Can someone stick this thread at the top.

This thread will be used to discuss former Dukies in the NBA.

Couldn't find the old thread for other games..

#13 Purdue beats #2 Bama 87-78. Rooting for Wisconsin to beat Zona.

so two huge things today. austin parker our punter/field goal kicker dismissed for academic reasons and OL coach marcus johnson hired to miss state. ouch!!!!!!!!!

I don't know if Burr is guilty of insider trading or not, nor do I care. However, the wearing of a mask with UNC on it is unpardonable. That alone ought to get him some time in jail. Sorry Richard, hope you wind up in a cell somewhere with a bunch of NCSt and Duke fans...Hey mods , if this is too political , just delete it.

📍 BC
📺 ESPN
⏰ 8:00


Road game in the ACC in prime time.. should be a fun time getting to display our team-
We are a 23.5 point favorite

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BC-50

Have learned a few things today on the basketball recruiting front:

-- J.P. Estrella is going to visit in the next month, dates just haven't been finalized. Duke wants to find a big in the 2023 class to pair with Sean Stewart and it feels like it'll either be Xavier Booker or Estrella.

-- The top priority in 2024 class is Tre Johnson.

-- Another "big one" in '24 class is Asa Newell. Obviously the Montverde pipeline to Duke has been fruitful and this would be the next snag from there.

Firing this up now so that I'm not caught off guard when portal announcements start flying after Saturday's finale at Wake Forest.

This is where we'll track everybody leaving Duke's football team -- aside from the ones running out of eligibility -- and then the newcomers Duke will bring in. Given the timing of how the portal works, we'll obviously have a lot more departures to track in the first week or two, then it'll calm down, and then we'll have additions to talk about.

So, we're starting on a weird, tea-leaf reading attempt ... Jaquez Moore was said to redshirting this season with the intent of returning to Duke next season. But he made a post on Instagram that had the song, "Movin On" and had some seemingly sentimental messaging.

This part of the "job" sucks, trying to read messages from 20-something-year-old kids and know their meaning. It seems like Moore will be out of Durham and playing his final season of eligibility elsewhere; but that's not announced or finalized.

Strong rumors (not shockingly) that Cadeau and Trimble aren’t happy with the amount of shots and type of shots Davis has taken this season. Daddy Laurence Trimble especially has been vocal.

Apparently going 4-4 and Davis taking a gazzilion shots isnt going over well. Such a shame!

📍 cameron
📺 espn
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Today we welcome the 4 win hurricanes to Cameron.. weird to see how they have fallen! This game is usually one we are nervous about but I have a sneaky feeling we roll.. Duke is a 24.5 point favorite

Duke- 102
Miami-62

Preview for this game can be found here.

Programming: I'll have remote coverage of this game.

Predictions:

- Cooper Flagg scores 20-plus.

- Khaman Maluach scores at least 15.

- BC shoots under 30% on 3-pointers.

Seems like an interesting topic that other boards have. What are you currently watching? Recommendations? Recently I saw Wicked and really enjoyed it. I am also binging American Horror Story and am on season 5; Hotel. I also like British cop shows like Prime Suspect, Cracker, and the Level. Also Inspector Lewis is a good British cop show. Inspector Morse is the original. I liked Yellowstone and 1923 as well.

I know some of us follow Kenpom so I think we need a running thread in our levels there as it’s been historically a good indicator of March success-

After our “bad D game” and all Saturday games we are sitting at

2 overall 7 on offense and 2 on defense

Auburn is still somehow 1 with 1 on offense and 17 on defense

Houston, Iowa state and Florida round out the top 5

The next closest ACC team is Pitt at 27 followed by Clemson at 29 and UNC at 30

Illinois will give us the opportunity for a nice win coming in at 12

Something new this season.

Because it's inevitable this comes up, I'll post and pin this thread to track how Duke's transfers are playing this season. It's going to be heavily focused on guys who were on Duke's roster last season because, well, do you really think of Jaemyn Brakefield and Henry Coleman III as former Duke players? (before you ask, yes, they're still playing college basketball)

So, here's the list of the transfers out of Duke from last season's roster and where they're playing this season, broken up by conference:

Jeremy Roach - Baylor
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Mark Mitchell - Missouri
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Christian Reeves - Clemson
Jaylen Blakes - Stanford
Jaden Schutt - Virginia Tech
TJ Power - Virginia
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Sean Stewart - Ohio State

Starting this game thread off with a sour note:

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Just a silly post game observations thread I am starting, with 10 bullet points. Sometimes serious, sometimes not. No Coors or hot dogs tonight. As the Joker says "and here we go."
1. Incarnate Word. Good Lord. Somewhere Jim Boeheim is saying "damn even I never played these guys."
2. Our offense seems to consist of 2 guys standing in each corner, unmoving. My junior high coach ran this play.
3. Mal must have heard my Casey Sanders comment, because he's taking over. Nice job Mal.
4. I like Sion but he might lead the nation in being burned on backdoor cuts.
5. Wow Sion must have read my #4 and gotten mad. 2 beautiful drives.
6. Nice to see Big Pat in there. Foster seems to love exceedingly difficult drives that sometimes goes in.
7. Evans heating up. He is key to us this year. He's Dynomite! (You have to be old to get that)
Ehhh I can't even come up with 10 points. It's Incarnate Word. We won, but looked kind of ho-hum. It's finals week coming off 2 big games. We don't always seem like a cohesive unit. 34% from 3 for the year needs to improve for us to make a deep run. Get Brown back ASAP. George Mason in a week. I commented before the ACC seems so boring this year. Where are the stars? I can hardly name any other ACC players other than UNC and our transfers. Other than Duke the ACC needs to up its recruiting, NIL, and portal transfer game. The SEC challenge painfully drove that point home; that football money is helping those schools. Now get off my lawn you crazy kids. Good night from the beautiful(but cold and dark at 4:30) Pacific Northwest.

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📍 Cameron indoor

I hate early tips but im looking forward to this one being early. Duke looks to stay undefeated in the ACC as they welcome the 7-8 Irish to town. Interesting enough they have lost their last two games by 1 point against Nc st and UNC. Their best performance on the year was an 11 point loss to Houston. I think we continue to look impressive. We are a 19.5 point favorite

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ND-63

Not a good sign at all. Something tells me he’s not long for the Pelicans. A trade before the deadline seems very possible, as they start a total rebuild. That may be best for both parties.

Preview for Saturday's game against Notre Dame.

Programming: I'm out of town and will have our trusty freelancer, Tommy Hamzik, at this game for coverage.

Predictions:

- Duke hits fewer than 10 3-pointers.

- Khaman Maluach has at least 12 points.

- Duke has an assist percentage of at least 65%.

- Notre Dame doesn't score 60 points.

JJ Redick lost his home in the Palisades fire, but his family evacuated safely. Thoughts and prayers to all of those affected out there. I’m sure many of our Duke alums are right in the crosshairs of these terrible disasters. https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/09/jj-redick-home-wildfires/

📍 Cameron
⏰ 7:00
📺 espn

Jeff Capel and his 12-2 panthers come to Duke looking to be one of our toughest games left in the regular schedule.. with that being said we are still favored by 14.5! I’m hoping we build on saturdays win and come out on all cylinders

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Pitt-70

Should've started this thread back in August with the first commit (Ayden Cain).

But here it is now after Duke got its second commit of the class, Sean Stover. The big guys tend to commit earlier than skill position guys -- Cain is a DL and Stover is an OL.

There might not be too much in here for the next month or two, but it'll be the go-to dropping spot for football recruiting news soon enough.

Within the hour of the Boozer twins committing, let's look at how next season's roster shapes up.

As a reminder, the top post of this thread will be updated throughout the season. We might go several weeks during the season without an update, but this will be invaluable in the spring when you're thinking about what next year's roster will look like.

Guaranteed departures
Mason Gillis (eligibility)
Sion James (eligibility)
Cooper Flagg (NBA)
Khaman Maluach (NBA)
Kon Knueppel (NBA)
Spencer Hubbard (eligibility)
Stanley Borden (eligibility)
Neal Begovich (eligibility)

Almost-certain departure(s)
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On-the-fence for now
Tyrese Proctor (NBA)
Caleb Foster (NBA)

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Returners (year for 2025-26)
Maliq Brown (Senior)
Darren Harris (Sophomore)
Isaiah Evans (Sophomore)
Patrick Ngongba II (Sophomore)
Cameron Sheffield (Senior)

Incoming freshmen (Rivals150 rank)
Cameron Boozer (2), Wing/forward
Shelton Henderson (12), Guard/wing
Cayden Boozer (23), Guard
Nikolas Khamenia (36), Wing/forward

Incoming transfers
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I love the defensive ability with this team. I think they will be a team that can stay in the game even on an off night, so they will be there at the end of hard games. They have shown signs of being able to make comebacks. But small example sizes. And that was early. Flagg has shown improvements in efficiency, which was the cause of our loss to Kentucky. So that is a good sign. James, Brown and Ellis are going to prove to be the biggest contribution to the team IMO. With Evans being our spark guy. Everyone else just needs to be competent, IMO.

I don't see a game they should lose, but I am going to assume there will be a bad night or two and say they finish the regular season 27-4. Feel like this is a final four team.

Going to operate this in a lot of the same ways as last year, if you'll recall ... Will have stories and coverage of Duke's baseball team in this thread. It'll be spotty at times, given the timing of basketball season and other responsibilities, but I'll do what I can to get Duke's baseball team covered.

Going to start with a feature, as the season is two days away: On the return of Jonathan Santucci.

Cooper Flagg - What's motivating me to comment here is I greatly appreciate sportsmanship. I missed the last 15 minutes of the second half, but caught the highlight of Flagg posterizing ( I hate that term, but for context....) a Pitt defender. Flagg had the opportunity to flex, stare and humiliate the defender but realized the play spoke for itself and didn't add to it with self-indulging antics.

Coach Scheyer - I'm super impressed with your team. This was my first opportuity to see Duke play since Coach K retired. I'm sure you guys already know, but the two signatures I see with Coach Scheyer is ball movement on offense and defensive consistency.

Offensively there appears to be less individual play and less dribbling/1-on-1 in half court sets and everyone has the ability and IQ to identify and get the ball to the open man. Sounds simple, but typically you have 2, maybe 3 capable of this. Duke has four on the court capable of making the right swing pass on each posession, hence high team assist numbers.

Defense - Duke defended as hard former UVA coach Tony Bennett's team used to. No team had shut down Pitt's guards as effectively as Duke did today. Driving lanes were closed and passing lanes were as well. Even routine dribble drive kick outs were defended very hard.

Well wishes for the rest of the season and hopefully you can win a championship for the ACC.