Syracuse’s season is over. The Orange finished with a 4-8 record—a bummer and all—but Paulus’s story doesn’t conclude on a down note. How could it? This is a kid who put his legacy on the line.
Gerald Henderson declared for the NBA Draft in April. More than seven months later, I’m here to tell you it wasn’t that big of a deal. Six games into the season, it seems safe to say that the Blue...
During the halftime show of the Duke-Arizona State game Wednesday, after ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb called the Blue Devils “alarmingly unathletic” at certain positions, I was perplexed.
My girlfriend is a UNC alumna, and she is not what you would call a huge basketball fan. But this weekend, she looked at me and asked, “Are you jelly that UNC signed Harrison Barnes?”
At Tuesday’s weekly press conference, head coach David Cutcliffe fielded a pointed, but fair, question about getting ready for the Miami Hurricanes.
I wish I could tell you something about being in the student section of Cameron Indoor Stadium on Greek Night. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski called it one of the best atmospheres to start the season...
Duke has played 45 football games since I’ve been a student here. I had never been as excited about one as I was last Saturday.
So it’s November, and it’s still 70 degrees in Durham. That’s pretty cool. Unfortunately, you probably know that idle talk about weather is a sign that someone has nothing to say, which, in this...
A group of senior professors in the English department is sitting in an office talking. The question arises: Who is the best teacher at Duke? The usual names come up in rapid succession: Frank...
The only record that matters to me and other compulsive gamblers is 4-1-1—the Blue Devils’ record against the spread. No matter how you look at it, Duke has performed up to head coach David...
I have no concept of what a big Duke-UNC football game looks like. Will there be a buzz on campus? Will Duke fans actually travel well? There isn’t a point of reference to compare a “big game” like...
Thaddeus Lewis called this weekend’s matchup against Virginia at Scott Stadium a clash of the titans. Vincent Rey said it will be a dogfight. And head coach David Cutcliffe said it will be the most...
Something has to be done about student attendance at non-tenting games, and Greek Night—unlike more relaxed tenting rules—might actually be effective. But we have to look at the other aspect of...
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...
