Two former Duke basketball All-Americans are set to face off as head coaches in the Brotherhood Run Exhibition Game on Oct. 21.

UCF men's basketball coach Johnny Dawkins played and coached at Duke. He'll return to Durham when the Knights meet the Blue Devils in an exhibition.

For the second year in a row, two former Duke men’s basketball stars will face off as head coaches in an exhibition game.

The UCF men’s team will open its preseason schedule at one of the most iconic venues in all of college basketball as Johnny Dawkins return to Duke.

Gatorade Player of the Year Cameron Boozer believes Duke basketball is overlooked heading into 2025-26, and says that won’t last once the season begins.

And Rippey, who now ranks No. 17 overall and No. 2 among point guards on the 247Sports 2026 Composite and is the namesake son of the mid-1990s ECU basketball player, is set to first check out the Kentucky Wildcats beginning on Aug. 1.

For the second year in a row, a Duke men’s basketball commit has won the national Gatorade Male Player of the Year award.

"It took a couple months to really understand, process, feel it, live it — and feel the pain," the coach said of Duke's Final Four loss.

After hearing his name No. 1 overall at the 2022 NBA Draft following a Final Four one-and-done campaign at Duke in the last season of Mike Krzyzewki's legendary coaching career, Paolo Banchero became the NBA Rookie of the Year before powering the Magic to its first pair of postseason appearances this decade.

Because of the success of Cooper Flagg, it's been a popular approach in the past few months to put together an all-time Duke Blue Devils men's basketball roster. ESPN's Myron Medcalf took the latest shot at it, and it's certainly quite the dream team.