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Duke’s Jon Scheyer faces an impossible task

As of this past Saturday, we have officially entered the Jon Scheyer era in Duke basketball. A first-time head coach, hand-picked by Mike Krzyzewski as his successor, Scheyer has been rising the ranks as an assistant coach with the Blue Devils since 2013. Read more…

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Caleb Love was the villain Coach K and Duke deserved

A scythe has stalked Coach K’s career since he announced his plan to retire last July. On Saturday night, Duke’s final Final Four of the Mike Krzyzewski era ended in horror for Duke faithful as Coach K’s fabled career came to a grisly end. UNC’s 81-77 victory over their arch-rival also featured a familiar slayer […]

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Fictional Hooper Bracket: The Final Four

We got an all-blueblood Final 4. I know we enjoyed Saint Peter’s, but as happy as I am for Shaheen Holloway’s new contract — of course this is yet another example of a college coach capitalizing off of his hard-playing talent for a much better job, but the Peacocks pull their home bleachers out of […]

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Duke-North Carolina at the Final Four is already one for the ages

It’s already an instant classic and the ball won’t be tipped for four more days. The greatest rivalry in college basketball, one of the fiercest in all of sports, heads to the Final Four. Duke squaring off with North Carolina is a momentous, must-watch occasion when it takes place under routine circumstances during… Read more…

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After initial Madness, it’s March Moderation

After the wild and bracket-busting first day of men’s March Madness, Candace Parker saw the future on the postgame show. The future Hall of Famer said that after so many upsets on Thursday, coaches of higher-seeded teams would be able to point to that and get their squads focused on the challenge of the tournament. […]