Zion Williamson has earned yet another post-season accolade as he’s been named the Naismith Player of the Year. He is only the third freshman to ever win the award, and the eighth Blue Devil. This is Duke’s first NPOY since J.J. Redick in...

Zion Williamson has earned yet another post-season accolade as he’s been named the Naismith Player of the Year. He is only the third freshman to ever win the award, and the eighth Blue Devil. This is Duke’s first NPOY since J.J. Redick in 2006.

Congratulations, Zion! I can’t say I’m shocked, but it’s certainly well-deserved!

Read the official release here.

(Photo: The Naismith Trophy on Twitter)

Looks like Tre Jones just announced that he’ll be returning for his sophomore year via his Instagram. (Which, !!!!!)

Looks like Tre Jones just announced that he’ll be returning for his sophomore year via his Instagram. (Which, !!!!!)

Heartbreak in DC.

Well, that’s a wrap on the 2018-2019 season – and man, this one isn’t going down easily. This hurts.

Full disclosure: I battled health issues last January-April, and I was too sick to even watch the majority of the games last season. (I watched the Elite 8, and Grayson’s last shot still haunts me.) Now, of course, I’m much better health-wise, and I had so much fun watching this team this season. It meant so much to feel well enough to be excited about basketball again, and damn, did this team make it exciting. I’m not sure we’ll ever see another player quite like Zion Williamson again.

It was just so, so close. I hate that we have to say goodbye to our stellar freshmen.

Genuinely surprised that the past two games didn’t land me in the hospital. UCF’s and Virginia Tech’s last shots were good (I swore they were going in) – the basketball gods were just on our side a little bit more.

Who knows if we’ll be at full-strength on Sunday against Michigan State. Cam Reddish was, of course, out unexpectedly with a knee injury last night against Va. Tech. According to Reddish: “I tried to go out there and warm up, get it a little bit loose. But it wasn’t at full strength and that’s not a risk I really want to take.” Read more at the Duke Chronicle.

It didn’t seem like Jack White was totally ready to go, either.

However, huuuuuge game for Tre Jones last night – looking a little like his big brother Tyus. Played all 40 minutes, put up 22 points, and dished out 8 assists with 0 turnovers. This steal and lob to Zion was big-time.

One more win and we’re back in the Final Four. Let’s do this!

STILL DANCIN’.
(Photo: Duke Men’s Basketball on Instagram)

It’s game day!

Duke will take on UCF in the second round of the NCAA Tournament today at 5:15pm (EST).

What to watch for:

Photo: Duke Men’s Basketball on Instagram

ICYMI (which none of you did, I’m sure): Duke defeated North Dakota State University in the first round of the NCAA tournament, 85-62.

They’ll be playing the winner of VCU vs. UCF on Sunday.

To recap: the first half never happened, and everything is great. We’ll just leave it at that.

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The yearly tradition continues…

Duke is the No. 1 overall seed in the East!
A couple of ACC teams mixed in there, a possible Elite 8 match-up with Michigan St. and Izzo, plus we may see Johnny Dawkins in a match-up against UCF in the second round.
I don’t hate it. Let’s do...

Duke is the No. 1 overall seed in the East!

A couple of ACC teams mixed in there, a possible Elite 8 match-up with Michigan St. and Izzo, plus we may see Johnny Dawkins in a match-up against UCF in the second round.

I don’t hate it. Let’s do this!

(Photo cred: ESPN)