Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski Opening Statement “We’re excited to be here. We’re allowed one tour every four years, and we haven’t taken one for a while because I’ve been the coach of our National Team so the summers have been busy. But we’re excited about this team coming here. We have a lot of new guys. Two of our … Read More
“Nico” Mannion Sets His Final Four
Italian-American basketball player Niccolò “Nico” Mannion of Pinnacle High School, who recently reclassified from the the class of 2020 to the class of 2019 has trimmed his list of schools to 4. The 4 schools that made the cut for the 6’3 Mannion include the Duke Blue Devils, the Arizona Wildcats, the Villanova Wildcats and the Marquette Golden Eagles. Even … Read More
Friday Presser Transcript; Coach K, Marques Bolden, Javin DeLaurier & R.J. Barrett
“We’re very excited about going to Canada. We haven’t had a foreign tour in a while, because of me coaching the U.S. team. It wasn’t set up just because of R.J. (Barrett). It was set up because we didn’t want to travel that far
Duval Owes You Nothing – Duke Fans Need to Chill
People seem to be making a big deal out of a Trevon Duval tweet where in response to the NCAA rules change regarding players who aren’t drafted being able to return to school. Duval was not selected in either round of the 2018 NBA Draft and caught on as part of the Houston Rockets summer league team. Wasn’t going back … Read More
Some Thoughts Going into the 18-19 Season
Suffice it to say the 2018-2019 Blue Devil squad under Coach Mike Krzyzewski will have their work cut out for them. Outside expectations aside this iteration of Duke Men’s Basketball has big shoes to fill.
Some Recruiting Tidbits Over the Last Month or so:
What seemed like Duke going somewhat hard at Nico Mannion may be for naught as the 6’3 point guard reclassified to the 2019 class and is eyeing a decision in the spring. All signs, if you can call them that, point to Seam Miller
Brennan Besser Completes Cross-Country Bike Trek
Per Duke Sports Information: DURHAM, N.C. — Duke senior men’s basketball player Brennan Besser has completed a 3,500-mile bike trip from Seattle to New York City as he looks to raise $1 million for Walk On America. Besser founded the Walk On America campaign to raise money and awareness of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) community. Siblings Brennan and Rachel Besser were … Read More
Duke Basketball Unveils 2018-19 Non-Conference Schedule
PRINTABLE VERSION DURHAM, N.C. — The Duke men’s basketball team has finalized the remainder of its 2018-19 non-conference schedule, featuring eight regular-season home games and a match-up versus Texas Tech at Madison Square Garden in December. Seven of Duke’s known or potential opponents on the non-league slate reached the NCAA Tournament last season, including Elite Eight participant Texas Tech, and … Read More
The 2018 Maui Invitational bracket is Finally Here…
MAUI, HAWAII (July 24, 2018) – The Maui Jim Maui Invitational today revealed the 2018 Tournament bracket, which will feature national championship contenders, three preseason top-10 programs, numerous player of the year candidates and future NBA draft picks in what promises to be an action-packed three days at the Lahaina Civic Center. Monday’s quarterfinal matchups feature Auburn taking on Xavier and Duke squaring off against San Diego State in the top half … Read More