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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 20: High school basketball player Cooper Flagg (Montverde Academy) attends the Duke Blue Devils’ Countdown to Craziness at Cameron Indoor Stadium on October 20, 2023 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images)

Countdown to Craziness

College Basketball

Knock Me Over With A Fucking Feather, Cooper Flagg Commits To Duke

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Israel Daramola

Head Coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers walks arm in arm with his players before a football game against the Duke Blue Devils at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina on Sep 4, 2023.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: SEP 04 Clemson at Duke

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Clemson Couldn’t Have Played Any Worse If They Tried

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There Is A Right Answer To Duke–Oral Roberts

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Kansas Has A Football Team

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Duke Volleyball Player Says BYU Failed To Handle Fan Yelling Racial Slurs At Her

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Justin Ellis

North Carolina v Duke

Damn That Was A Great College Basketball Game! Also, A Coach Retired


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Coach K seen here complaining to officials in a game that could have been played any time in the last 40 years.

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament – Elite Eight – San Francisco

Coach K’s 30 NCAA Tournament Losses, Ranked From Delightful To Even More Delightful

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Chris Thompson

This Is Going To Be Absolutely Unbearable

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This Is So Stupid

It’s Perfectly OK To Admit You’re Secretly Rooting For A Grizzly Bear To Tear Coach K’s Head Off

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