Each time Terrence Edwards knocks down a tough shot, he lets his opponent hear about it.
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That’s one way to keep them coming back.
Ask James Madison’s basketball coaches about the biggest change in moving from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Sun Belt Conference, and both men’s head coach Mark Byington and women’s…
For James Madison head coach Mark Byington, a timeout called early in the second half on Thursday night had the feeling of a boxing match.
James Madison has made some near-miraculous comebacks over the course of the season. Thursday night at the Atlantic Union Bank Center, the Dukes had to hold off one.
James Madison is glad to be home after playing three of the past four games on the road. But the Dukes know that to stay in the Sun Belt Conference race, they need to play better than last tim…
Following James Madison’s first road game of the season, an 80-39 win over Millersville in November, guard Kiki Jefferson approached head coach Sean O’Regan with an idea to celebrate the win n…
With four of James Madison’s top five receiving options out of eligibility, including back-to-back 1,000-yard receiver Kris Thornton, Dukes head coach Curt Cignetti didn’t waste any time revam…
The moment has often repeated throughout Sean O’Regan’s seven seasons as James Madison’s head coach.
After Cole Johnson departed at the end of the 2021 season, James Madison dipped its toe in the transfer portal to find his replacement at quarterback, which resulted in Todd Centeio using his …
Following James Madison women’s basketball’s loss to Georgia Southern on Thursday, which snapped the Dukes’ 13-game winning streak, head coach Sean O’Regan said he wasn’t pleased with his team…
As Southern Miss hits the midway point of the Sun Belt Conference men's basketball season, tied with Marshall and Louisiana atop the league standings, the Eagles are enjoying a boost to their …
It wasn’t a career high for Peyton McDaniel Saturday evening, but the James Madison guard never played better in a bigger game.
As time wore on during the NCAA’s transfer period this winter, the portal grew almost by the minute, with more than 1,200 players entering their names, looking for new destinations.
For the first time in weeks, James Madison’s Kiki Jefferson wasn’t the best player on the floor. And for the first time since before Thanksgiving, her Dukes didn’t have the answer when pushed …
In a James Madison women’s basketball coaches meeting this week, first-year assistant Neil Harrow looked down at the Georgia Southern personnel and noticed something that seemed off.
James Madison's first experience with a Sun Belt Conference weekend road swing went well.
The first time Kiki Jefferson stepped onto the court in a James Madison uniform, she made a quick impression.
Former James Madison quarterback Todd Centeio wakes up at 6 a.m. each morning, ready to train at his home in Florida.
Heading into the 2022-23 basketball season, only a few knew what to expect from the Sun Belt Conference.
Perhaps at the time, James Madison does have too much of a good thing.
Georgia State was in a zone and gave James Madison fits.
Amid a three-game losing streak, James Madison head coach Mark Byington was in the practice gym with guards Noah Freidel and Vado Morse getting shots up a day before the Dukes' home date with …
Growing up in a basketball household, Terell Strickland always knew to observe what his older brother Tai did on the basketball court and learn from what he did on the court, whether it was a …
Soon after James Madison’s season came to a close, defensive end Isaac Ukwu had a decision to make: should he return for his final season of eligibility, or should he enter the NFL Draft?
After playing six of the past eight games on the road, James Madison women’s basketball coach Sean O’Regan was excited for his Dukes to return to Harrisonburg for a pair of home games Thursday…
For a while, it looked like James Madison simply had too much size and athleticism for visiting Appalachian State. But Thursday night at the Atlantic Union Bank Center the Mountaineers proved …
James Madison hits the road again for a men's basketball game Thursday at South Alabama, pitting a pair of Sun Belt Conference teams that have sometimes struggled relative to their talent level.
James Madison is ready to come home after a road trip that saw the Dukes knock Marshall and Southern Miss from the ranks of Sun Belt Conference women's basketball teams unbeaten in conference play.
When Immanuel Bush stepped off the charter bus with the rest of his Marshall teammates before the Thundering Herd’s game at James Madison in late October, he didn’t know what to expect.
Former James Madison tight end Deane Cheatham died in a car crash Saturday morning in Hanover County.
Heading into last Thursday's visit to James Madison, Texas State was amid its worst stretch in three seasons under head coach TJ Johnson.
Over the years, James Madison’s athletic department has enjoyed some magic moments on national television.
James Madison never trailed Saturday at Southern Mississippi, but the Dukes had to battle to the end to keep an 11-game winning streak alive and sweep a road trip to stay unbeaten in Sun Belt …
The Sun Belt Conference unveiled the league pairings for the 2023 football slate, including James Madison’s two cross-divisional matchups with the West division.
Life around James Madison men’s basketball means never getting too comfortable.
Throughout last season, James Madison men's basketball head coach Mark Byington kept getting phone calls and text messages from basketball coaches around Virginia, urging him to look at this u…
Alonzo Sule almost didn’t play college basketball.
Following James Madison women's basketball's 57-52 win at Hampton on Dec. 17, the team convened for a meeting.
Since arriving at James Madison for the 2020-21 season, men's basketball head coach Mark Byington has learned a thing or two about adjusting on the fly.
During the offseason, Sun Belt Conference administrators and coaches held multiple meetings dedicated to crafting a plan to increase the league’s basketball profile.
For James Madison women’s basketball head coach Sean O’Regan, a 2-0 start to conference play is nothing new.
It took nearly a decade to bring the Royal Rivalry between James Madison and Old Dominion back to the women’s basketball court.
Over a three-game stretch midway through non-conference play, James Madison center Kseniia Kozlova had knocked down just one shot.
James Madison waited more than a year to make its Sun Belt Conference debut, and Thursday afternoon at the Atlantic Union Bank Center, the Dukes made it a successful one, topping Coastal Carol…
James Madison sets off on a run through a brand new conference, traveling to Georgia State Thursday for the Sun Belt Conference opener before a Saturday game at fellow SBC newcomer Marshall.
Each morning during the spring of Josh Phifer’s sophomore year at Starr’s Mill High School, he’d run twice a day — once in the morning and once at track practice — but the constant pounding de…
Each week during the high school football season, Brett Griffis sat at the dinner table with his father, Matt, who was his head coach at Broad Run High School, to break down opposing defenses …
As James Madison prepares to start its first Sun Belt Conference women’s basketball season, the Dukes enter conference play beginning to regain some of its mojo after a down year in 2021-22.
This holiday season may or may not have brought you the present you really wanted, but here’s a gift idea for next year all of Virginia’s basketball coaches, players and fans might enjoy.