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Men's Basketball, Sports Opinion

Coaching by the numbers

by Alex Fanaroff on February 24, 2010

In his column yesterday, Ben Cohen asked Duke assistant coach Chris Collins an interesting question and got, well, a less than interesting response:
I got in touch with Chris Collins, Duke’s associate head coach, to ask whether Duke’s staff was a member of the growing ranks that swear by statistical analysis.
“The numbers we use a lot [...]

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DePaul fired its head coach Jerry Wainwright yesterday and speculation has begun about who will take over the job. ESPN Analysts Jon Greenberg and Scott Powers wrote up a list of names with one that will certainly draw the attention, and maybe the ire, of Blue Devil fans: Chris Collins.
You can find Collins on TV [...]

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It’s official: Mike Krzyzewski is going for gold again.
As was reported two weeks ago, Krzyzewski  has agreed to try to lead Team USA to another gold medal at the 2010 World Championships in Turkey and the 2012 Olympics in London. He guided the United States to a gold in Beijing, and after Managing Director Jerry [...]

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This week I got the chance to speak to associate head coach Chris Collins about the especially busy off-season for the Blue Devils coaching staff. Below is an edited transcript of our conversation on Wednesday afternoon:
Taylor Doherty: With Gerald Henderson being selected in the lottery of the NBA Draft and Elliot Williams deciding to transfer [...]

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Duke Sports Information announced Thursday that the men’s basketball program has created an official Twitter account—@DukeMBB—for fans to follow.
According to GoDuke.com, the team’s Twitter will provide “news from the team, links to newspaper clippings, links to video clips and other information on Blue Devil hoops that cannot be found anywhere else.” It remains unclear how [...]

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Mike Krzyzewski, despite an imposter account, hasn’t made it onto Twitter yet, but his associate head coaches are picking up the slack.
Steve Wojciechowski (@steve_wojo) and Chris Collins (@coach_collins) are two of the latest coaches to join this fad craze, and they’re far from the only tweeting coaches on campus. David Cutcliffe (@davidcutcliffe) has been texting [...]

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For more of Glen Gutterson’s photos from Duke’s 78-75 overtime win over Miami, check out a slideshow by following this link.

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Men's Basketball

Duke Reports Recruiting Violation

by Ben Cohen on December 27, 2008

The (Raleigh) News & Observer is reporting Saturday that Duke’s basketball program began an NCAA self-report to turn in associate head coach Chris Collins’ attendance at a high school game during a “dead” recruiting period Friday. Collins was on hand to watch games featuring Ravenscroft High School and Word of God Christian Academy, with Duke [...]

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Men's Basketball, Through The Lens

Unbearable

by Ben Cohen on December 7, 2008

Associate head coach Chris Collins can’t bear to watch Duke’s 81-73 loss to Michigan Saturday. Check out a slideshow of Larsa Al-Omaishi’s photos from the game by following this link.

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Alumni, Men's Basketball

Reggie Love Stops By K Center

by Ben Cohen on December 4, 2008

Photo by Lawson Kurtz/The Chronicle
Steve Wojciechowski and Chris Collins weren’t the most famous former Duke basketball players at the Blue Devils’ open practice Thursday. Reggie Love, President-elect Barack Obama’s body man, took a break from the transition process and visited practice to hobnob with Mike Krzyzewski, his former coach.
Krzyzewski said Love is in town to [...]

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