In the FOX Sports list of 25 Greatest NBA players there were no Duke players listed.   An NBA ranker called the Remix ranked the best 50 players through 2017. …

Despite the fact that most of Mike Krzyzewski’s players cannot spell his name, he is a legendary coach, and he has not won this reputation in a nasty, no-holds-barred slug-fest …

  When did Coach K begin sliding toward going with one-and-doners?  Well, it may have started with a couple of players—Corey Maggette in 1999 and Luol Deng in 2004. He …

Gym shoes are by far the most important gear for a basketball player. The best basketball players are undoubtedly the hardest on shoes because of the extreme stress and impact …

Chris Summerville is most likely correct that Duke’s 2017 basketball team is now complete. Scout, Rivals, ESPN and 247Sports each rank Duke’s 2017 recruiting class as second in the nation …

Now it’s crunch time when we flush out the true die hard Duke basketball fans. Some may look at the three ACC losses in a row and come down on …

Most NCAA preseason basketball polls rank the Duke basketball team at No. 5 or 6 in the nation for the 2015-16 season. Mike Krzyzewski has never been known to pad …

This latest FanTake from Steve Fortosis looks at the question of whether college athletes should stay in college or go pro. Steve breaks down the topic with ten topics to …

This is a follow-up to an April 2015 Associated Press article regarding Duke basketball and the one-and-done phenomenon. Once upon a time, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski led championship basketball teams with …

That’s right. I was wrong. A while back, I wrote an article questioning Coach K’s decision to begin selecting one-and-doners instead of players who would at least stay at Duke …

There are several more regular season ACC games, but Duke should win most if not all of these unless they have a serious meltdown. First of all, I don’t believe …

It is sad that Duke will be losing Rasheed Sulaimon. It’s hard to imagine why he didn’t shape up. Did he lose sight of what giving up a Duke scholarship …

I remember when I played varsity basketball in high school. In my senior year, there seemed to be quite a bit of parity between the top ten players.  So we …

The ACC’s History of Championships Just how competitive is the Atlantic Coast Conference in basketball now that it’s added Notre Dame, Louisville, Pittsburgh and Syracuse? Well, for the record, before …

What Produces Teams in Sync? In the game of basketball, how important is long-term play with the same guys? Well, every single player is unique in particular ways. One player …

Filling Kenny Dennard’s Giant Shoes On November 17, 1979, number  two ranked Kentucky clashed with number three Duke in the Hall of Fame Tipoff Classic in Springfield. It was the …

I chose three players to represent Duke basketball in three outstanding eras. Obviously, I couldn’t claim they are the best ever to play at Duke. There are just far too …

In Connecticut it was a frigid January 3rd 2004 and the Duke Women’s basketball team was facing a superb UConn team in the Hartford Civic Center. UConn was 9-0 at …

Coach Bubas enthusiastically recruited Bob Verga out of St. Roses High School in Belmar, New Jersey. Verga drove onto the Duke campus for the first time in a vintage burgundy …

Dean Smith became a legendary college basketball coach. He rose in the ranks far quicker than most major NCAA coaches. He was actually coaching the Air Force’s baseball and golf …

Contrary to what some think, Kenny Dennard was not born in King, North Carolina. He was born in bustling Winston Salem, home of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. His favorite team growing …

Thousands of kids dream of bursting onto the court at Cameron Indoor Stadium dressed out in resplendent Blue and White to the screams of the Duke crazies. These kids have …

  Who will Coach K start in the fall? That’s actually a pretty tough question. You’d think that a guy’s minutes playing one of the toughest schedules in Division I …

Tyus Jones grew up in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Though he is now a 6’1” point guard—at 6’6” his dad, Rob, towers over him. Tyus developed early in basketball, and by …

The history of racial integration in college sports is somewhat murky. In the 1920s thousands of African Americans played basketball in sandlots, high schools and colleges but most all teams …

When young Billy King considered where to play college basketball, having watched Michael Jordan in the 1982 NCAA Championship, he had Jordan fever. But attention from UNC dropped a little …

After doing a respectable job coaching at St. Johns for six years, young Frank McGuire landed the basketball coaching job at the University of North Carolina. When he arrived, he …

Down in tiny Albemarle, North Carolina, a young boy sits hunched over a plastic am radio. It’s summertime, 1952 and, if his parents are quiet and the radio is placed …

Duke had an exceptionally talented basketball team in 1991-92.  At the end, their record would be 34-2. They won the ACC regular season and the ACC Tournament.  Even some naysayers …

In sixth grade Casey Sanders enjoyed playing hide-and-seek, though his six-foot body was hard to hide. By the beginning of his eighth grade year, Casey was 6’8” and, though he …