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When former Duke basketball star Christian Laettner heard that his former teammate Phil Henderson died Sunday at the age of 44, he texted their teammate and Henderson’s classmate Robert Brickey, who, in four seasons with Henderson, went to three Final Fours.
Mike Krzyzewski said he thinks Tyler Thornton will be a coach one day, but there’s one other thing he sees in common between himself and Duke’s junior guard.
Mike Krzyzewski said the Blue Devils don’t care about their ranking—only their opponents do.
Rodney Hood feels like a man doing time.
How much would somebody pay to be a Cameron Crazie on the craziest day of the year?
Lost amid Rasheed Sulaimon’s barrage of 3-pointers and Mason Plumlee’s portfolio of acrobatic dunks in Duke’s 84-64 win against Maryland Saturday was something the Blue Devils didn’t do much of: Turn the ball over.
More than a year ago, Ken Rogerson received an unusual phone call in his office at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy. He wasn’t answering as the director of undergraduate studies at Sanford, but rather as the faculty advisor for the Latter-day Saint Student Association.
Quinn Cook concedes he is “six-foot on a good day,” so it might seem difficult to find him multiple role models in the NBA, where there is a shortage of short guys. But Cook is keen on watching film of NBA guards, and he doesn’t just stick to watching one player.
Mason Plumlee is Mike Krzyzewski’s “guy.”
Duke is used to playing with a target on its back. Now ranked No. 1 in the country, the Blue Devils just saw that target grow even larger.
Brian Zoubek has one warning for the Duke basketball team before its game against Temple Saturday afternoon: Save his cream puffs for after the game.
Don’t call Marshall Plumlee goofy. His brothers Mason and Miles might, but he doesn’t like it.
The ACC/Big Ten Challenge annually produces some of the year’s best non-conference matchups, including this year’s 73-68 victory for No. 2 Duke against then-No. 4 Ohio State at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
After a whirlwind of changes to the ACC, there is no end in sight for realignment. But Duke has its own reasons for remaining committed to the conference in an otherwise uncertain environment.
Even with Duke trailing nearly the entire game, Mason Plumlee looked like a man unwilling to lose. The forward recorded a double-double less than five minutes into the second half, but the Blue Devils were still losing, unable to break through with their senior co-captain looking as if he were playing one-against-five at times.
Louisville basketball got a taste of what life might be like in the ACC last weekend, losing to Duke 76-71 in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship in the Bahamas. Now the Cardinals can look forward to annual rematches.
When Greg Paulus played at Duke, Kevin Cullen was tasked with mopping his sweat off the floor as one of the team’s managers. But Cullen’s job also required working extensively on Duke’s film preparation because the team did not have a full-time video coordinator prior to his graduation in 2007.
Updated at 10:45 p.m.
In the frenzy surrounding the NBA’s adoption of anti-flopping rules, here’s the question nobody asked until Tuesday night: How would it affect Duke?
ATLANTA—When Mason Plumlee fouled out with 35 seconds left, he bowed his head but headed to the bench without regret. On the Blue Devils’ next possession, Seth Curry hit two free throws to extend Duke’s lead to eight. Twenty-one seconds later, Ryan Kelly capped off Duke’s scoring with a two-handed slam.
