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Preview: Michigan State vs. Duke, Massive Top-10 Showdown

Originally posted on Michigan State Spartans on SI
By Jacob Cotsonika | Last updated Dec 6, 2025 7:00 AM ET

The biggest game on Michigan State's non-conference schedule is here. Saturday's game needs little introduction; the Spartans are ranked seventh in the country, and Duke is fourth. Both teams enter undefeated, as well.

Here are all the ways people can watch this blue-bloods-only clash at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.

TV Details

Tip-off: Noon ET

Channel: FOX

Announcers: Tim Brando (play-by-play); Jim Jackson (analyst)

Radio Info - Spartan Media Network

Lansing: WMMQ (94.9 FM), WJIM (1240 AM)

Detroit: WJR (760 AM)

Grand Rapids: WBFX (101.3 FM)

Other radio stations from around the state of Michigan can be found RIGHT HERE.

SiriusXM: Channel 85 or on the SiriusXM app.

Announcers: Will Tieman (play-by-play); Matt Steigenga (color analyst); Zach Surdenik (host)

Radio Info - Blue Devil Sports Network

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Durham: 96.5 FM, 620 AM

SiriusXM: Channels 137 or 193, or SiriusXM app

Announcers: David Shumate (play-by-play); John Roth (analyst)

More on the Matchup

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Duke is 9-0; Michigan State is 8-0. Both teams have taken down three ranked opponents already this season, so both sides are battle-tested entering Saturday.

Love them or (probably) hate them, the Blue Devils are still one of college basketball's top-tier teams. Duke has five national championships and 18 Final Fours in its program's history, including an appearance in the national semifinal last season.

If there's been a kyptonite for Tom Izzo and MSU, it's the Blue Devils. Duke holds a 15-4 all-time series lead over the Spartans with a 13-4 mark against Izzo. Saturday will be the Blue Devils' third trip to the Breslin Center, a building where they are 2-0.

This season's Duke team is led by a freshman: Cameron Boozer. He doesn't play like a freshman, though, and is leading his team in points (23.6), rebounds (9.3), assists (3.7), and steals (1.7) per game. That much scoring is the second-highest mark in the country, only trailing Kansas State's PJ Haggerty (25.1 points per game).

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The Blue Devils are in their fourth season with head coach Jon Scheyer , who took over following the retirement of Mike Krzyzewski, who had spent 42 seasons at Duke. Scheyer hasn't allowed Coach K's program to miss a beat; he's 98-22 (.817) so far at the helm.

Scheyer and Izzo have faced off against one another once before, which was during the Champions Classic on Nov. 14, 2023, which was a 74-65 Blue Devil victory. Michigan State and Duke are scheduled to meet next year, as well, during that event in Chicago.