The NCAA has many rules, and most of them, I’m sure, are logical. There are other compliance guidelines that don’t make that much sense. Did you know: teams can only give their players certain...
By Cutcliffe’s measure, the 2008 squad started well and beat inferior opponents, but could not finish and faltered against stronger foes. The way they collapsed was reminiscent of the pre-Cutcliffe...
Beyond talent, you need some incredible luck to win a national title in college basketball. It’s the nature of a 64-team, single-elimination tournament. In the NBA a team can lose three games...
The start of basketball season is (for some fans) the first time they really examine the men’s basketball schedule. There’s always room for improvement. For one thing, the seniors would probably...
I will not make many guarantees about the 2009-10 basketball season, but one thing is clear: It’s going to get off to a more exciting start than any season in recent memory.
Football isn’t democratic, and not all wins are created equal. Some are better than others. Saturday’s was the best in the last two years.
Krzyzewskiville has got to go. Confusing walk-up line policies have got to go. It’s time for basketball attendance policies that make sense. Why can’t students just, you know, line up in a regular...
Though I dropped out of Krzyzewskiville three days in with a case of mononucleosis, I lived the experience vicariously through the friends I had left behind.
Technically, Duke’s Homecoming matchup with N.C. Central Saturday is meaningless. In reality, it’s a must-win.
Two years ago, as I stood an arm’s length away from Tyler Hansbrough in Cameron, I wondered how much my seat would be worth at auction. The question was rhetorical, but soon, everyone might know...
If there’s ever been a time for Duke to play like David Cutcliffe says it practices, it’s got to be this weekend against No. 22 Kansas.
It’s probably too early to accurately speculate about play on the court, but there are a number of Duke Basketball subplots worth noting. Here are four stories to follow as the season nears.
David Cutcliffe knows quarterbacks. More specifically, he knows that three years of starting experience on the gridiron trumps a four-year layoff, even if you’ve been playing another Division I...
Saturday was just a gorgeous day, wasn’t it? Spotless blue sky. Optimism in the air. Fannies in Wallace Wade Stadium’s seats. That’s the first football Saturday of the year for you. Everything...
In just a year and a half, head coach David Cutcliffe has taken a school that some argued shouldn’t be playing FBS-level football and has done the improbable—by insisting this team has bowl...
It was a funny way for David Cutcliffe—the brains behind Duke’s football program—to begin preseason media day Aug. 11. “Do you guys know that 70 years ago today, the Wizard of Oz was released?”...
I had looked forward to this day for several weeks. As I walked to Wallace Wade Stadium to watch my first sporting event as a college student three years ago, I was overflowing with enthusiasm. I...
What a long, strange summer it's been. Duke Basketball died when Elliot Williams moved closer to home, then, it came back to life, all because Andre Dawkins decided to leave home. Oh, and Greg...
After a season of waiting, it finally happened. It had been said in media rooms throughout the year that for a photographer to capture a Shelden Williams smile in a picture was the equivalent of a...
My fan relationship with Duke Basketball is based (almost entirely) on four players: Redick, Shelden Williams, Sean Dockery and Lee Melchionni. And now they're leaving.
