Here’s who Duke basketball plays in its nonconference schedule this season
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- Duke plays eight NCAA Tournament teams in nonconference schedule for 2025-26.
- Key matchups include Kansas at MSG, Arkansas in Chicago, and Michigan in D.C.
- Duke hosts six nonconference games at Cameron Indoor, starting Nov. 8.
The Duke Blue Devils have completed their nonconference schedule for the 2025-26 men’s basketball season, and it again should be challenging in Jon Scheyer’s fourth year as coach.
The Blue Devils already had announced games against Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Florida, Michigan State, and Michigan. On Tuesday, Duke announced it would face Texas Tech in New York’s Madison Square Garden just before Christmas.
Duke, the defending ACC champion that went 35-4 last season, opens the regular season Nov. 4 in Charlotte against Texas in the Dick Vitale Invitational. The Blue Devils then will play six non-conference games at Cameron Indoor Stadium, beginning with a Nov. 8 game against Western Carolina.
The Duke schedule includes a Nov. 11 road game against Army West Point before Indiana State comes to play the Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Nov. 14.
On Nov. 18, Duke plays at New York’s Madison Square Garden against Kansas in the State Farm Champions Classic.
Niagara plays at Duke on Nov. 21 before the Blue Devils face Howard, coached by former Duke player Kenny Blakeney, on Nov. 23.
The Blue Devils have a matchup against Arkansas at Chicago’s United Center in the CBS Sports Thanksgiving Classic on Nov. 27.
The annual ACC/SEC Challenge will have Duke hosting Florida on Dec. 2, then going to Michigan State on Dec. 6.
The Blue Devils play Lipscomb at Cameron Indoor on Dec. 16.
The Duke-Texas Tech game is set Dec. 20 in New York City. The Blue Devils close out the nonconference part of their schedule Feb. 21 with a game against Michigan in Washington, D.C.
Duke will face eight schools that reached the 2024 NCAA Tournament (Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Florida, Michigan State, Lipscomb, Texas Tech, Michigan). Of those teams, five advanced to the Sweet 16 and three reached the Elite Eight including Texas Tech.
The full ACC schedule will be released later. at a later date. Duke’s 18-game conference schedule will gave home-and-home series with North Carolina and Louisville, with the remaining 14 conference games for the Blue Devils consisting of seven home-only opponents and seven away-only opponents.
Duke hosts Boston College, Clemson, Georgia Tech, SMU, Syracuse, Virginia and Wake Forest at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The ACC road games are at California, Florida State, N,C. State, Notre Dame, Pitt, Stanford and Virginia Tech.
Duke’s preseason begins with the Countdown to Craziness on Oct. 3 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils will have exhibition games against UCF (Oct. 21), coached by former Duke great Johnny Dawkins, and at Tennessee (Oct. 26).
This ACC Tournament is at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center for the second season in row. Duke will look to repeat its championship between March 10-14.
