Yes, Duke beat Maryland in a key ACC men's basketball matchup on Wednesday, but sometimes the most important victories are not won on the court, but in the stands. Behold: Operation Scheyerface, v2.0. Operation Scheyerface was conceived as a Facebook group by Maryland student Jimmy Johnston, who qui...

Despite a long sleepless night of running refrigerator jokes, Duke somehow managed to get some rest in during their 18-hour wait for tipoff and were able to outlast Maryland. Yes, it's hard to believe that the assault on the Blue Devils' hotel didn't produce more disastrous results, but their game l...

Jokesters on a Maryland message board posted the phone number of the hotel that Duke's hoops team was staying in last night and the results were a sad indictment of the current state of college pranks. Keep in mind that we are dealing with people who hang out on college basketball message boards in ...

Yes, it's Duke-North Carolina day again—have you heard? It's the greatest rivalry in sports!—and that means it's time for more tales of sad college students and their miserable shame-filled lives. The basketball rivalry between these two schools is as heated as it gets, but actually gett...

Clemson didn't just defeat Duke last night. They didn't merely end a 12-year home-losing streak and hand them their second ACC loss. They gave the Blue Devils a humiliating, soul-searching, certifiable beatdown. Let's add it up, shall we? The 27-point pasting was Duke's worst loss since 1997. Their ...

Bill Werber, oldest living major leaguer and teammate of Babe Ruth, passes away at age 100. [Newsday]...

Yep!  I'm bummed! My Blue Devils are going home.  I cannot believe we blew that game against West Virginia.  If you live by the "3" you die by the "3" and that is exactly what has happened to my boys the last three games. Oh well, it's time to root for the Carolina...

After our cheap, quick-hit, easy looks at each bracket, the gang at Storming The Floor take considerably closer looks, game-by-game. Here's the West Regional preview, the last of the four. 1 UCLA vs. 16 Mississippi Valley State (Anaheim) If the 16 over 1 is ever going to happen this would be the mos...

Welcome back to the Deadspin Guest Lecture Series. Each week, we'll be inviting various luminaries from the world of sports - players, coaches, broadcasters, and MORE! - to speak to you Deadspin folks. This week: Duke coach and shining beacon for all that is right in college basketball, Mike Krzyzew...

Gary Williams crouched in a defensive stance, turning only to curse toward the bench at his team's sudden loss of poise. Greivis Vasquez, his unpredictable sophomore guard, had somehow decided that, late in the second half, dribbling into a trap along the baseline -- and stepping out of bounds to tu...