Tag: Cameron Indoor Stadium

Watch: Duke women’s golfer Phoebe Brinker makes full-court putt during Boston College game

Duke golfer Phoebe Brinker, who was being celebrated for her invite to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, wowed the Cameron Indoor crowd with a crazy full-court putt on Saturday

Duke women’s golf senior Phoebe Brinker was brought onto the court during the Blue Devils men’s basketball game against Boston College on Saturday, and she left a fun memory for every fan in attendance.

Brinker and her teammate, Emma McMyler, were being celebrated for their invite to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in early April.

The Blue Devils asked the star golfers to try and make a full-court putt across the court during the halftime break.

Brinker proceeded to do exactly what you’d expect one of the best collegiate golfers in the country to do in that situation. She drained it, earning a big cheer from the home crowd.

Duke fans will get to see Brinker and McMyler in action for the Augusta National Women’s Amateur during the first weekend of April. It will be Brinker’s third appearance in the event.

The women’s golf team gets back into action next weekend with the Moon Golf Invitational in Melbourne, Florida. The tournament will be played from February 18-20.

Tyler Hansbrough talks about his undefeated record in Cameron Indoor Stadium

Tar Heel legend Tyler Hansbrough talks about his undefeated record in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Not many UNC athletes can say they owned their arch-rival in their home stadium for their collegiate career, but [autotag]Tyler Hansbrough[/autotag] can.

The former Tar Heel dominated many opposing teams’ courts, including the Duke Blue Devils Cameron Indoor Stadium, where he never experienced a loss in front of the Cameron Crazies. An accomplishment that many others can’t say they have done in their career.

Hansbrough was featured as a special guest on Tidal’s League “Run Your Race” podcast, where he sat down with other former Tar Heel and host of the show Theo Pinson. In the episode, Hansbrough shared memories from his playing days, picked with school fans he disliked the most, and revealed the school he almost ended up at.

Hansbrough also took time to share an unblemished record in Cameron Indoor Stadium, taking a jab at the graduating class that never experienced their team beating UNC on their home court.

It is always great to see the legend talking UNC hoops while owning Duke at the same time.

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Notre Dame nearly pulls off shocker at Duke

Can’t say the Irish didn’t care about this game.

No one is going to give Notre Dame any moral victories this season, especially when the season has been such a disaster. But all things considered, its game against Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium is as close as they’ll get to one this season.

With Mike Krzyzewski on hand to watch former assistant [autotag]Mike Brey[/autotag]’s final game in Durham, the Irish put up way more of a fight than anyone expected. Still, the result was the same as the Blue Devils won, 68-64.

The Irish (10-16, 2-13) fell behind by as much as 14 in the second half, but the Blue Devils (18-8, 9-6) let them hang around. They cut the deficit to four a couple of times before [autotag]JJ Starling[/autotag] hit some big shots to get the team even closer. A 3-pointer with 1:27 left got them within two, and he put them within one on a layup with 35.5 seconds to go. That was as good as it got as Mark Mitchell subsequently hit a corner 3 with 10.8 seconds left to put the Blue Devils up four and essentially ice the contest.

While the Irish did still have a chance, it was a slim, and it quickly became nonexistent. [autotag]Ven-Allen Lubin[/autotag] converted a layup with 3.9 seconds left to bring the deficit back to two. Forced to foul, [autotag]Cormac Ryan[/autotag] sent Tyrese Proctor to the free-throw line. Proctor sank both free throws to erase any remaining doubt.

A surprising theme to this game was only a few double-digit scorers. Future NBA player Kyle Filipowski was the lone such player for the Blue Devils with 22 points. [autotag]Dane Goodwin[/autotag], coming off the bench for the first time this season, had a season-high 25 points on an astounding 11-of-13 shooting. Lubin’s layup in the final seconds brought his scoring total to 10.

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Photos of Mike Brey at Cameron Indoor Stadium through the years

Duke holds a special place for the retiring coach.

It always is exciting when Notre Dame visits Duke, but Tuesday’s game will carry more meaning than usual. It will be [autotag]Mike Brey[/autotag]’s final trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium before he retires. The building holds great significance for Brey as Mike Krzyzewski plucked him out of the high school ranks and brought him aboard as an assistant. That move was the beginning of Brey’s long collegiate career, and he couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunity.

Since Brey undoubtedly will be filled with memories his entire time inside the stadium, it only makes sense that we do the same. Here are some photos of Brey in Durham in recent years as he coaches against his mentor. Although that mentor retired last year, that won’t cheapen the moment for him. This is where it all began, and he absolutely needs to be there during his final weeks of coaching college basketball:

Duke fans at Cameron Indoor got pumped for North Carolina game by dancing to ‘Everytime We Touch’

They were feeling it.

There have been a lot of big games during the 42 years coach Mike Krzyzewski has spent in Durham, but there are few as weighty as Saturday nights.

His Duke Blue Devils are taking on their preeminent rival in North Carolina with a spot in the national championship game to face Kansas at stake. Krzyzewski is retiring at the conclusion of the season, and Saturday’s contest could be his final one with the team.

What better way for fans to get hyped up than by playing “Everytime We Touch,” the 2006 hit from German techno and Eurodance band Cascada?

The song has been a staple at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium since it was released, and though not every fan could make the trip to New Orleans, those gathered at Cameron on Saturday night went wild when the song came on the loudspeakers.

It may not be the most conventional choice for the anthem of a blue-blood program, but there’s no denying it gets these folks amped up.

Duke is looking to capture its sixth national championship (the prior five have all come under Krzyzewski). It will have to get past a No. 8 seeded Tar Heels team that was likely under-seeded but left no doubt with a run to the Final Four that included a win over No. 1 Baylor.

Those fans at Cameron Indoor will be on the edge of their seats as Krzyzewski looks to extend his career to one final game, but there’s no denying they’re ready to go.

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Notre Dame to finish regular season with senior day against Pittsburgh

The Irish have a few things at stake in their home finale.

Notre Dame has seven players who will earn degrees when they graduate in May. No program in college basketball has more players who are about to graduate. They all will be honored for senior day at Purcell Pavilion after they enter the building as Notre Dame players for the final time. Once the pageantry concludes, they will try and help their team defeat Pittsburgh in a crucial game.

It’s been a while since the Irish celebrated a senior day with a lot at stake, but that’s exactly what’s happening. A win not only would give the program a record 15 conference victories, but it also would clinch the second seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament. A loss would mean having to wait for the outcome of the game between Duke and North Carolina, Mike Krzyzewski’s last at Cameron Indoor Stadium. A Tar Heels win after an Irish loss would give the Irish the third seed, but no worse than that.

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Notre Dame Win Further Highlights Tough Times for Duke

Notre Dame is doing everything it can to keep its feeble NCAA Tournament hopes alive.

Notre Dame is doing everything it can to keep its feeble NCAA Tournament hopes alive. It took a step in the right direction Tuesday after beating Duke, 93-89. This was only the second time the Irish had won a game at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and it came after they trailed, 23-8, in the first half. The soon-to-be-retired Jack Nolan lamented on the air about not being able to travel to Durham for the game, which was for obvious reasons.

Normally, a win like this would be a resume booster for a team that’s now 8-10 overall and 5-7 in the ACC, even if its chances of playing in March Madness are slim. Just the fact that the Irish beat a historically prominent program on its own floor, even without fans, gives them a great sense of pride. But Duke has fallen on hard times. The Blue Devils now are 5-7 in conference play and have a 7-8 overall record, which puts them at a couple of marks they haven’t seen for a long time:

Now, those facts don’t tell the whole story. The 1999-2000 Blue Devils started their season with a pair of losses to a star-packed Stanford team and a UConn bunch still riding the high of beating them in the national championship game the previous spring. They quickly recovered and ended up with 29 wins. During the 1994-95 season, Mike Krzyzewski took a leave of absence to deal with a back injury, and Duke fell apart under interim coach Pete Gaudet, resulting in the worst season in program history.

This season can partly be blamed on the impact of COVID-19 as it has limited the amount of time the Blue Devils otherwise would have spent together. It’s also a very young team that Krzyzewski had to build almost from scratch with many players from last year either graduating or going to the NBA. But there’s no one reason for why this program is struggling just to finish with a winning record. Everything working against it just seemed to happen at once.

With more NBA hopefuls heading to the G-League or overseas and the likelihood of high school players being able to head straight to the draft once again, Duke may not be able to get back to respectability so easily. The aforementioned factors stretch the amateur basketball talent pool further by the day. It’s almost sure to level the playing field, so maybe this is the time for new programs to reign supreme from year to year. Plus, Krzyzewski is closer to the end of his career than the beginning, and it will be nearly impossible for the Blue Devils to find a coach of his stature and influence down the road.

It’s often said that when Duke loses, America wins. But where’s the fun in saying that if the losses are happening more often than not? Perhaps we’ve finally reached that point where the villain has to accept the ultimate defeat, never to pose a threat to the greater good again. While it may not be coming in a way people expected or possibly even wanted, all good and bad things must eventually come to an end, and we don’t always get to choose how we arrive there.

Duke Freshman Jalen Johnson Out Indefinitely With Injured Foot

When Notre Dame faces No. 22 Duke on Wednesday at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Blue Devils won’t be at full strength.

When Notre Dame faces No. 22 Duke on Wednesday, the Blue Devils won’t be at full strength. In fact, that will be the reality for Duke for the foreseeable future. Freshman forward Jalen Johnson, who has more talent than any other Blue Devil this season, has a foot injury and will be sidelined indefinitely. Duke, which recently announced that it is forgoing the remainder of its nonconference schedule, next plays Dec. 29 against Pittsburgh.

Johnson is projected to be a first-round selection in the 2021 NBA draft. He made the preseason watch lists for the Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award and Julius Erving Award, which goes to the top small forward in the country. He also was a first-team Preseason All-ACC selection. Through four games, he is averaging 11.5 points and 8.3 rebounds a game on 54.3 percent shooting from the field.

The Irish could get a chance to face Johnson when the teams meet again Feb. 9 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Regardless, a win against Duke is what every team strives for. It doesn’t even matter if you’re a conference rival. That’s the team you definitely want to beat when the opportunity arrives.

REPORT: MSU Basketball to play at Duke in Champions Classic

Michigan State will head to Cameron Indoor Stadium to battle the Duke Blue Devils as part of this year’s Champions Classic.

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For the first time ever, the Champions Classic will take place in two different venues, with one of the games being played on a team’s home floor. And Spartan fans aren’t going to be happy about it.

Michigan State will head to Cameron Indoor Stadium to battle the Duke Blue Devils as part of this year’s Champions Classic, Matt Norlander of CBS Sports reported on Friday. The game will take place on Dec. 1, and as I said before, will be the first true road game to take place in this annual event.

Kansas and Kentucky will square off at a neutral site (Indianapolis) as the second game of this year’s Champions Classic. Tip-off times haven’t been determined yet, according to Norlander.

Norlander followed up his first tweet by stating there will be no fans in attendance at Cameron, and that the decision to not host both games in Indy was because of the different COVID protocols in place between the Big Ten/ACC and Big 12/SEC.

Last week, we found out about a handful of MSU basketball match-ups, including a potential season-opening tilt against Notre Dame and the ACC-Big Ten Challenge against Virginia. We are still waiting on the rest of the Spartans’ schedule, but here’s what we know as of right now:

  • Nov. 28 – Notre Dame (home non-conference game)
  • Dec. 1 – at Duke (part of Champions Classic)
  • Dec. 9 – at Virginia (part of ACC-Big Ten Challenge)

Hopefully, we will have the rest of the Spartans’ schedule soon but for now, it appears MSU will have at least three tough non-conference match-ups.

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Boston College at Duke odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Tuesday’s Boston College Eagles at Duke Blue Devils sports betting odds and lines, with NCAA basketball betting odds and picks.

The Boston College Eagles (8-5, 2-0 ACC) and Duke Blue Devils (11-1, 1-0 ACC) lock horns at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. at 6 p.m. ET Tuesday. We analyze the Boston College-Duke odds and betting lines, while providing college basketball betting tips and advice on this matchup.

Boston College at Duke: Three things you need to know

1. This will be the conference home opener for the Blue Devils. They topped Virginia Tech in Blacksburg by a 77-63 count Dec. 6.

2. The Eagles fell 80-55 at Cameron last season, just failing to cover a 24-point number. They’re in a similar spot in this one. The Blue Devils fell 89-84 Dec. 9, 2017, in the previous meeting in Chestnut Hill, though.

3. The favorite has cashed in five of the past seven meetings in this series.

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Boston College at Duke: Odds, betting lines and picks

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:40 a.m. ET.

Prediction

Duke 82, Boston College 65

Moneyline (ML)

There was no moneyline available at the time of publishing.

Against the Spread (ATS)

BOSTON COLLEGE (+22.5, -110) has covered the spread in nine of its last 13 road games, while going 9-4 ATS in the past 13 on the road against teams with a winning home mark, too. Duke (-22.5, -110), who inexplicably lost at Cameron against Stephen F. Austin earlier this season, has failed to cover in five of the past six home games.

Over/Under (O/U)

OVER 140.5 (-106) is the play in this ACC battle in the Triangle. The Under is 7-2 in the past nine for BC, but the Over is 4-1-1 in the past six road outings for the Eagles. For Duke, it’s all Over, all the time. The Over is 6-2 in its past eight, 4-1 in the past five at home and 5-1 in the previous six against teams with a winning overall mark. In fact, I plan to make the Over play as part of my pick pack in the final day of 2019.

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