Tweet Congrats to Mason Plumlee, Seth Curry, Ryan Kelly and Todd Zafirovski for allowing us to come along with them on their journey. It’s been so fun to watch. As for the game, well let’s get to it. This game had me worried a bit and for a lot of the game it was too close for comfort. The emotion was there, maybe the seniors came out a little bit tight but when the time was right the seniors made their presence felt. Duke would ultimately win 85-57 but the game was tighter than that, it was around the first [ Read More ]
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Tweet I believe my heart just started beating again. Duke just gets by Miami, 79-76, and there is a lot to talk about. The obvious is Ryan Kelly, who may have come back a better player than when he went out. Kelly started, played 32 minutes, and was brilliant. Kelly was 10 out of 14 for the game and 7 of 9 from 3-point range on his way to a career high 36 points, after not having played for weeks. Kelly scored 20 points in the first half and no other Duke player had more than 4. Kelly smoothly [ Read More ]
Tweet Welp, here we are after a 68 – 73 loss last night to UVA. A loss that leaves me curious as to whether we even prepared at all. I don’t know how you go through the season that this team has gone through and have to make a statement like, “It was a very, very physical game and we’re not equipped to that type of game. We got knocked back,” Coach K said. So Minnesota, Louisville, Kentucky, UNC not physical? I’m left shaking my head a bit at that. I guess I’m just a bit bitter, I’m allowed to [ Read More ]
Tweet It was an impressive and for the most part dominating performance by the Devils against a talented and surging Boston College team. Duke needed an early timeout and tongue lashing but after a fiery Coach K oration the Devils stormed back onto the court and man-handled the Eagles. Duke was strong in every phase of the game and by halftime had a lead of 51 to 27. Duke got scoring from all over the place but leading the charge was freshman Rasheed Sulaimon who continues to impress on his way to a possible ACC Rookie of the year honor. [ Read More ]
Tweet If you guys don’t know or haven’t read the story of Duke grad Gloria Borges, you need to do yourselves a favor and do so. I’m not sure there is a word in the English language strong enough to adequately portray the passion and drive she has for finding a cure for colon cancer. Please take the time to view the video I’ve embedded below, in addition visit the Wunder Project’s website and forward or tell a friend because everyone knows someone who knows someone that cancer impacts. Also check out Gloria on her blog and follow her on [ Read More ]
Tweet Duke dominated from start to finish and did it in a multitude of ways against Virginia Tech. Defensively Duke held The ACC’s leading scorer Erick Green to 22 points which doesn’t sound like a success but when you watch this kid play you can tel he is capable for exploding at any given time. Duke was able to contain him and also keep him and the entire Tech team off of the 3 point line to the tune of 1 for 16. As mentioned in my pregame post Duke would need to win the rebounding margin and had the [ Read More ]
Tweet 2013 McDonald’s All-American Games Boys Alphabetical Roster EAST TEAM Name Pos Hgt High School College Anthony Barber G 6-2 Hampton, Va. NC State Keith Frazier G 6-5 Justin F. Kimball (Dallas) Undecided Isaiah Hicks F 6-8 J.F. Webb (Oxford, N.C.) North Carolina Kasey Hill G 6-1 Montverde (Fla.) Academy Florida Demetrius Jackson G 6-1 Marian (Mishawaka, Ind.) Notre Dame Rondae Jefferson G/F 6-7 Chester, Pa. Arizona Dakari Johnson C 6-10 Montverde (Fla.) Academy Kentucky Kennedy Meeks C 6-9 West Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina Wayne Selden G 6-5 Tilton (N.H.) School Kansas Noah Vonleh F 6-8 New Hampton, N.H. Indiana [ Read More ]
Tweet When does a win not make me exuberantly happy? Well, this one doesn’t quite leave a good taste in my mouth. Yes, it’s always nice to get a win over a heated rival and arch-nemesis, but it really proved that Duke has a long way to go and has yet to learn to play WELL without Ryan Kelly. I know mentioning his name is nearly like speaking about a unicorn: In his absence he has seemed to take on magical qualities in the minds of us Duke fans and in the minds of the media at large. Duke is [ Read More ]
Tweet With the rematch against NC State coming to Cameron on Thursday, what does Duke have to do to secure the victory? For starters Duke will need to shoot the ball much better. Duke cannot afford to shoot 30% from downtown as it did in the first game, for Duke to even get to 30% Seth Curry had to go 5 out of 10. Duke will need at very least decent games from Quinn Cook on the offensive end and also Rasheed Sulaimon. A balanced offensive attack will definitely take pressure off of Mason and force the NC State defense [ Read More ]
