Here’s a story about the Rose Bowl game played in Durham, back when Duke was a huge football power. For anyone who doesn’t know, the game was originally canceled after Pearl Harbor and then moved to Durham.

It’s not fun to say it, but it’s looking more and more like Josh McRoberts move to the NBA was a serious error in judgment, as the former Duke star is off to Boise for a spell in the D-League. He’s only gotten into two games for the Blazers so far, and only for [...]

You have to give it up for Florida State for showing enormous heart at Georgia Tech. Playing with only six scholarship players and basically no frontcourt, FSU beat Tech 66-64.

In Saturday’s ACC action, Virginia Tech beat St. John’s 54-48 in the Areopostale Classic in New York, Clemson beat Samford 78-45, Western Carolina finally fell to N.C. State74-62, and Miami somehow lost to Winthrop, 76-70, losing a lot of their hard-won credibility in the process.

For those of you who love keeping up with Duke players in the NBA, here’s a quick way to keep track. The widgets may or may not work in your browser, but if you click on the names, that’ll take you to their NBA pages with stats galore. Enjoy

There were a couple of interesting games Saturday: Pitt got just ripped by Dayton, 80-55, and Wisconsin nipped Texas at the buzzer. Pitt lost another crucial starter as Levance Fields had what appeared to be a serious foot injury. An early report suggests a fracture and that his season is over. [...]

When you’re 12-0 ACC team, you know you’ll probably lose at some point. But it really shouldn’t be to Winthrop.

How did Western Carolina get a 10 point lead on State?! Almost halftime!
Update…State came back in the second half to win, but it’s hard to imagine any ACC team going down 10 to Western, much less at home.

Here’s a Kyle Singler story from the Oregonian about how he’s adapting to college life and the journey he’s on. Good stuff!

In ACC Friday night action, all the ACC teams won, which is a good thing since all the opponents were bad, with a combined record of 10-20.