For the second season in a row, the Duke Blue Devils had their hearts broken in the NCAA Tournament. Led by projected top pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, Cam Boozer, Duke made it to the Elite Eight, where they lost on a devastating game-winning 35-footer by UConn's Braylon Mullins.
It’s obviously been hard for Duke fans, hell, basketball fans in general, to not be enamored with everything shiny and new. For Jon Scheyer and the Duke Blue Devils, sometimes the best toys are the ones already in your toy box.
Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and the rest of his staff have dealt with a fairly uneventful offseason for the most part. So far, the Blue Devils have lost sophomore Darren Harris and freshman Nik Khamenia to the transfer portal.
Well here’s some good news: Cayden Boozer will be back for his sophomore year. Boozer had a terrific overall season, and as it went on and he took on more responsibility, he really began to stand out, and it wasn’t because he was flashy.
Jon Scheyer enters next season with only one senior who has spent his entire career at Duke on the roster: Caleb Foster. Foster has been in Durham for three years and, if he returns for his final season, he would make history within the Scheyer era.
The Charlotte Hornets beat Miami in a highly entertaining play-in game the other night, and it sparked a ton of conversation. Some of the themes: Kon Knueppel blew the Rookie of the Year race, the Hornets are in big trouble, and one more we’ll get to in a minute.
The Duke basketball program has a lot to figure out through the remainder of the offseason. Really, the only movements from a roster standpoint that have taken place for the Blue Devils are two portal departures in sophomore Darren Harris and freshman Nik Khamenia.
The Duke basketball program has had one of the quieter offseasons among Power Conference clubs thus far through the NCAA Transfer Portal cycle. So far, the Blue Devils have lost sophomore Darren Harris and freshman Nik Khamenia to the transfer portal.
Duke fans were perhaps a bit surprised to find that Nik Khamenia is considering UConn as his transfer destination. Well, why not? It’s an excellent program, Danny Hurley is a gifted coach, and he’d probably do well there.
Before he was known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lew Alcindor electrified the basketball world with his debut for UCLA. It wasn’t a surprise. He had been a high school sensation that Wilt Chamberlain took under his wing.
Caleb Foster and the Duke Blue Devils did not have the 2025-26 college basketball season they were hoping for, despite earning the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.
The transfer portal has already started reshaping rosters across college basketball, and the Duke Blue Devils are no exception. As players evaluate their futures following a deep 2025–26 season, departures inevitably create ripple effects inside locker rooms.
Last season was a dream come true for the Duke Blue Devils. No, they didn't win 10-plus games for the first time since 2013, nor did they make the College Football Playoff.
We were really sorry to see Nik Khamenia enter the portal. He probably didn’t play as much as he wanted this year, and probably didn’t have the role that he wanted, but he was really valuable to this team.
Jon Scheyer hasn’t had a lot to say after Duke’s excruciating loss to UConn, but he spoke out a bit recently. Scheyer spoke to Josh Graham about Duke’s Elite Eight game against the Huskies and said this: “I’m not shying away from the fact that there’s incredible heartbreak and disappointment when we lose the way we did.
Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have been reportedly involved with some talented transfer portal pieces, but have yet to make any splashes.
The NCAA Tournament may be over, and the world of college basketball has shifted into offseason mode, but that doesn't mean the Duke basketball program and its fans have forgotten about the soul-crushing way the Blue Devils' 2025-26 season ended.
Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff are trying to navigate the chaos of the NCAA Transfer Portal while also gauging which key rotation pieces from the 2025-26 squad could potentially return.
Bryson Howard was the first player to commit to Duke's 2026 recruiting class, and in many ways, he set the tone for everything that followed. Howard is one of the most intriguing prospects in the class.
This video is an attempt to put Cooper Flagg’s rookie season in context, and it makes some interesting points, particularly statistically. The narrator compliments Kon Knueppel, but argues that Flagg’s season has been on a completely different level.
Over the course of his long ESPN career, Dick Vitale has been best known as an enthusiastic advocate for college basketball. He’s always loved coming to Cameron, where he always just seemed like an overgrown Crazie.
The Duke basketball program missed out on arguably the NCAA Transfer Portal's top overall player in Kansas transfer forward Flory Bidunga, but that doesn't mean Jon Scheyer and his staff aren't doing their homework on other elite portal talents.
The North Carolina Tar Heels versus the Duke Blue Devils may not be on par with "the game" between the Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes, but it's right up there in intensity.