Duke’s coaching-staff-in-waiting enjoys two celebrations

PHOTO (Duke Athletics): Paolo Banchero dunks at Wake Forest. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Duke’s coaches enjoyed more than one celebration following Wednesday’s bounce-back win over Wake Forest in Winston-Salem. First, there was the post-game celebration. The Blue Devils won 76-64. That was routine for a blue-blood program that this season is ranked No. 8 in the nation with a 13-2 record overall and 3-1 in the ACC. The win avoided a two-game following Duke’s…

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The third time has been the charm to Moore’s renewed confidence

PHOTO (Duke Athletics): Wendell Moore has taken over a leadership role in the locker room and on the floor. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN As Duke’s coaches observed Wendell Moore in the preseason, it was not whether junior swingman made the third shot he took after two misses in summer workouts that mattered. What they liked was they saw growing confidence to take that third shot. He had passed it up as a freshman and…

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Carrawell’s career overlaps a Duke’s diversity progress

PHOTO (Duke Athletics): Chris Carrawell's car upgrades have matched his career progress. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN DURHAM – These days Duke assistant basketball coach Chris Carrawell arrives to work on campus comfortably driving a Nissan Armada. He’s traveled a long way, literally and figuratively, from a quarter-century ago. In 1996, he departed his St. Louis home for Durham as an incoming Duke basketball recruit. He was a wide-eyed kid behind the wheel of a…

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