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Since last year's NCAA tournament, Williams has worked as an on-air college basketball analyst.

Just days after getting back to Durham from its first games outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke's early-season schedule doesn't get any easier.

This is the continuation of a series profiling Duke's basketball players and what they hope to contribute to this year's team.

Of the college basketball teams who might be susceptible to a zone defense, Duke's not usually among them.

18 5:19 pm Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/44663/ Nolan Smith made his delayed debut for Duke last night and helped ignite a blowout of UNC Charlotte in a second-round game of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Friday afternoon was a bit of a downer for Duke basketball fans, to say the least.

The ninth-ranked Duke Blue Devils will play host to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers as part of the NIT Season Tip-Off tonight in Durham.

There was plenty of talk Friday about what Duke doesn't have and who the Blue Devils aren't getting.

If most teams were to begin a season without the services of two projected starters, that would be cause for concern.

Clemson - Surprise, surprise: North Carolina and Duke are projected to battle each other for the another Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball title.

There are only 10 days until the basketball season begins. At that point, the student section will be filled with royal blue and yelling Cameron Crazies.

Jon Scheyer came to Duke to win championships. Many of the ones he wanted most, he has won.

For years, everything Duke and North Carolina achieved - the conference championships, Final Four trips and national titles - has been connected in a back-and-forth game of one-upmanship. These days the Tar Heels have the upper hand.

A few days after Duke's exhibition win over Pfeiffer Oct. 24, forwards Miles and Mason Plumlee - Miles is the older one - sat down with The Chronicle's Scott Rich to discuss the upcoming season and their role as Blue Devil big men.

The Duke men's basketball team is ranked No. 8 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll, released on Thursday.

Remember, remember the twelfth of Novembera 'if you're a Duke fan. That's the day Harrison Barnes, the nation's top-ranked recruit, will announce which school will benefit from his numerous talents.

This is the final preview breaking down the Duke basketball season. This series represents a collaboration between members of the Bleacher Report Duke Basketball Page and looks at the Blue Devils'A frontcourt , backcourt , and bench.

" Before Duke's exhibition opener even started, a security guard ordered students to hand down the signs they'd brought to Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Former Word of God star John Wall took part in Kentucky's basketball practice on Friday and is scheduled to play in the Wildcats' blue-white scrimmage on Wednesday.

Duke routs Pfeiffer in exhibition, 128-70 Eds: APNewsNow. Duke 128, Pfeiffer 70.