The award-winning ESPN “My Wish” series has returned for its 17th season and will feature Duke men’s basketball welcoming a special guest, Bradee, on Tuesday, July 16. Since its beginning in 2006, the series has worked with Make-A-Wish to fulfill 84 sports-themed wishes for children with critical illnesses. For five years, chronic kidney disease impacted all facets of Bradee’s life, including his love of basketball. After his aunt donated her kidney to him, the 18-year-old was able to return to the game he loves. His dream was to attend a Duke men’s basketball game in Durham ..read more

Wanted to put some of the clips going around the net of what Duke players are doing this summer in one place for easier digestion. Incoming Duke freshman, Kon Knueppel, had a very productive all-around showing at the Tatum Elite Camp. Rained down threes, finished through contact, made smart cuts, kept the ball moving, and was rock solid defensively. Projected mid-1st round pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. pic.twitter.com/wUmdOQc9tZ — Jon Chepkevich (@JonChep) July 10, 2024 all about the work pic.twitter.com/S8saeAP1Nv — Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) July 9, 2024 Another clip fr ..read more

Duke University will enshrine nine new members into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 25, announced Tuesday by Vice President and Director of Athletics Nina King. Slated for induction are Monique Currie (women’s basketball), John Danowski (coach), Matt Danowski (men’s lacrosse), Anna Grzebien Vanderlinde (women’s golf), Abby Johnston McGrath (women’s diving), Quinton McCracken (baseball & football), Chris Port (football), JJ Redick (men’s basketball), and Becca Ward (women’s ..read more

I spent some time watching the FIBA U18 Americup games featuring incoming Duke freshman center Patrick Ngonga who made the team mostly as a reserve. The team, coached by Arizona coach Tommy Lloyed, won the gold medal Monday morning by beating a fiesty first half effort from the Argentinian Team and cruising in the second half to take it 110-70. Patrick didn’t play much in the gold medal game, but entered the game with about a minute left in the 3rd quarter – he was still able to, in 11 minutes of play score 6 points, pull down 4 rebounds and block 2 shots. In the 6 games for USA Basketball ..read more

Per Duke Comms: DURHAM, N.C. – Duke men’s basketball assistant coach Emanuel Dildy has been selected to participate in the 2024 TopConnect Basketball Symposium taking place on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Monday, June 10, presented by Teamworks and VanWagner. TopConnect, developed by ETSU Athletics Director Dr. Richard Sander, identifies the top assistant basketball coaches in the country and connects them with Athletics Directors, providing tremendous networking and leadership development opportunities. In its seventh year, TopConnect develops ..read more

The 2024 NBA Playoffs have been exhilarating, to say the least. The much fancied reigning champions have already been eliminated thanks to the Minnesota Timberwolves shock victory against Nikola Jokic and his Denver Nuggets. The Western Conference’s top seeds have also been eliminated as an upstart Oklahoma Cty Thunder side led by the imperious Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was downed in six by the Dallas Mavericks. Now, it’s time for the Conference finals. On the East Coast, the Boston Celtics are looking to put last year’s shocking upset at the hands of the eighth-seed Heat behind them as they ..read more

With 2 scholarships to play with head coach Jon Scheyer has added a reserve guard to the loaded roster for the 2024-25 Blue Devils in 6’6 guard Cameron Sheffield out of Rice University. The redshirt junior committed to the Blue Devils adding another proven shooter and backup guard to the roster. Sheffield was a medical redshirt this past season and has 2 years of eligibility remaining should be choose. Playing in 95 games in his 3 years at Rice, Sheffield scored over 500 points, shot nearly 37% from 3-point range and 72.6% from the charity stripe. Solidifying Duke’s backcourt, Sheffield j ..read more

Jon Scheyer has struck again via the transfer portal and netted what should likely be the final piece of the rotational roster for the Duke Blue Devils 24-25 season in Tulane guard Sion James. James played in and started 31 games last year for the Green Wave, shooting 38% from 3-point range and 60% from 2-point range. James also pulled down 5.4 rebounds and scored 14 points per game this past season.  James committed to the Devils during a visit to Durham that began May 3rd but continued his scheduled pre-draft workouts for NBA teams before officially announcing his commitment to Duke ..read more

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Blue Devils fans are in for a new visual experience as Duke University has partnered with Daktronics, in conjunction with EwingCole architecture, to design, manufacture and install a three-display centerhung configuration at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The new visual centerpiece will improve the game-day presentation with videos and statistics in the fall of 2024. Centerhung Video Display DetailsThe three-display configuration of the centerhung features three seamless displays wrapping around the structure. The main video display measu ..read more

As the offseason for the Blue Devils rolls on Jon Scheyer and company have picked up another piece of their 2024 season with the addition of Purdue transfer Mason Gillis. Gillis a 6’6, combo forward will be a 5th year senior for the Blue Devils, who despite signing 6 freshmen for this years squad have endeavored to try to get older where they can. The addition of Gillis was part of that process, he joins Maliq Brown as new additions from the Portal for Jon Scheyer. Gillis, along with his age and finals experience, brings with him a skillet the Blue Devils will sorely need – a steady scoring ..read more