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, held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, they earned a bye to the quarterfinals and beat Georgia Tech, 78–70, to advance to the semifinals. There, they would defeat North Carolina, 74–71 to advance to the championship game, where they would defeat Louisville, 73–62, 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, 93–49, in the first round, Baylor, 89–66, in the second round, Arizona, 100–93, in the Sweet Sixteen, and Alabama, 85–65, in the Elite Eight to advance to their first Final Four since the 2021–22 season. In the Final Four, despite leading for nearly the entire game, they ultimately lost to Houston, 70–67, ending their chance at a sixth national championship.
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 | Drafted 49th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 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[5] |
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.[9] On May 24, after the draft combine, Coward announced he would remain in the draft and forgo playing at Duke.[10]
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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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: 247Sports: On3:
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| 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.[11]
2025 overall class rankings
| Website | National rank | Conference rank | 5-star recruits | 4-star recruits | Total |
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| ESPN[12] | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| On3 Recruits[13] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Rivals[14] | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 247 Sports[15] | 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 | |||||||||||
| October 21, 2025* |
UCF Brotherhood Run |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| October 26, 2025* |
at Tennessee | Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee | |||||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| November 4, 2025* |
vs. Texas Dick Vitale Invitational |
Spectrum Center Charlotte, 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 21, 2025* |
Niagara Brotherhood Run |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| November 23, 2025* |
Howard Brotherhood Run |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| 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.
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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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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.