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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Moore intent on drawing attention on court to go with his off court leadership

PHOTO: Wendell Moore Jr. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN DURHAM -- This time a year ago Duke’s Wendell Moore Jr. was on a special list of college basketball players Bill Walton most admired. Walton, the Basketball Hall-of-Famer and ESPN analyst, saw more than his basketball profile. Moore stood out among college athletes participating and organizing Black Lives Matter protests that spread across the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of…

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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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