Duke basketball program has not shied away from priming its 2025-26 squad for March, already scheduling a slew of big-time non-conference matchups for the team through next year’s college basketball season. Let’s take a look at the Blue Devils’ complete current non-con slate and the marquee matchups Jon Scheyer has put together for his guys so far.
November 4th: Duke vs. Texas
The Blue Devils will open up their season with a huge contest against the Texas Longhorns at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s a new era in Austin as the program named Sean Miller its next head coach this offseason, and Texas has a chance to be one of the better teams in the SEC. Miller, who was at Xavier for the last three seasons before switching to Texas, is bringing Lassina Traore and Dailyn Swain with him to Austin from Xavier, two of his top contributors from last season. The Longhorns also added Simeon Wilcher (St. John’s), Camden Heide (Purdue), and Matas Vokietaitis (FAU) via the portal, giving Texas the #2-ranked transfer class per On3’s Team Transfer Portal Rankings. Miller retained loads of talent from last season’s Longhorns roster as well, in Tramon Mark, Jordan Pope, and Chendall Weaver, who all announced their returns to Austin next year. ESPN slotted the Longhorns as the #24-ranked squad in its “Way-Too-Early” Top 25 rankings, and the team might have the best backcourt group in the SEC next season.
