Monthly Archives: March 2012

Austin Rivers Wins The 2012 POTGOTY Award

Posted on 26 March, 2012 by Jim Oliver

Congratulations goes out to Austin Rivers for winning the 2012 POTGOTY Award. POTGOTY stands for Player of the Game of the Year. After each game, I pick a Player of the Game and whoever finishes the season with the most POTG’s is…

Tagged with: Austin Rivers, DeMarcus Nelson, Kyle Singler, Nolan Smith, POTGOTY
Posted in Duke Basketball

Defections, Recruiting, Transfers Highlight Duke’s Uncertain Off Season

Posted on 25 March, 2012 by Mike Kline

By all accounts it looks like it is going to be a bit of a turbulent off season for the Duke Blue Devils. In fact, there hasn’t been this much uncertainty surrounding an off season in a few years. The…

Tagged with: Alex Murphy, Alex Oriakhi, Amile Jefferson, Antonio Lang, Austin Rivers, Elton Brand, Jim Calhoun, Lance Thomas, Marshall Plumlee, Mason Plumlee, Mike Krzyzewski, Rasheed Sulaimon, Ryan Kelly, Shabazz Muhammad, Shelden Williams, Tony Parker, Trey Zeigler
Posted in Duke Basketball, Duke Recruiting

Another Blue Devil Pocast – Show #3

Posted on 21 March, 2012 by Jim Oliver

Mike Kline and I just finished our latest podcast. In this episode, we will discuss Mike’s interview with Clark Kellog, the Lehigh game, whether or not Austin Rivers and Mason Plumlee will return, some bright spots from the season, updates…

Tagged with: Austin Rivers, Chris Collins, Clark Kellog, Mason Plumlee, POTGOTY, Ryan Kelly, Trey Zeigler
Posted in Duke Basketball, Podcast

Lehigh Loss Leaves Sour Taste But Real Duke Fans Can Take It

Posted on 17 March, 2012 by Mike Kline

For many Duke fans a first round loss to a team from a mid-major conference is like deja-vu all over again. Except this time around it isn’t an upstart Anthony Grant from VCU with one very talented player in Eric Maynor. No…

Tagged with: Anthony Grant, Austin Rivers, Brett Reed, CJ McCollum, Eric Maynor, Lehigh
Posted in Duke Basketball

Another Blue Devil Podcast – Show #2

Posted on 12 March, 2012 by Jim Oliver

Mike Kline of DukeSportsBlog.com and I have just completed our second podcast. I hope to God it’s better than the first. In this show, we wrap of the ACC Tournament, preview the NCAA Tournament, and take some questions from Twitter.…

Tagged with: Andre Dawkins, Austin Rivers, Mason Plumlee, Ryan Kelly, Tyler Thornton
Posted in Duke Basketball, Podcast

Duke Heads to NCAA Tournament with More Questions than Answers

Posted on 11 March, 2012 by Mike Kline

Duke’s exit from the ACC Semi-Finals was perhaps earlier than most Blue Devil fans might have expected, but I kind of felt this coming. For starters Duke had essentially limped into the tournament both figuratively and literally. They were not…

Tagged with: Andre Dawkins, Austin Rivers, Mason Plumlee, Miles Plumlee, Ryan Kelly, Seth Curry, Tyler Thornton
Posted in Duke Basketball