http://www.justduke.com Duke Basketball Blog | Duke Basketball | Duke Tickets | Just Duke Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:21:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Duke Basketball team was hoping to get a commitment from Leslie McDonald a shooting guard in the 2009 class but he chose North Carolina over the Blue Devils.  The Blue Devils quickly turned their attention to Andre Dawkins who is the third rated shooting guard in the 2010 class. Dawkins took ... http://www.justduke.com/leslie-mcdonald-choosed-carolina-over-duke-while-duke-signs-andre-dawkins/ Chris Spatola has been promoted to Directory of Basketball Operations at Duke University.  That spot opened up after Mike Schrage decided to follow Johnny Dawkins to Stanford.  Spatola is also Coack K's son-in-law that had been a graduate assistant/head team manager for the Blue Devils last season. To fill Spatola's spot, Coack ... http://www.justduke.com/chris-spatola-promoted-to-director-of-basketball-operations/ Nate James is the newest former Duke basketball player to be named an assistant coach at Duke University.  James will take the spot that opened up after Johnny Dawkins decided to take the head coaching job at Stanford. James had worked with the last year with the Duke staff and is ... http://www.justduke.com/nate-james-named-the-new-assistant-basketball-coach-at-duke/ Miles Plumlee has decided to play at Duke.  Plumlee originally signed a national letter of intent with Stanford but asked for and was granted his release after Trent Johnson left Stanford for LSU. Plumlee is a 6'10 230 lb power forward that will need to add on some pounds to make a ... http://www.justduke.com/miles-plumlee-says-bye-bye-to-stanford-and-heads-to-duke/ Former Duke basketball player Nate James says that he is very interested in the Duke Assistant Coaching job that is open after Johnny Dawkins took the head coaching job at Stanford. James has always been involved with basketball and has helped out with camps and really enjoys the work.  Last season ... http://www.justduke.com/nate-james-is-intersted-in-the-assistant-coaching-job/ Duke assistant coach and former player Johnny Dawkins is on his way to become the head coach at Stanford sources are saying.  Dawkins will succeed Trent Johnson, who abruptly left for LSU after leading the Cardinal to the Sweet 16. I don't know what to think about this to be honest. ... http://www.justduke.com/johnny-dawkins-heading-to-stanford/ Freshman Taylor King has decided to leave Duke and possibly transfer to Gonzaga or Villanova.  King will have to sit out a year after transferring and then be eligible the year after that. King was a good player for Duke, He was a sharp shooter from beyond the arc, but I ... http://www.justduke.com/taylor-king-decides-to-leave-duke-and-transfer/ Gerald Henderson and Lance Thomas both went under the knife in the past week to have operations on their hands / wrist.  Both players will be sidelines for a while, but will be back 100% when basketball season picks up again. Henderson had reconstructive surgery to repair a ligament tear in ... http://www.justduke.com/gerald-henderson-and-lance-thomas-have-surgery-on-hands/ The season ended for the Duke Blues in the second round of the NCAA tournament as the lost to West Virginia 73-67.  Duke played a good first half as they took a five point lead into the locker room, but in the second half they could not make a bucket, ... http://www.justduke.com/duke-goes-down-to-west-virginia-73-67/ Ok, yes I will admit that Duke got very lucky tonight against Belmont.  To be honest, Belmont should have won this game and I actually felt sorry for them when they threw the last ball away to DeMarcus Nelson.  It was like I didn't believe what happened...  Yet, I'm sitting ... http://www.justduke.com/duke-gets-lucky-and-barely-gets-past-belmont-71-70/