Draft:2025–26 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

2025–26 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
2025–26 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Jon Scheyer (4th season);
Associate head coach	Chris Carrawell
Assistant coaches	Will Avery; Emanuel Dildy;
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
	Seasons ← 2024–25 2026–27 →

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The 2025–26 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team will represent Duke University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Devils will be led by fourth-year head coach Jon Scheyer. The Blue Devils play their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Previous season

The Blue Devils finished the 2024–25 season 35–4 and 19–1 in ACC play to finish in second place. As the first seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye to the quarterfinals where they dominated the tournament. They received an at-large bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they were the first seed in the East Region. They faced St. Mary's in the first round. They won this matchup to move on to the round of 32, where they routed 9th seed Baylor. Duke then faced the number four seed, Arizona, whom they defeated 100–93, advancing to the Elite Eight for the second time under head coach Jon Scheyer. After defeating second seed Alabama, 85–65, the Blue Devils advanced to their first Final Four since the 2021-22 season, which was the last season under Hall of Fame head coach, Mike Krzyzewski, however, despite leading 5 points with 33 seconds left in the final quarter, Duke would be upset by Houston, 70–67, ending their run to a potential national championship.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Cooper Flagg	2	G/F	6'9"	202	Freshman	Newport, ME	Declared in the 2025 NBA draft
Tyrese Proctor	5	G	6' 6"	183	Junior	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Declared in the 2025 NBA draft
Kon Knueppel	7	G/F	6'7"	217	Freshman	Milwaukee, WI	Declared in the 2025 NBA draft
Khaman Maluach	12	C	7'2"	250	Freshman	Rumbek, South Sudan	Declared in the 2025 NBA draft
Cameron Sheffield	13	G/F	6' 6"	204	Graduate student	Alpharetta, GA	Graduated
Sion James	14	G	6'6"	220	Graduate student	Sugar Hill, GA	Graduated
Mason Gillis	15	F	6' 6"	225	Graduated student	Charlotte, NC	Graduated
Neal Begovich	20	F	6' 9"	230	Graduated student	San Francisco, CA	Graduated
Stanley Borden	52	C	7'0"	241	Senior	Istanbul, Turkey	Elected to transferred to TBD
Spencer Hubbard	55	G	5'8"	157	Graduated student	Los Angeles, CA	Graduated

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Ifeanyi Ufochukwu	0	C	6'11"	240	Junior	Benin City, Nigeria	Rice

Recruiting class

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Cameron Boozer #1 Power forward	Salt Lake City, UT	Christopher Columbus (FL)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	246 lb (112 kg)	Oct 11, 2024
Cameron Boozer #1 Power forward	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (98)
Nikolas Khamenia #4 Power forward	Studio City, CA	Harvard-Westlake	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oct 22, 2024
Nikolas Khamenia #4 Power forward	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (91)
Cayden Boozer #4 Point guard	Salt Lake City, UT	Christopher Columbus (FL)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Oct 11, 2024
Cayden Boozer #4 Point guard	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (90)
Sebastian Wilkins* #5 Power forward	Canton, MA	Brewster Academy (NH)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	May 23, 2025
Sebastian Wilkins* #5 Power forward	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: On3: ESPN: (89)
Dame Sarr Shooting guard/Small forward	Oderzo, Italy	FC Barcelona Bàsquet (ESP)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	May 22, 2025
Dame Sarr Shooting guard/Small forward	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: On3: (NR)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Duke 2025 Basketball Commitments". Rivals. Retrieved May 23, 2025. "2025 Duke Blue Devils Recruiting Class". ESPN. Retrieved May 23, 2025. "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved May 23, 2025. "2025 Duke 24/7 Sports Commits". 247Sports. Retrieved May 23, 2025. "Duke 2025 Basketball Commitments". On3. Retrieved May 23, 2025.

*Originally class of 2026, but reclassified to 2025.

2025 overall class rankings

Website	National rank	Conference rank	5-star recruits
ESPN^[1]	--	--	0
On3 Recruits^[2]	0	0	--
Rivals^[3]	0	0	--
247 Sports^[4]	0	0	--

Roster

2025–26 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	0	Ifeanyi Ufochukwu	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Rice (TX)	Benin City, Nigeria
G	1	Caleb Foster	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Jr	Notre Dame (Calif.)	Harrisburg, NC
G	2	Cayden Boozer	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Christopher Columbus (FL)	Salt Lake City, UT
G/F	3	Isaiah Evans	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	North Mecklenburg HS	Fayetteville, NC
F	4	Nikolas Khamenia	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Harvard-Westlake	Studio City, CA
F	6	Maliq Brown	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	Sr	Blue Ridge	Culpeper, VA
G/F	8	Darren Harris	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	So	Paul VI HS	Herndon, VA
F	12	Cameron Boozer	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	246 lb (112 kg)	Fr	Christopher Columbus (FL)	Salt Lake City, UT
C	21	Patrick Ngongba II	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	So	Paul VI HS	Manassas, VA
F	tbd	Sebastian Wilkins	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Brewster Acadmey (NH)	Canton, MA
G/F	tbd	Dame Sarr	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	Fr	FC Barcelona Bàsquet (ESP)	Oderzo, Italy

Head coach

Jon Scheyer

Assistant coach(es)

Chris Carrawell
Will Avery
Emanuel Dildy

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2025-05-24

Schedule and results

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP
Coaches

References

^ "Duke 2025 Recruiting Class". ESPN. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
^ "Duke 2025 Recruiting Class". On3.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
^ "Duke 2025 Recruiting Class". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
^ "Duke 2025 Recruiting Class". 247sports.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

[1] "Duke 2025 Recruiting Class". ESPN. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

[2] "Duke 2025 Recruiting Class". On3.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

[3] "Duke 2025 Recruiting Class". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

[4] "Duke 2025 Recruiting Class". 247sports.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

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v t e Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
Venues	The Ark (1906–1923) Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1930) Card Gymnasium (1930–1939) Cameron Indoor Stadium (1940–present)
Rivalries	Maryland Michigan North Carolina (Carlyle Cup)
Culture & lore	Blue Devil Big Four Tournament Blue blood status Cameron Crazies Champions Classic Dixie Classic I Hate Christian Laettner Krzyzewskiville "The Shot" Tobacco Road 1991 UNLV game
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics