The Duke basketball program wrapped up preseason play on Sunday, defeating No. 17 Kansas 90-84 in an exhibition game at Allen Fieldhouse. Duke now gears up for the regular season after finishing its preseason contests 3-0 and validating all the expectations around this team.
The Duke Blue Devils have looked vastly impressive through their first two preseason games. Duke eclipsed 100 points in both outings while defeating Belmont by 40 points and No.
As a freshman and 30-game starter last season for a 2025-26 Duke basketball squad that finished 35-3 overall, won the ACC Tournament, and reached the Elite Eight, athletic guard/forward Dame Sarr earned a spot on the ACC All-Defensive Team and was a finalist for the Lefty Driesell Award (presented to the nation's top defender).
Chances are, at least in the early stages of the 2026-27 Duke basketball campaign, freshman guard Bryson Howard will come off the bench. The player ahead
North Carolina recently fired head men's basketball coach Hubert Davis, ending a five-year run in which he struggled to keep the program at the heights of its lofty expectations.
THE MODERATOR: We are joined by the Blue Devils. We’ll begin with opening comments from Coach Scheyer. Coach, the podium is yours. JON SCHEYER: Thank you all for being here.
A staple of Duke’s summer social media output, scrimmage footage, was conspicuously absent all summer. That seal was broken late Friday night when a brief, highly edited five minutes of 5-on-5 action was posted on YouTube.