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Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Team preview: Duke

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Fourth season will be a crucial one for Gonzalez

Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez expects his team to challenge for an NCAA berth. He anticipates the Pirates will finish between sixth to 10th in the B...

Duke's Jon Scheyer, left, is congratulated by associate head coach Chris Collins during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Gardner-Webb in Durham, N...

CBB Summer Buzz: Duke

The Summer Buzz series checks in on Krzyzewskiville, where the Blue Devils seem to have solved their backcourt shortage and put themselves in position to have another big year.

Story | Conversation | August 04, 2009

Dreams and nightmares for 64 teams

What's the best-case scenario for your team? What's the worst thing that could happen? Pat Forde breaks it down for all 64 teams in the NCAA tournament.

Thabeet casts shadow on Michigan's upset bid as Huskies win 11th straight

Hasheem Thabeet's presence down low is giving opposing teams nightmares, as UConn continued to defend its No. 1 ranking. Meanwhile, Duke snapped out of its funk against Miami -- though it took the Blue Devils one half to do it.

Duke sends big-picture message with its Boiler beatdown

What are the possible roadblocks facing prohibitive favorite North Carolina? For starters, the Heels bedeviling neighbor looks every bit the part of a national title contender, writes Pat Forde.

Oklahoma guards pick up the slack in Sooners' win over Purdue

Blake Griffin was swarmed all night against Purdue, and while the Oklahoma big man still had a monster night, it was the Sooners' guards who propelled Oklahoma to victory, writes Dana O'Neil.

Team preview: Duke

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2008-09 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 01, 2008

Coach K juggling Duke shake-up, Olympic team as he goes for gold

Mike Krzyzewski already has had a busy offseason, as he's had to completely reshuffle his coaching staff. But the busy summer is just starting, as his Olympic duties are about to begin, writes Andy Katz.

Coach K hires former player James for Duke's staff

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski hired former player Nate James as an assistant on Tuesday.

Team preview: Duke

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2007-08 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | September 27, 2007

Duke staff rooted in Team USA

...schedule for the team. And then in Las Vegas last month, the roles of Duke assistants Chris Collins and Steve Wojciechowski increased from court coaches to advance scouting. Duke's director of basketball operations...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 2007

Ashaolu continues road to recovery

PHILADELPHIA -- By far the most surprising sight and sounds from the first weekend of recruiting was seeing Duquesne's Sam Ashaolu bopping around the ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 11, 2007