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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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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Duke’s Bates Jones and Davidson’s Foster Loyer cross paths in the transfer portal

PHOTO: Michigan State's Foster Loyer has been impressive during Davidson's off-season workout, says Bates Jones. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN DURHAM -- Bates Jones left Davidson to play his graduate year at Duke, departing the Atlantic 10 campus just as Michigan State’s Foster Loyer arrived to renew his career at the mid-major school rich in college basketball tradition. Welcome to college basketball in the era of the transfer portal. It’s hard to keep track of…

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