#3 Duke Men's Basketball 2025-2026 Preview

 
 
Duke Blue Devils
 
2025-2026 Overall Rank: #3
 
Conference Rank: #1 ACC
 
 
2024-25 Record: 35-4, 19-1
2024-25 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Jon Scheyer
Coach Record: 89-22 at Duke, 89-22 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Cooper Flagg, Forward, 19.2 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.4 bpg
Kon Knueppel, Guard, 14.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.7 apg
Tyrese Proctor, Guard, 12.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.2 apg
Sion James, Guard, 8.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2.9 apg
Khaman Maluach, Center, 8.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.3 bpg
Mason Gillis, Forward, 4.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg
 
Key Returning Players:
Isaiah Evans, Sophomore, Guard, 6.8 ppg, 1.1 rpg
Caleb Foster, Junior, Guard, 4.9 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 1.4 apg
Patrick Ngongba II, Sophomore, Center, 3.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Maliq Brown, Senior, Forward, 2.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.5 apg
Darren Harris, Sophomore, Guard, 2.0 ppg, 1.1 rpg
 
Key New Players:
Cayden Boozer, Freshman, Guard
Cameron Boozer, Freshman, Forward
Nikolas Khamenia, Freshman, Forward
Dame Sarr, Freshman, Forward
Jack Scott, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Princeton
Cameron Sheffield, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Rice
Ieanyi Ufochukwu, Senior, Center, Transfer from Rice
Sebastian Wilkins, Freshman, Forward
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 83.2 (11th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 62.8 (7, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.3 (7, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.4 (4, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.1 (21, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 38.6 (11, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 79.0 (10, 1)
Rebound Margin: 7.2 (13, 1)
Assists Per Game: 17.0 (17, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.3 (8, 1)