Jaden Schutt showed some (albeit small)potential during his freshman year. I was hoping to see more of Jaden his sophomore year,but injuries forced him well behind the curve. I knew something was up after the first game when Jon said "Jaden faces a long journey. "I am not going to say anything else now." Soon thereafter,we got the injury news.

Oh well, Jaden made the right move for him,particularly to Va Tech I believe. Coach Mike Young likes those good shooting guards coming off screens and firing up from the perimeter.

I have always liked Coach Young,and have especially fond memories of his Wofford squad whipping the Cheaters in the nosedome. Even then he was a big proponent of the three ball.

We know Jaden can shoot,and Young can obscure his defensive deficiencies in a zone(Young is not averse to zone). Best to Jaden, hope he has a good fit and nice season.

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Maybe the greatest ever.
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It's never too early for a roster construction thread. So, here we are 2 days before the season opener and looking at what next year's Duke team will look like:

Guaranteed departures (out of eligibility):
Ryan Young

Confirmed departures:
Christian Reeves (transfer, 3 years eligibility remaining)
Mark Mitchell (transfer, 2 years remaining)
Jared McCain (NBA draft)
Kyle Filipowski (NBA draft)
Jaylen Blakes (transfer, 1 year eligibility remaining)
Jaden Schutt (transfer, 3 years remaining)
Jeremy Roach (NBA/transfer)
TJ Power (transfer)
Sean Stewart (transfer)

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Last month, the ACC had Joe Lunardi come address men's basketball coaches with advice on how to get more teams into the NCAA tournament field.

That struck me as odd -- don't think I'm the only one.

So this is a suggestion on who else could've been invited and what subjects they're qualified to give expert opinion on.

Longtime broadcaster of Duke athletics, Bob Harris, died today.

He called all 5 of the men's basketball national championships and called 471 straight football games from 1976 until his 2017 retirement.

What an incredible run.

Here is the link to the N&O story.

The latest: https://n.rivals.com/news/rb-nate-s...official-visit-plans-after-northwestern-offer

Maybe this is stupid but I’m just curious. There are many of us who spend a lot of time to come to this forum to talk about a team with complete strangers. I have been coming to this forum for almost ten years and I’ve just been curious to what made everyone become such a big Duke basketball fan. Did you go to school at Duke? Did a relative go there? Was it 91, 92? JJ? Battier?

Me… my grandmother was actually a unc alumni who just loved college basketball. She loved it so much that she liked Duke as well. She had me (7 years old) write a letter to coach k after 91. Coach k wrote me back and I’ve been a die-hard fan since. She is in the only person I have ever known to be a die hard Duke and unc fan. I think she liked unc slightly better but never had the heart to tell me.

One of the greatest college basketball players I ever saw.
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Big win by the softball team today over Mizzou in the Super Regional. Hard to believe this is a program that is only 7 years old. Very exciting indeed.

What are your thoughts on this?


Power has the ability to lead an ACC program in scoring, though that might be a bit much to ask of him this year, and as we’ve said before, would simply be a projection based on talent, rather than using evidence from his college career to date.

Maalik Murphy makes the list:

UCONN has proved you do not need the top recruiting class each year. Back to back titles by double digit wins both years. They play beautiful basketball. I liked how Richard Hamilton discussed UCONNS way of running an offense.

A fan for 40 years, we are no longer the standard. Period.

The Roast of Tom Brady got me thinking (and honestly, I'm quite bored waiting for Sion James' announcement): If there was a roast of one person from Duke sports, past or present, who would you want it to be?

Obvious answer is Coach K.

Can take this a step further and say you've got to name who you'd like to see roasted *and* who you'd like to see do the roasting.

That spin move was deadly in the paint

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Purdue not purdont tonight please!

Going to thread together whatever stories come from the next month of spring football. Obviously coverage is going to be light as long as there's basketball to cover.

Here's an initial story, though: On Manny Diaz's built-in advantage as a first-year coach.

(there are other nuggets in there on QB battle and Manny's take on watching film upon arriving at a new program)

Didn’t see that one coming. Who’s UK’s next coach?

Whew! DBR podcast preview:

Our first 2024 offseason episode is here, featuring next year's backcourt: Caleb Foster and Tyrese Proctor. The veteran guards recap this past season and NCAA Tournament with host Ryan Young and look ahead to the future and how they are looking to improve during the upcoming campaign.