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Tuesday, October 21
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Duke University
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Duke Hosts UCF in Brotherhood Run Exhibition Tuesday
10/20/2025 2:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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- Duke All-Americans Jon Scheyer and Johnny Dawkins will face off as head coaches Tuesday when the Blue Devils host UCF in the Brotherhood Run exhibition game - Dawkins' first trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium since 2008, when he was an associate head coach.
- Dawkins, a 1996 Duke Athletics Hall of Fame inductee whose number 24 jersey was retired by Duke on Feb. 22, 1986, became the Blue Devils' all-time leading scorer with 2,556 points during his standout career from 1982 to 1986, a record that held for two decades.Â
- As a senior team captain in 1986, Dawkins was named the National Player of the Year after averaging 20.2 points per game and guiding the Blue Devils to a then-NCAA record 37 wins. That historic season included ACC regular season and tournament championships, and the NCAA East Regional crown, culminating in a national title game appearance.Â
- The lone hardwood meeting between Duke and UCF was in 2019, when Dawkins guided UCF to its first NCAA Tournament win, setting up a second-round matchup against his alma mater in Columbia, South Carolina, a 77-76 Duke victory.
- Duke enters the 2025-26 campaign coming off its 18th Final Four appearance, 23rd ACC Tournament title and 21st ACC regular-season championship.Â
- The Blue Devils finished 35-4 overall last season, marking the 17th 30-win season in program history.Â
- Duke returns six players from last year, while also welcoming the nation's top-ranked recruiting class, headlined by Preseason ACC Rookie of the Year, Cameron Boozer.
- Among the preseason rankings, the Blue Devils are No. 6 in the Associated Press poll and No. 10 according to ESPN.
- Caleb Foster enters his third season at Duke as the longest tenured Blue Devil.
- Isaiah Evans, who led last season's team in 3-point field goal percentage (41.6%), starts his sophomore campaign as a Preseason All-ACC Second Team selection.
- With 14 newcomers and one returner, UCF lost 100% of its scoring from last season.
- UCF head coach Johnny Dawkins, a 1996 Duke Athletics Hall of Fame inductee whose number 24 jersey was retired by Duke on Feb. 22, 1986, became the Blue Devils' all-time leading scorer with 2,556 points from 1982-86.Â
- The 2025-26 Knights consist of 14 newcomers and just one returner (Poohpha Warakulnukroh), who did not score last season, as UCF lost 100% of its scoring from last year.
- After losing to Kansas in the Big 12 tournament, UCF closed 2024-25 at the College Basketball Crown event in Las Vegas with wins over Oregon State, Cincinnati and Villanova, before falling to Nebraska in the championship game.
- Devan Cambridge is suiting up for his seventh season of college basketball, having played in 140 games at Auburn, Arizona State and Texas Tech before joining UCF.
- Milwaukee transfer Jamichael Stillwell (6-8, 245) became the first player in program history to average a double-double in a season with 13.0 points and a school record 10.7 rebounds per game in 2024-25.
- In 2019, Dawkins guided UCF to its first NCAA Tournament win, setting up a memorable second-round matchup against his alma mater. The Knights came within a point of an upset, falling to top-seeded Duke, 77-76, in Columbia, South Carolina — the only meeting between the two programs.
- Entering the 2025-26 campaign under fourth-year head coach Jon Scheyer, Duke returns six players from a squad that finished 35-4 overall last season, capturing the program's 23rd ACC Tournament title, 21st ACC regular-season crown and advancing to its 18th Final Four.Â
- The Blue Devils also welcome the nation's No. 1-ranked recruiting class.
- Duke's 2025-26 non-conference lineup features eight opponents that reached the NCAA Tournament a year ago: Texas (Nov. 4; Charlotte, N.C.), Kansas (Nov. 18; New York, N.Y.), Arkansas (Nov. 27; Chicago), Florida (Dec. 2; Durham), Michigan State (Dec. 6; East Lansing, Mich.), Lipscomb (Dec. 16; Durham), Texas Tech (Dec. 20; New York, N.Y.) and Michigan (Feb. 21; Washington, D.C.). Of those teams, five advanced to the Sweet 16, with three reaching the Elite Eight.
- The Blue Devils will play 10 games against teams ranked in ESPN's preseason top 25 - No. 2 Florida, No. 6 Louisville (twice), No. 8 Michigan, No. 11 Texas Tech, No. 12 Arkansas, No. 22 Kansas, No. 24 NC State and No. 25 North Carolina (twice).
- This season, Duke will celebrate three former players who are now head coaches by hosting games with them called Brotherhood Run.Â
- This year's Brotherhood Run matchups feature Johnny Dawkins and UCF in an exhibition contest on Oct. 21, followed by regular-season meetings with Greg Paulus and Niagara (Nov. 21), and Kenneth Blakeney and Howard (Nov. 23).
- Last season, Duke welcomed back Bobby Hurley and his Arizona State squad in the Brotherhood Run charity exhibition game.
- Entering his fourth season as Duke men's basketball head coach, Jon Scheyer guided the 2024-25 Blue Devils to one of the most dominant seasons in program history and the school's 18th Final Four appearance, becoming the youngest head coach to reach the Final Four since 2011.
- Scheyer achieved a record of 89-22 for a winning percentage of .802 in his first three seasons as head coach.
- Scheyer's 89 victories exceed the standard set by Bill Guthridge (80, North Carolina, 1997-2000) for the most wins by an ACC coach in their first three seasons.
- Scheyer's 89 victories ties Brad Underwood and Brad Stevens for the most wins in the first three seasons as a Division I men's basketball head coach.Â
- Scheyer became the first coach in conference history to win two ACC Tournament championships in his first three seasons as a head coach.
- Scheyer, one of four finalists for the Naismith Coach of the Year award, was honored as the recipient of the 2024-25 John McLendon National Coach of the Year Award (presented by College Insider) and was named NABC South Atlantic District Coach of the Year.
- He also became the youngest head coach to reach the Final Four since 2011.
- Scheyer chalked up the most victories by any Duke head coach in their first 100 games, posting 79 victories, which tops Vic Bubas's 76.
- Under Scheyer, Duke posted a 35-4 overall record in 2024-25, joining a rare group as only the sixth team in school history to notch at least 35 wins and the first in a decade to do so. The Blue Devils also captured both the ACC regular-season title (19-1) and the ACC Tournament championship – the 21st and 23rd such titles in program history, respectively – marking Scheyer's second ACC Tournament crown in three years, a first in conference history for a head coach in their opening three seasons.
- Ranked inside the AP Top 25 throughout the 2024-25 campaign, Duke spent two weeks at No. 1 and finished the season No. 3 in the final poll, marking the 41st top-10 finish in school history. The Blue Devils closed the year by winning 31 of their final 33 games, riding impressive win streaks of 16 and 15 games, and storming through the NCAA Tournament with an 86.80 points-per-game average – the second-highest by a Duke team in tournament history (min. five games), behind only the 2001 national champions.
- Scheyer's Blue Devils were a statistical powerhouse, leading the nation in scoring margin (+20.5) and becoming the first team in ACC history to lead the conference in both scoring offense (83.2) and scoring defense (62.8).Â
- Duke also tallied 394 made three-pointers, the second-most in program history, while becoming the only Division I team to both average over 80 points per game (83.2) and allow fewer than 63 (62.8).
- The Blue Devils achieved a KenPom net rating of 39.29, the second-highest in the site's history since 1996-97 – trailing only the 1998-99 Duke squad (43.01).
- The Northbrook, Illinois, native has been integral in the recruiting and development of several young Duke stars since joining the staff in 2013-14, and as head coach has landed the nation's No. 1-ranked recruiting class three times (2022, 2024, 2025) and a No. 2-ranked recruiting class (2023).Â
- Duke has signed a top-three recruiting class per ESPN in every season since Scheyer joined the staff, including the No. 1 class seven times in 12 seasons (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024, 2025).
- With the release of the Associated Press preseason poll on Oct. 13, Duke was ranked No. 6 -- extending a notable streak.
- The Blue Devils have now been ranked in the top 10 at least once in 30 consecutive seasons -- the longest active streak nationally. The next closest program is Kansas, which has held a top-10 ranking at some point in each of the last 20 seasons.
- The No. 6 ranking also marked the 18th consecutive season that the Blue Devils made their debut in the top 10.
- Duke has posted an all-time record of 978-174 (.849) at Cameron Indoor Stadium, including a 48-3 (.941) record under head coach Jon Scheyer.Â
- Duke has won more games at its current home venue than any team in college basketball.
- Now in its 87th season as the home of the Blue Devils, Duke has averaged 11.1 wins since the venue opened Jan. 6, 1940 -- a 36-27 win over Princeton.
- The weekly television show, "Duke All-Access with Jon Scheyer," is back for its fourth season in 2025-26.
- The 30-minute show features Jon Scheyer and his Blue Devils team. Presented in magazine format and produced by John Roth, the show also includes informative player features and behind-the-scenes access to the Duke program.
- A production of Blue Devil Sports Properties from LEARFIELD, the show airs locally on ABC-11 WTVD on Sundays at noon ET and is live streamed on ABC11.com Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET. It is also available regionally across the FanDuel Sports Network on Fridays at 12 p.m. ET; and on MASN Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. ET. It can also be viewed via the Duke Athletics YouTube Channel and archived on GoDuke.com.
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