2025–26 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
| 2025–26 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 0–0 (0–0 ACC) |
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| Associate head coach | Chris Carrawell (8th season) |
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| Home arena | Cameron Indoor Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Florida State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025–26 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team will represent Duke University during the 2025-26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Devils will be led by fourth-year head coach Jon Scheyer and will be the first roster constructed entirely by him in the post-Mike Krzyzewski era. Duke plays their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Previous season
The Blue Devils finished the 2024-25 season 35-4 and 19-1 in ACC play to finish in first place. As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they earned a bye to the quarterfinals and beat Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Louisville to win the tournament championship. The championship was their 23rd conference tournament victory in program history. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the East region. There they would defeat Mount St. Mary's, Baylor, Arizona and Alabama to advance to the Final Four before losing to Houston.
Offseason
Departures
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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| Cooper Flagg | 2 | G/F | 6' 9" | 195 | Freshman | Newport, ME | Drafted 1st overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2025 NBA Draft[1] |
| Tyrese Proctor | 5 | G | 6' 6" | 183 | Junior | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Declared for 2025 NBA Draft[2] |
| Kon Knueppel | 7 | G/F | 6' 7" | 217 | Freshman | Milwaukee, WI | Drafted 4th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2025 NBA Draft[3] |
| Khaman Maluach | 9 | C | 7' 2" | 250 | Freshman | Rumbek, South Sudan | Declared for 2025 NBA Draft[4] |
| Sion James | 14 | G | 6' 6" | 220 | Graduate student | Sugar Hill, GA | Declared for 2025 NBA Draft[5] |
| Mason Gillis | 18 | F | 6' 6" | 225 | Graduate student | New Castle, IN | Graduated |
| Neal Begovich | 20 | F | 6' 9" | 230 | Graduate student | San Francisco, CA | Graduated |
| Stanley Borden | 52 | C | 7' 0" | 241 | Senior | Istanbul, Turkey | Transferred to UTSA[6][7] |
| Spencer Hubbard | 55 | G | 5' 8" | 157 | Graduate student | Los Angeles, CA | Graduated |
Incoming transfers
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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| Ifeanyi Ufochukwu | 15 | C | 6' 11" | 240 | R-Senior | Benin City, Nigeria | Rice[8] |
| Jack Scott | 20 | G | 6' 6" | 210 | Senior | Pelican Island, NJ | Princeton[9] |
On April 28, 2025, former Washington State guard Cedric Coward announced his commitment to Duke as a graduate transfer while keeping his name in the NBA Draft.[10] On May 24, after the draft combine, Coward announced he would remain in the draft and forgo playing at Duke.[11]
Recruiting class
2025 recruiting class
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Cameron Boozer #1 Power forward |
Salt Lake City, UT | Christopher Columbus High School (FL) | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 235 lb (107 kg) | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (98) | ||||||
| Nikolas Khamenia #4 Small forward |
Studio City, CA | Harvard-Westlake High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Oct 22, 2024 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (91) | ||||||
| Cayden Boozer #4 Point guard |
Salt Lake City, UT | Christopher Columbus High School (FL) | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (90) | ||||||
| Sebastian Wilkins* #5 Power forward |
Canton, MA | Brewster Academy (NH) | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | May 23, 2025 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (89) | ||||||
| Dame Sarr SG |
Oderzo, Italy | FC Barcelona Bàsquet (EuroLeague) | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 186 lb (84 kg) | May 22, 2025 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (n/a) | ||||||
| Overall recruit ranking: Rivals: 3 247Sports: 1 On3: 2 ESPN: 1 | ||||||
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- Wilkins reclassified from the class of 2026 to 2025 in committing.[12]
2025 overall class rankings
| Website | National rank | Conference rank | 5-star recruits | 4-star recruits | Total |
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| ESPN[13] | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| On3 Recruits[14] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Rivals[15] | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 247 Sports[16] | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Roster
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Patrick Ngongba II | Ifeanyi Ufochukwu | - |
| PF | Cameron Boozer | Maliq Brown | Sebastian Wilkins |
| SF | Dame Sarr | Nikolas Khamenia | Cameron Sheffield |
| SG | Isaiah Evans | Darren Harris | Jack Scott |
| PG | Caleb Foster | Cayden Boozer | - |
Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| November 4, 2025* |
vs. Texas Dick Vitale Invitational |
Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC | |||||||||
| November 7 or 8, 2025* |
Western Carolina | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| November 11, 2025* |
at Army | Christl Arena West Point, NY | |||||||||
| November 14, 2025* |
Indiana State | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| November 18, 2025* |
vs. Kansas Champions Classic |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||||
| November 27, 2025* |
vs. Arkansas | United Center Chicago, Il | |||||||||
| December 2, 2025* |
Florida ACC–SEC Challenge |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| December 6, 2025* |
at Michigan State | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | |||||||||
| December 20, 2025* |
vs. Texas Tech | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||||
| January 31, 2026 |
at North Carolina Rivalry/College GameDay |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||||
| February 21, 2026* |
vs. Michigan | Capital One Arena Washington, DC | |||||||||
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at Cal | Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA | |||||||||
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at Louisville | KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY | |||||||||
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at Stanford | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | |||||||||
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at Pitt | Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||||
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at Florida State | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center Tallahassee, FL | |||||||||
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at NC State | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
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at Virginia Tech | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA | |||||||||
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at Notre Dame | McCamish Pavilion South Bend, IN | |||||||||
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Louisville | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
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SMU | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
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Clemson | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
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Georgia Tech | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
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Wake Forest | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
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Virginia | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
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Boston College | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
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Syracuse | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| March 7, 2026 |
North Carolina | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern. | |||||||||||
References
- ^ "Duke's Flagg confirms he's entering NBA draft". ESPN.com. April 21, 2025. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ Baxley, Rodd. "2025 NBA Draft: Tyrese Proctor becomes latest Duke basketball player to enter draft". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ "Duke freshman star Knueppel to enter NBA draft". ESPN.com. April 16, 2025. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ Baxley, Rodd. "Khaman Maluach to enter NBA Draft after one season with Duke basketball". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ "Sion James reflects on his time at Duke: "I'd do it again"". 247Sports. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ "Four-Year Duke Basketball Big Man Enters Transfer Portal". Duke Blue Devils On SI. April 20, 2025. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ "Coach K's last player at Duke transfers to UTSA". ESPN.com. June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
- ^ Baxley, Rodd. "Duke basketball adds center via transfer portal for depth behind Maliq Brown, Pat Ngongba". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ "Sion James reflects on his time at Duke: "I'd do it again"". 247Sports. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ Baxley, Rodd. "Duke basketball gets commitment from Cedric Coward, who could be starter for Blue Devils". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ "Coward forgoes Duke, to remain in NBA draft". ESPN.com. May 24, 2025. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ "4-star forward Sebastian Wilkins reclassifies up, commits to Duke men's basketball". The Chronicle. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
- ^ "Duke 2025 Recruiting Class". ESPN. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Duke 2025 Recruiting Class". On3.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Duke 2025 Recruiting Class". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Duke 2025 Recruiting Class". 247sports.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "Final 2025 men's recruiting class rankings: 4 new teams, plus risers and fallers". ESPN.com. May 26, 2025. Retrieved May 26, 2025.