discussing his recruitment and Duke University. He would be an amazing get for Coach K and to know that Duke is high on his list has to have fans licking their chops. Here is another piece from Five-Star Basketball regarding Duke and UNC target Julius Randle about the possibility/likelihood of him attending UNC. It would be nice to see him in a Duke uniform next to Matt Jones.
It was anybody’s guess as to how the Devils would respond after the Florida State loss. It could have gone either way and the Terps of Maryland knew that. Maryland figured that if it could make Duke into a 2 point shooting team it could hang and have a chance to win at the end. The first half of the game the Terps played their strategy nearly perfectly. The Devils forced three after three, and the frustration spilled over into the offense which was stagnant. MD did a great job of shutting down Duke guards who were a little short [ Read More ]
With a chance to solidify its lead in the ACC, Duke welcomed the always dangerous Florida State Seminoles into Cameron Indoor Stadium, and it was a grudge match through-out, neither team was able to dominate and Michael Snaer’s 3-pointer as time expired ended the Devils 45 game home win streak. But the writing was on the wall for Duke to drop this game to Florida State at Cameron. Duke has yet to establish itself as a strong defensive team. I’m not much for streaks and the pressure that puts on a team, they has never really mattered to me, what [ Read More ]
For the third straight game Andre Dawkins has been impressing the Duke coaching staff. whether it was his improved defense versus Virgina, lights out shooting at Clemson or last nights first half onslaught from beyond the arc. Dawkins was able to nearly single handedly give Duke the lead it needed to be able to play comfortably the rest of the game. Dawkins connected on 7 three pointers in the first half and showed why he is one of the most feared shooters in the country. The thing is, Andre is capable of doing this every night, the coaching staff is [ Read More ]
