Duke basketball opens the 2025-26 season ranked No. 5 in the USA TODAY Sports preseason coaches poll after last year’s 35-4 Final Four run.

As a first-year Duke basketball talent last season, then-junior forward Maliq Brown averaged only 2.5 points across his 15.8 minutes per game, marking a conside

Duke took down UCF 96-71 in its first exhibition ahead of the 2025-26 season. UCF has made zero of its last four field goal attempts as Duke now leads the Knights 88-68 with 3:25 remaining. It marks Duke's largest lead of the night with UCF's last field goal coming at the 5:15 mark with a Themus Fulks layup.

AJ Dybantsa’s introduction to college basketball came Saturday, and the possible No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft went for 30 points. In the past, the typical setting for a college freshman’s debut would have been a home exhibition game, a Division II opponent and a blowout win. Or a scrimmage not open to the public.

It has been a challenging stretch for North Carolina, as two of its top targets in the 2026 recruiting class — five-star small forward Anthony Thompson and five

AJ Dybantsa picked BYU over UNC and others. Here's what Hubert Davis said about Dybantsa and the Cougars ahead of the Tar Heels' exhibition in Utah.