What jersey numbers will Duke basketball players wear this season? Here they are
Duke men’s basketball officially turned the page to a new season Monday by updating the roster on the team’s website at GoDuke.com.
After going 27-9 and winning the ACC championship in Jon Scheyer’s first season following longtime head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s retirement, the Blue Devils return 10 players, all of whom kept their same uniform numbers.
The four incoming freshman and a walk-on graduate transfer have picked their jersey numbers, as well, but they all stayed within the traditional numbering system, despite a new opportunity to use more exotic numbers.
In previous seasons, players were limited to numbers that included digits from zero through five only. But, on June 8, the NCAA issued a rules change to make all numerals available. This puts college basketball in line with NBA guidelines.
Duke’s players opted not to take advantage of that new rule for the upcoming season.
That means returning starters Jeremy Roach (3), Tyrese Proctor (5), Mark Mitchell (25) and Kyle Filipowski (30) will have their familiar look once again. For Mitchell, it will be his second consecutive season wearing jersey No. 25 that was retired to Cameron Indoor Stadium’s rafters in 1990 to honor former Duke All-American Art Heyman.
Dariq Whitehead, who wore No. 0 last season, and Dereck Lively, who wore No. 1, both left for the NBA after their freshman seasons to free up those numbers.
Freshmen guards Jared McCain (No. 0) and Caleb Foster (No. 1) snatched those up.
Three reserve players from last season who exhausted their college eligibility, Kale Catchings (No. 12), Jacob Grandison (No. 13) and Max Johns (No. 41), left their numbers behind to be claimed.
Freshman forward TJ Power took No. 12, while another freshman forward, Sean Stewart will wear No. 13.
Walk-on forward Neal Begovich, who transferred from Stanford to attend graduate school at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, will wear No. 20. He’s the first Duke player to use that number since Marques Bolden, who wore it from 2016-19.
The roster also includes updated heights and weights. One noticeable change is sophomore center Christian Reeves being listed at 7-1 and 261 pounds. When he played sparingly as a freshman last season, Reeves was listed at 6-11 and 210 pounds.
Filipowski led Duke in scoring (15.1) and rebounding (8.9) last season while being listed at 6-11 and 220 pounds. He’s now listed at 7-foot and 248 pounds as he’s on the road to recovery and a return to the court following offseason hip surgery.
Mitchell grew an inch to 6-9 and has added 17 pounds to his frame as he is now listed at 232 pounds.
Reserve shooting guard Jaden Schutt added 15 pounds as he is now listed at 6-5 and 190.
Duke 2023-24 basketball roster
| No. | Name | Ht | Wt | Yr | Position |
| 0 | Jared McCain | 6-3 | 197 | Fr. | G |
| 1 | Caleb Foster | 6-5 | 197 | Fr. | G |
| 2 | Jaylen Blakes | 6-2 | 204 | Jr | G |
| 3 | Jeremy Roach | 6-2 | 180 | Sr. | G |
| 5 | Tyrese Proctor | 6-5 | 183 | So. | G |
| 12 | T.J.Power | 6-9 | 216 | Fr. | F |
| 13 | Sean Stewart | 6-9 | 227 | Fr. | F |
| 14 | Jaden Schutt | 6-5 | 190 | So. | G |
| 15 | Ryan Young | 6-10 | 238 | Gr. | C |
| 20 | Neal Begovich | 6-9 | 230 | Gr. | F |
| 21 | Christian Reeves | 7-1 | 261 | So. | C |
| 25 | Mark Mitchell | 6-9 | 232 | Fr. | F |
| 30 | Kyle Filipowski | 7-1 | 248 | So. | C |
| 52 | Stanley Bordon | 7-1 | 241 | Jr. | C |
| 55 | Spencer Hubbard | 5-8 | 157 | Sr. | G |
This story was originally published June 26, 2023 at 1:56 PM.