Fourth-year Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have scheduled a bout versus the Texas Tech Red Raiders next season, Duke Blue Devils On SI recently confirmed. The matchup will take place in New York City's famed Madison Square Garden on Dec. 20.

Paolo Banchero may be Duke royalty now, but growing up, the Orlando Magic star had a soft spot for the enemy. The former No. 1 overall pick -- one of five Blue Devils to hold that honor and a path Cooper Flagg could soon follow -- admitted he actually liked North Carolina as a kid.

Along with Flagg and Knueppel, the Blue Devils are also losing Khaman Maluach, Tyrese Proctor, and Sion James are also expected to be drafted. Another players has officially decided to leave the Duke program to stay in the draft.

After playing three years for a Duke basketball product, Miles Stewart is set to transfer to the same school as a former Blue Devil.

Dame Sarr, one of basketball's top international prospects, publicly committed to Duke on Thursday, giving the Blue Devils another possible one-and-done prospect to slot into next season's starting lineup.

Cooper Flagg, its freshman phenom this past season, is headed to the NBA, presumably as the No. 1 overall pick in the draft to the Dallas Mavericks. Big man Khaman Maluach and sharpshooter Kon Knueppel are also expected to go fairly high in the draft next month.

A potential first round pick in the 2026 NBA Draft has announced his committment to Duke, where he will spend the 2025-26 season.

Duke has produced so many exciting NBA players. One of the more disappointing professional Blue Devils careers in recent years looks like it’ll get another chapter nonetheless. Former No. 2 overall pick Marvin Bagley is going to be a free agent.