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College basketball differs from the pro game in innumerable ways, so for now let's just focus on one: the importance of stars. In the NBA, especially in the postseason, star power is everything; you can't win a title without at least two All-Stars...

Normally, when Mason Plumlee does something that has me reciting simple facts in lieu of analysis -- e.g., his face-melting one-handed alley-oop in last night's gutty Duke victory over No. 4 Ohio State -- the award for College Basketball Nation Shot ...

Update: Despite what Perky Plumlee told the Durham Herald-Sun Monday, Mason Plumlee is indeed going to return to the Blue Devils for his senior season, according to a report from CBS Sports' Jeff Goodman Tuesday afternoon. An official announcement is...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Six ... Five ... The seconds melted away. Austin Rivers kept dribbling. Mason Plumlee was under the rim, another among the nearly 22,000 people crammed inside the Dean E. Smith Center, as helpless as each and every one. Later, ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Well, well, well. Some quick, pertinent details from Duke's buzzer-beating 85-84 win over hated rival North Carolina after a 10-point rally in the final two minutes ... Overview: Getting into a run-and-gun game with North Caro...

As the seconds ticked away at UNC, a much-criticized freshman whose confidence never wavered lifted up a shot that will forever live in Duke lore.

As we get set for a hoops-filled weekend, here's a linky look back on the week that was at the College Basketball Nation blog: The ACC/Big Ten Challenge played out as most predicted -- a 6-5 win for the Big Ten -- but there were plenty of surpris...

First it was Kyle Singler's impressive trick shot video, which you may have seen during ESPN's broadcast of the Duke-Michigan State game Wednesday night. The latest Dukie to create an incredibly cheesy viral video? One Mason Plumlee, who demonstrates...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas State fans came for a classic. What they got was classic Duke. Tuesday night's CBE final promised big things: The fourth-ranked Kansas State Wildcats -- a team that had just routed a solid Gonzaga squad -- would get a...

CBE Classic Consolation Game: No. 18 Gonzaga vs. Marquette, 7:45 p.m. ET No moral victories for Butler, Marquette College basketball players hate to talk about moral victories, and Marquette forward Jimmy Butler wasn't any different after his t...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sometimes, everything goes according to plan. Sure, Gonzaga and Marquette fans -- who watched their teams lose to Kansas State and Duke, respectively, Monday night -- might not be feeling the pre-ordained big-game love. (Gonz...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith are back. Kyrie Irving, perhaps the best point guard prospect in the country, has arrived. Your backcourt is loaded, your coach is a legend, your program is one of the best in college sports, and seven...

Each Wednesday, your humble college basketball hoops blogger (er, me) will respond to your questions, comments, and nonsensical rants in this space. To submit, visit this page by clicking the link under my name in the upper right-hand corner of the p...

There are plenty of reasons to be bullish about Duke's chances of repeating its NCAA glory in 2010-11 -- the returns of Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith, the injection of Kyrie Irving, the up-tempo pace Mike Krzyzewski is ready to unleash again. All of i...

For the next month or so, our friends at The Mag are previewing one high-profile school per day for their Summer Buzz series. For the sake of all that is synergistic, yours truly will be attempting the same, complementing each comprehensive Insider p...

By the time 2011 rolls around, the Duke Blue Devils will be about 25 percent Plumlee. Check my math, but if Duke has 12 or 13 players on its roster, and three of them are members of the Brothers Plumlee, that gives you, oh, well, you get the point...