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Duke used it’s size inside and stiff defense to put away Cal and former Dukie Jamal Boykin. It was nice to see Jamal doing well and starting. He was a fan favorite in Cameron. He has beefed up and acquired a jumpshot to go along with his already dive-on-the-floor, do anything for team nature. Jamal played well with 13 points and 11 rebounds in a losing effort. Duke  gave the Bears a heavy...

As expected Duke moved to the round of 32 without much trouble form AK-Pine Bluff. Duke was led by Kyle Singlers 22 points and 10 rebounds. Duke was able to attack the 3 point line but also pound it inside against the smaller team. Duke used a 37-22 rebounding edge to limit AKPB to one and done on defense and to recycle possessions on offense. The important things I took from this game were the q...

Per his facebook page Carrick Felix as verbally committed to the Duke Blue Devils (thanks @enick66). This may round out next years class, with the possibility of adding Michael Haynes as well. I believe this is the first JuCo player under Coach K and marks an entirely new recruiting strategy, one that seems to really be working. Nate James is really paying off as a recruiter. Carrick is a 6-6, 20...

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Duke Blue Devils will head south and be a number  1 seed.  Kansas and Kentucky grab the first and second number 1 seeds, Duke and Syracuse with the third and fourth. Duke will play the winner of the play in game Winthrop/Ark. Pine Bluff. AKPC_IDS += "686,";

Wow, what a game and what a way to win it. Duke had a much stiffer test from Georgia Tech than I thought. A team that should have been weary came out with energy, aggression and they believed that they were going to win this game…and they nearly did. Congrats to Georgia Tech, I would hope that the performance by this team should secure Paul Hewitts job. He is a good coach, and in this tourn...