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World's most popular subscription site for #Duke Athletics. Cover #BlueDevil hoops, football, & recruiting for the @247Sports network.

North Carolina Katılım Haziran 2009
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Bud Elliott
Bud Elliott@BudElliott3·
For a lot of programs, 9-3 or 8-4 is not mediocrity. It is a top-quintile outcome. It is a season fans remember. It is a season that gets a coach an extension, wakes up donors, helps recruiting, and makes people believe the program is moving. In the old bowl ecosystem, those seasons had somewhere to go. The Citrus Bowl, Gator Bowl, Holiday Bowl, Alamo Bowl, Sun Bowl, Liberty Bowl, Outback Bowl, Peach Bowl, Music City Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, Pinstripe Bowl, and a bunch of others could mean different things to different programs. They were not all equal, and they were not all national-title-adjacent. But they gave teams a postseason reward that fit the scale of what that program had accomplished. That is what the playoff era damaged. The sport did not merely create a better championship mechanism. It centralized almost all postseason meaning into one event. ESPN, as the CFP’s exclusive rights holder, helped build and promote that hierarchy. ESPN and the CFP extended their exclusive relationship through the 2031-32 season, including rights to the playoff games, selection show, weekly rankings shows, and related programming. That is not just broadcasting the sport. That is defining the sport’s value system. So when people say, “Why is Team 19 making the playoff better than Team 19 going to the Citrus Bowl?” the answer is: because there was a time when the Citrus Bowl carried real status. So did a lot of other bowls, depending on the program. But the sport spent a decade telling everyone that anything outside the CFP is meaningless. The meaning moved. And once the meaning moves, the access point has to move with it.
Carey Findley@careywfindley

@BudElliott3 It never should’ve been seen as a success. If you’re not playing for a title it’s a meaningless exhibition game that players caught onto years ago and started opting out of. Making every bowl game have playoff ramifications fixes this issue.

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Duke Men's Lacrosse
Duke Men's Lacrosse@DukeMLAX·
Just two 🐐s chatting it up on the field
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Duke Football
Duke Football@DukeFOOTBALL·
Some updates to our Fall plans 👀
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Kevin Sweeney
Kevin Sweeney@CBB_Central·
John Blackwell rocking the Duke gear for Combine media availability.
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First Choice Recruiting
DUKE FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF TO FOLLOW Manny Diaz — Head Coach — @Coach_MannyDiaz Jonathan Brewer — Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks — @coachbrewha Jonathan Patke — Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers — @CoachPatke Gabe Infante — Assistant Head Coach / Special Teams Coordinator / Defensive Line — @GinfanteMT V’Angelo Bentley — Cornerbacks — @VBentley_2 Zohn Burden — Wide Receivers — @CoachZohn Alex Devine — Defensive Tackles — @CoachAlexDevine Rodney Freeman II — Running Backs — @CoachFree1906 Trent Harris — Defensive Ends — @CoachHarris_33 Rick Lyster — Safeties — @coachRickLyster Jeff Norrid — Offensive Line — @JeffNorrid1 Justin Watts — Tight Ends — @Coach_JWatts RECRUITING / PERSONNEL STAFF TO FOLLOW Binuk Kodituwakku — General Manager — @Binuk_K Preston Pehrson — Assistant General Manager — @CoachPehrson Tre’Shon Devones — Director of Scouting / Defense — @TreDevones Jared Reid — Director of Scouting / Offense — @jaredreidDuke Ulysses Hall — Coordinator of High School Relations @UHALLTHEBAL I am not affiliated with Duke.
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David Bradley
David Bradley@realDHB·
National TV viewing minutes - last 2 seasons (ACC 🏀) 1. Duke: 22.86B 2. UNC: 8.70B 3. Louisville: 5.50B 4. Clemson: 2.96B Duke played in the top 13 most-viewed ACC basketball games on ESPN over the past two seasons (games w/ at least 1 ACC team). 👀
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Jonathan Givony
Jonathan Givony@DraftExpress·
Strong opening Combine performance for Duke-commit John Blackwell, playing through contact, making shots from all over and bringing toughness defensively.
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Rocco Miller
Rocco Miller@RoccoMiller8·
Sources: Duke will host Coastal Carolina as part of its 2026-27 non-conference schedule. The date is set for Thursday, November 5th, at Cameron Indoor Stadium. #ACC #SunBelt
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Jonathan Givony
Jonathan Givony@DraftExpress·
Don't sleep on Cam Boozer at No. 1. Some really smart people around the NBA have him there, especially those running team draft models, which can be extremely influential in war rooms.
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Mohamed
Mohamed@mcfNBA·
My 2026 NBA Draft Board: Post Combine Edition
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Jon Chepkevich
Jon Chepkevich@JonChep·
2026 AWS NBA Draft Combine anthro measurements for Duke’s Maliq Brown: 6’8” barefoot, 216.6 pounds with a 7’0 ¾" wingspan and 8’11” standing reach
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