J.J. Redick found a spot in the heart of Duke fans early in his career, and he’ll have to work hard to break that bond. But some times it’s better to keep quiet about things, like things you’re scared of. Like..tomatoes on a sandwich? Good thing he didn’t let that out for [...]

Watzone has a slide show of Blue-White pictures posted here. And here are some more from Adam Royals, but you have to register with Walgreens to see them.

Although Duke is clearly improved, the improvement isn’t reflected yet in the win column. But the team is more competitive, and they have found a rising star in Thaddeus Lewis, who is on target to break some pretty impressive records. Already.

Another bad break for Virginia Tech as freshman Terrell Bell has surgery for a hernia. He’s going to miss 1-2 months and that could set him back considerably.

More details about the violations at Indiana were released Tuesday, and none of it is particularly good news for Kelvin Sampson, although he’s not getting fired or anything. In a related note, Rob Senderoff, the assistant who arranged the calls, resigned.

Mike Lee, who has been helping out with our auctions, reports that he’s having a serious problem with his server and that it’s affecting the current auction for Shaw tickets. He’s working diligently to fix it but if you have a bid in, just be aware that there is a hiccup.

From time to time, we like to pass things on to you, like sites we admire or books we enjoy. And when a book is both well-written and important, it’s a double pleasure. So we’re really happy to be able to recommend Across The Line, a new book by DBR contributor Barry Jacobs. Barry [...]

Congratulations to DeMarcus Nelson, who is a candidate for this year’s Wooden Award.

Dan Weiderer says that this year’s class, overall, is weak, which may explain why Duke and UNC have recruited it pretty lightly. What Weiderer might have said, too, is that rankings are usually pretty meaningless. Everyone understood that Kevin Durant was going to be an impact player; not many realized he was heading [...]

This sort of thing is mildly entertaining, but there are few things in sports more pointless than trying to seed the NCAA Tournament in October. But what can we say, we’re suckers too.
Interesting point at the bottom of the article, and one we didn’t realize: the Ivy Leagues is now the only conference that doesn’t [...]