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Name: Tom Shanahan
Date registered: April 8, 2018
URL: http://shanahanreport.com

Latest posts

  1. Here is the unromantic Alabama Rose Bowl story the media won’t tell you — December 27, 2023
  2. My Michigan State history lesson for UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz — December 11, 2023
  3. Antonio Gates on his fatherly advice for his namesake and Nick Saban’s advice he ignored — September 22, 2023
  4. Another round of realignment brings up folly of adopting legends — September 7, 2023
  5. Air Coryell, the offense that changed football, lands in Canton — August 6, 2023

Most commented posts

  1. Pat Narduzzi rebuilt Pitt with model his old boss used to close in on Duffy — 3 comments
  2. Duke football isn’t one of Kirk Herbstreit’s white flag teams — 2 comments
  3. Brian Kelly says Notre Dame QB competition is closer but better — 2 comments
  4. Ian Book’s play answering questions why Notre Dame recruited him — 1 comment
  5. Don Coryell’s Hall-of-Fame case supported by Pro Bowl record — 1 comment

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Mar
06
2019

Quentin Harris has head start on commanding Duke’s huddle

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If Duke quarterback Quentin Harris can command a huddle the way he wins a media session, add that to the head starts on 2019 he gained with playing time last year when third-year starter Daniel Jones was injured for two-and-a-half games. It’s not just what Harris, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound redshirt senior from Taft School in …

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Mar
03
2019

Tony Bennett adds more than puff to Virginia’s post-season Huff

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College basketball teams with national title aspirations this time of year are balancing health with not disrupting a cohesive unit that can make a run through March Madness. In the ACC, the top three contenders are North Carolina and Virginia, tied for first in the regular-season standings, and Duke, one game back. For Duke, projected …

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Mar
02
2019

Nassir Little’s improved play is NBA-like trade acquisition

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina appears to have benefitted from an NBA-like trade as March Madness approaches. Nassir Little’s talent and late-season improvement are that intriguing to consider down the stretch. Think of it this way: There are no trades in college sports, of course, but North Carolina has added an NBA talent – …

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Mar
01
2019

Quentin Harris gained head start on replacing Daniel Jones

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DURHAM, N.C. — A three-year starting quarterback in college football obviously provides a program plenty of good, but the bad comes later. Duke is reminded of that now, beginning with Friday’s first day of spring football held indoors at Pascal Field House. Daniel Jones is gone to the NFL, having declared for the drat after …

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Feb
25
2019

Virginia recruit Kadin Shedrick develops growing game and special bond

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HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. – Kadin Shedrick’s 6-foot-11 height singles him out, but a portrait of him that is broader than his big-time college basketball recruit identity is found elsewhere on his public school campus. He could be 5-11 and stand tall. Off the court, the larger picture is of him supporting a student body segment …

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Feb
22
2019

There is more to college than the shoes and NBA contracts

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When did we get to the point all people care about is money? … When did we get to the point we’ve got clowns on television saying, ‘Oh, don’t play.’ That’s what you do. That’s what we do. We play basketball. … I get so mad when people act like money is the only thing …

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Feb
20
2019

This year Duke’s great players are also good guys

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Duke always recruits great players under coach Mike Krzyzewski, but there is a difference with this year’s cast of NBA one-and-dones and the past. The 2018-19 great players are also good guys. The Blue Devils’ selfless play is their trademark entering Wednesday’s home game against No. 8 North Carolina at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Social media …

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Feb
20
2019

North Carolina-Duke rivalry feeds China’s growing basketball appetite

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams and his wife Wanda grew up in early 1960s America, a time when parents chided kids for not finishing their dinner with an indirect reference to the Great Chinese Famine. “There are 800 million people starving in Red China!” Well, he and his wife have …

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Feb
19
2019

Jim Boeheim: There is no slowing down Blue Devils — only outscoring them

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For people waiting to see if North Carolina and Basketball Hall-of-Fame coach Roy Williams has the secret formula to slow down Duke, college hoop’s football version of the Alabama Death Star, forget digging into his game-plan history. Syracuse Basketball Hall-of-Fame coach Jim Boeheim says it’s simple: You have to keep up with them offensively, although …

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Feb
18
2019

North Carolina discounts experience edge in Duke rivalry

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina seniors Luke Maye and Kenny Williams have played Duke twice a year and a third time in the ACC Tournament the past two seasons. They know what to expect from the Battle of the Blues. This also will be their fourth trip 10 miles down to the road when …

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Feb
17
2019

Cameron Johnson offers different look in Carolina Blue

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CHAPEL HILL – Cameron Johnson is the same guy that averaged 11.9 points a game two seasons ago, but he possesses a different aura about him. He’s no longer just another good ACC player in a Pitt uniform. At North Carolina, a blue blood basketball program, he’s a focal point dressed in Carolina Blue. Johnson …

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Feb
15
2019

This is not the weekend Roy Williams provides Danny Manning support

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CHAPEL HILL – Wake Forest coach Danny Manning is struggling. He guided the Demon Deacons to the NCAA tournament two years ago, but otherwise he’s mired in a fourth losing season out of five in Winston-Salam. The temperature is turning up on the hot seat. Manning never played for coached under Roy Williams at Kansas …

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Feb
14
2019

How Duke 3-star Jordan Goldwire surpassed 5-star Trevon Duval

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Where did Jordan Goldwire come from? Besides the end of Duke’s bench, that is. Usually, guys like Goldwire, Duke’s lightly recruited sophomore guard, only play during blowouts. With the Blue Devils’ NBA combine roster, that means mop-up duty of an overmatched opponent. But on Tuesday night at Louisville, Duke trailed by 23 points with 9:55 …

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Feb
13
2019

Credit Anthony Edwards for choosing ‘Magic’ path to Georgia

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There are no more Magic Johnsons in college basketball. That has been my thought the past decade while watching one-and-done college prospects follow each other like lemmings to the same two schools, Duke or Kentucky. Their paths are considered the easiest to an NCAA title, even though Kentucky hasn’t won since 2012 and Duke since …

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Feb
04
2019

North Carolina’s Coby White’s point guard education is progressing

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Watch Coby White now that the ACC basketball logjam at the top has been halved to three one-loss teams, Virginia, Duke and North Carolina. In the past week, North Carolina’s maturing freshman has moved ahead a couple chapters in the education of a point guard. You can hear it in his deeper comments and see …

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Feb
02
2019

Roy Williams initially misread Julius Peppers’ two-sport talents

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Roy Williams was still coaching at Kansas the first time he saw Julius Peppers in a summer tournament. Upon hearing Peppers was committed to North Carolina he thought the kid was in over his 6-foot-5 height. “The Peach Jam is my favorite tournament of the summer time,” Williams said of the …

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