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Coverage of Duke men’s basketball from @dukechronicle, Duke's independent daily student newspaper.
Durham, NC
Joined August 2008
Happy 72nd birthday @DukeMBB head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Comment your birthday wishes below:
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Zion Williamson will join RJ Barrett, Cameron Reddish and Tre Jones next season—the No. 2 recruit in the country is heading to Duke. Story to come. .
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Coach K is the last man on the ladder to take the rest of the net.
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The ACC announced it is releasing a four-part series on Coach K, separated decade by decade. The series will air from March 4-7 at 8 p.m. each night.
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"I really like Meek Mill. I play it all the time."—Coach K.
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BREAKING: @DukeMBB has promoted Nolan Smith to the title of assistant coach. He had previously been the team's director of operations and player development:.
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BREAKING: R.J. Barrett chooses Duke. The Blue Devils land the No. 1 player in the class for the third straight year:.
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BREAKING: 5-Star forward and top 2019 recruiting target Matthew Hurt commits to Duke, joining the likes of Vernon Carey Jr.:.
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Paolo Banchero has been named the Most Outstanding Player of the West Regional.
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Coach K with the net, the fifth time he's cut it down as a national champion http://t.co/x5VqAeCzOS.
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Coach K cuts down the net after reaching his 13th, and final, Final Four.
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Coach K is the first man ever to officially win 1,000 games at one school:.
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"They booed me when I first came out, but when I’m laying it up in warmup lines it’s 'Come on Zion show us something.' And I’m thinking 'No, no keep booing me.' They just wanted to see those dunks so I just kept laying it in." -Zion on the Pitt crowd:.
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"When I was a little kid, I wanted to come to Duke. I dreamed of coming to Duke." –Grayson Allen is addressing the crowd.
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BREAKING: Four-star guard Cassius Stanley announced this afternoon that he will play for @DukeMBB next season:
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JUST IN: Zion Williamson named AP Player of the Year, earns 59 of the 64 votes. @DukeMBB's R.J. Barrett finishes second with 2 votes:.
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Cam, R.J. and Zion are less than four days away from taking the floor in Cameron for the first time for @DukeMBB. Countdown to Craziness is set for Friday at 7 p.m.
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With that win, Coach K has now been to 13 Final Fours, passing John Wooden for most of all time.
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Head coach Jon Scheyer cuts down the net after winning the ACC championship in his first season:
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“I told them last night, I said I’ve won a lot of championships, but not with you yet. Being in their moment is the very best thing.” -Coach K.
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Coach K, doing this at the end of the ACC tournament for the 14th time.
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Coach K is in the building for tonight's game. This is the first game he has attended in Cameron Indoor since retiring at the end of the 2021-22 season.
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.@DukeMBB's Wendell Moore Jr. has been announced as the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year. Moore is the first Duke player to win the award.
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Students are gathered here outside Cameron Indoor Stadium to greet @DukeMBB as the team buses arrive. Coach K addresses students about his team: “I’m really proud of them.”
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Zion Williamson was the only one to speak as the Blue Devils headed down the tunnel last night. "We're gonna see them next week.".
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With Notre Dame’s loss to Florida State, @DukeMBB clinches its first outright ACC regular-season title since 2006.
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FINAL: No. 1 Duke 88, No. 2 Michigan State 81. Grayson Allen scored a career-high 37 points and put the nail in the coffin with two late triples:.
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Coach K tells his players “make sure you see your families” as they walk off the podium following their portion of the press conference.
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FINAL: Duke 71 Louisville 69. @DukeMBB erases 23-point deficit in the final 10 minutes of play to knock off No. 16 in hostile territory:.
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BREAKING: No. 2 2018 Zion Williamson shocks college basketball pundits everywhere and picks Duke:.
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Cam Reddish had the honor of wearing the net in the postgame locker room.
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Grayson Allen hits a $1,000 charity free throw, sending the crowd into a frenzy yet again.
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That win marked Coach K's 100th NCAA tournament win.
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JUST IN—Grayson Allen bypasses NBA Draft again and will return for his senior season:.
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NATIONAL CHAMPS: Duke beats Wisconsin 68-63 for fifth national title. http://t.co/YzR8g7Fb4g.
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Zion Williamson is of course the ACC tournament MVP.
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No. 11 seed Syracuse upsets No. 3 seed Michigan State in the second round 55-53, so Duke will be playing the Orange Friday in the Sweet 16 in Omaha.
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"I've never played in a basketball game like that. When you’re out there, it’s not like you’re even thinking. You’re just playing to win.". --Paolo Banchero.
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JUST IN: A late-night Instagram post from @Tre3Jones has sparked conversation. Might the point guard return for a second collegiate season?.
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Top-10 in the AP poll: . 1. Michigan State.2. Duke.3. Villanova .4. Arizona State.5. Xavier.6. West Virginia.7. Oklahoma.8. Virginia.9. Wichita State.10. Kansas.
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BREAKING: Duke class of 2019 commit Joey Baker has decided to reclassify to 2018, joining the top incoming recruiting class in the nation. Baker is ranked No. 15 in ESPN's class of 2019 rankings.
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BREAKING: @DukeMBB's R.J. Barrett and Zion Williamson were named to the AP All-America first team this afternoon:.
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JUST IN: The Utah Jazz select former #Duke star Grayson Allen with the 21st overall pick:
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FINAL—Duke 93, UNC 83. The comeback kids do it again to advance to the ACC title game. Initial story:.
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.@DukeMBB will officially play North Carolina in the Final Four on Saturday at 8:49 p.m. The two teams have never met in the history of the NCAA tournament and now, in Coach K's final season, they will face off.
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Coach K says on the ACC's weekly teleconference that Zion Williamson is in phase 4 of his 4-phase recovery program, and he has not decided whether he'll play tomorrow night against Wake Forest.
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5 GOLDEN RINGS: Duke knocks off Wisconsin 68-63 for national title No. 5, its 2nd in 5 years:. http://t.co/6JqHTYVUMY
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BREAKING: Matthew Hurt has officially announced he's returning to @DukeMBB for his sophomore season:.
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Coach K and Tre Jones embrace after the Blue Devils' improbable comeback in Chapel Hill tonight:.
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JUST IN: The Blue Devils have now added their true point guard for the Class of 2017 in five-star Trevon Duval:.
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Marques Bolden, knee sprain and all, finishes off one of the nets.
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“With Duke being my dream school since I can remember, I'm always watching these rivalry games. I just wanted to put my name in the game like that. And I feel like I might have done that tonight.”.--Tre Jones.
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JUST IN: Zion Williamson picks up another Player of the Year award, becoming the 8th @DukeMBB ever to win the @NaismithTrophy:.
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Today at the Brodie Recreation Center, caution tape and a "ZION WAS HERE. " sign appeared on the same backboard that Zion Williamson nearly brought down in a pickup game last week:.
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COACH K 1K! Duke comes back to beat St. John's 77-68 and secure Mike Krzyzewski's 1,000th win: http://t.co/imkqTFrfop
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Jack White's father will meet him halfway around the world to watch him play in college for the first time:.
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“It hurts more than any other loss I’ve ever had in my life. This team was just so special. It’s just hard when you know you have the potential to do something and you come so close, and you don’t do it.”-Javin DeLaurier on @DukeMBB's heartbreaking loss
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JUST IN: Marvin Bagley III was named the resounding pick for ACC Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year and a unanimous first-team all-conference selection:.
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Zion Williamson and R.J. Barrett will make their professional debuts in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League on July 5th when the New Orleans Pelicans take on the New York Knicks, per @DraftExpress. Game is slated for 9:30pm and will be televised on ESPN.
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Talk about an entrance. @DukeMBB entered through the middle of the student section like emerging from the Red Sea.
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ONE SHINING MOMENT: For the 2nd time in 5 years, Duke is the King of the Dance in Indy:. http://t.co/e90QVw4PDl
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Former @DukeMBB forward Zion Williamson has been invited to be on Team USA’s 10-man select team that will compete against the training camp roster in Las Vegas in August, per @TheSteinLine.
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Duke's Mr. Clutch delivers a title a year after making Coach K a promise via text:. http://t.co/xIgyZoHdef
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Coach K gets a standing ovation from the Clemson stands as the program honors him with a donation to the Emily K Center.
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BREAKING: @DukeMBB picked up its first piece of the 2020 class with point guard Jeremy Roach, the No. 14 player in his class:
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"You take care of the people you love." -Coach K on helping his team get over this loss.
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FINAL: @DukeMBB 118, Kentucky 84. Our instant recap from one of the biggest beatdowns you've ever seen by a Blue Devil team:.
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"We're going try to win the ACC title again, and then we're going to try to win that thing after that—March Madness. We want six too." –Allen.
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JUST IN: Zion Williamson has officially declared for the 2019 NBA Draft. Williamson swept the National Player of the Year awards after a historic freshman season:.
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Duke didn't wear ordinary warmup shirts yesterday—it came out of the locker room taking a stand for equality:.
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Duke announces that Grayson Allen has been named one of 30 men’s basketball finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, given to a high-achieving senior in “community, classroom, character and competition.”.
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"I never truly wanted to leave. I knew that Duke University was the best place I wanted to be." –Allen.
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BREAKING: The Blue Devils add to their class of 2020 roster with a commitment from 5-star small forward Jalen Johnson:.
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Former players are also back, including Grayson Allen, Luke Kennard, and Shelden Williams.
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FINAL: Duke 98, North Carolina 96. Tre Jones and Wendell Moore Jr. etch their names in the Duke-UNC history books as the Blue Devils pull off a win for the ages:.
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We’re live outside Cameron Indoor Stadium as @DukeMBB is welcomed home by the Cameron Crazies
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RJ Barrett and Zion Williamson have their pieces of the net.
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Kyle Filipowski is the ACC tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
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"I just saw [Zion] smiling behind the bench with Quinn [Cook]. Two of the great smiles in the history of Duke basketball, those two guys.". - Coach K on the legends who watched the @DukeMBB-Notre Dame game Saturday.
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Coach K's teams have been outfitted by Nike for nearly 25 years. In return, he's getting a 47,000-square foot fitness center named after him:.
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Wendell Moore Jr. has joined Matthew Hurt in officially announcing his return to @DukeMBB for his sophomore season:.
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Quinn Cook got the banner he always wanted. The captain had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in the Duke win. http://t.co/81ifE0SGQT.
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Amile Jefferson will be hired as @DukeMBB director of player development. Coach K announced the news on a June 30 podcast:.
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FINAL: @DukeMBB 74, North Carolina 64. "Zombie Duke" just turned a 10-point halftime deficit into a 10-point win on Senior Night:.
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Marvin Bagley III was just named ACC Player and Freshman of the Week after a trio of dominant showings at the PK80 Invitational.
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.@DukeMBB announced today that Justin Robinson will join Javin DeLaurier, Tre Jones and Jack White as a team captain for the 2019-20 season.
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