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Harrison Barnes talks about his recent visits to Duke and Kansas

          

              Harrison Barnes talks about his visits to Duke and Kansas. The 6-6, 190 star from Ames,Iowa fills us in on both visits and contrasts the two schools.

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ACC Basketball: UNC Picked 1st and Duke 2nd by the writers

ATLANTA, GA – For a second-straight year North Carolina was a unanimous choice to finish first atop the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball race in voting by 40 media members at the league’s annual Basketball Media Day.

Duke was picked for second, while Wake Forest was voted third. Miami was fourth, followed by Clemson (fifth) and Virginia Tech (sixth).

The Tar Heels are led by pre-season ACC Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough. Hansbrough a 6-9, 250-pound senior forward from Poplar Bluff, Mo., averaged 22.6 points and 10.2 rebounds last season while earning first-team All-America honors for a third-straight year and consensus National Player of the Year honors.

Wake Forest Al-Farouq Aminu was the media’s choice for the ACC pre-season Rookie of the Year. Aminu, a 6-9, 215-pound freshman from Norcross, Ga., garnered 18 first-place votes, out-distancing Virginia’s Sylven Landesberg in the voting.

Hansbrough and Boston College’s Tyrese Rice were unanimous selections for the pre-season All-ACC team. Also named to the pre-season time were Miami’s Jack McClinton, North Carolina’s Ty Lawson and Gerald Henderson from Duke.

2008-09 Predicted Order of Finish
1.	North Carolina (40)	480
2.	Duke	436
3.	Wake Forest	354
4.	Miami	344
5.	Clemson	306
6.	Virginia Tech	298
7.	Maryland	192
8.	Georgia Tech	186
9.	NC State	179
10.	Florida State	145
11.	Boston College	123
12.	Virginia	79
First Place Votes in Parentheses

2008-09 ACC Preseason All-Conference Team

Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina*

Tyrese Rice, Boston College*

Jack McClinton, Miami

Ty Lawson, North Carolina

Gerald Henderson, Duke

* - unanimous selection

2008-09 Preseason ACC Player of the Year

Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina*

2008-09 Preseason ACC Rookie of the Year

Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest

* - unanimous selection

Duke holds Vanderbilt late 10-7 and go to 4-3

NASHVILLE, TENN. – A last minute effort by Vanderbilt was thwarted as the Blue Devils held on to down the Commodores in a hard fought defensive contest 10-7 in Vanderbilt Stadium giving Duke their fourth win of the season in front of 38,270 fans.

Chris Rwabukamba couldn’t have picked a better moment to make his first career interception. With 46 seconds left Mackenzi Adams heaved up a jump ball down the sideline between Sean Walker and Rwabukamba, with the sophomore cornerback out jumping the Vanderbilt wide receiver at the Duke 1-yard line for his first career interception and preserving the Blue Devils (4-3, 1-2) first road win of the season.

The Duke defense pressured the Commodore offense all game forcing three turnovers, two interceptions and one fumble sacking Adams four times and blocking a punt.

Vincent Rey led the way with eight tackles and one pass breakup. Michael Tauiliili chipped in the seven plus an interception. Ayanga Okpokowuruk added two sacks with Clifford Respress and Glenn Williams each picking up one.

Thaddeus Lewis paced the Duke offense completing 21-of-36 passes for 222 yards and a touchdown.  His favorite target on the day was Eron Riley who hauled in nine balls for 83 yards. Johnny Williams chipped in with 4-for-39 and Tony Jackson grabbed 3-for-74 and a touchdown.

The Duke offense controlled the clock for over 31 minutes of the game running nine more plays despite being outgained 291-to-250.

Jay Hollingsworth led the rushing attack gaining 40 yards on 10 carries.

On Vanderbilt’s first possession Michael Tauiliili intercepted Adams on the third play from scrimmage. Tauiliili stepped in front of the receiver for his second interception of the season and the fifth of his career. The senior linebacker also recorded a tackle on the opening drive.

The Blue Devils defense held strong on the next Vanderbilt possession. Williams came on a safety blitz on third and one from the Commodores 48 sacking Adams for an 8-yard loss. Rey was in on two tackles and Marcus Jones assisted on one.

Duke began to move the football on their third drive of the game. Hollingsworth broke a 24-yard run to the outside that was followed by a play-action wide-receiver screen to Riley for 9 yards to the Duke 46. Zack Asack then entered the game on a third and one picking up three yards for the first down. The drive stalled once the Blue Devils entered Vanderbilt Territory. Kevin Jones was able to pin the Commodores at their own 13-yard line.

Following the 31-yard punt, the Commodores moved the football all the way to the Duke 9-yard line, but came up empty handed as Bryant Hahnfeldt missed a 34-yard field goal wide left. The previous play Respress shed off the Vandy offensive lineman to record his second sack of the season bringing Adams down for a 7-yard loss. Making stops for the Blue Devils on the drive were Tauiliili, Greg Akinbiyi, Adrian Aye-Darko, Okpokowuruk, Jones, Kinney Rucker, and Respress.
Joe Surgan attempted a 50-yard field goal midway through the second quarter that missed wide right. On the drive Lewis completed passes to Riley, Williams and Varner.

After the fourth offensive series for the Commodores without getting a first down, the Blue Devils punched it into the end zone for the game’s first score. Lewis completed 6-of-7 passes, four in a row, for 64 yards finding Jackson out of the backfield on a wheel route for the 22-yard score. The score was the first of Jackson’s career. Catching passes on the drive were Tielor Robinson (1), Williams (2), Varner (1) and Jackson (2). The Duke scoring drive went 60-yards in eight plays coming with 54 seconds left in the half.

The Commodores, not willing to take a knee, tried to move the football down the field with under a minute remaining in the half, but two incomplete passes and four rush yards brought the Vanderbilt punting unit onto the field. Brett Upson’s punt was blocked by Charles Robinson, with a handful of other Blue Devils swarming to the punter. The blocked kick was recovered by Eddie Morgan at the Vandy 13. A fumble by Lewis on first down and a delay of game penalty moved the Blue Devils back to the 25-yard line. Nick Maggio left his 43-yard field goal try short with Blue Devils going into the locker room up 7-0.

With 5:13 left in the third Maggio increased the Duke lead to 10 on a 42-yard field goal. The Blue Devils first possession of the second half stalled at their 47, but Vanderbilt’s Jamie Graham fumbled the football on the punt return giving the Blue Devils the ball on the Vanderbilt 15. Tauiliili forced the fumble and long snapper Chris Shannon recovered. Lewis was hit on third down, losing the football and his helmet, but the junior quarterback was able to crawl back on top of the football at the Commodore 24 to preserve the field goal try.

Okpokowuruk picked up his second sack of the game sending the Vanderbilt offense to the sideline once again. On second down-and-one from the Blue Devils own 41 yard line, Lewis found Jackson on a screen pass that the sophomore halfback turned up the field for 38 yards. Two plays later Lewis completed a quick 12-yard slant to Riley putting the ball at the Vanderbilt 4. Pressure off the end from Chris Marve reached Lewis who fumbled the football. T.J. Greenstone recovered for the Commodores at the Duke nine.

Trailing 10-0 Vanderbilt finally found the end zone with 13:20 left in the fourth on an Adams to Walker 79-yard touchdown pass deep down the middle of the field needing only four plays on the 91-yard scoring drive.

The Commodores had a chance to tie the game at 10 with 7:16 left, but Bryant Hahnfeldt missed his second field goal of the game, this time a 43-yard try that sailed wide right. Behind the arm of Adams Vanderbilt moved the football 61 yards to the Duke 26 before the Blue Devil’s defense held forcing three consecutive incomplete passes.

With 4:25 left the Commodores used all four downs turning the ball back over to the Blue Devils. Respress brought down Adams for a 4-yard loss at the Vanderbilt 11 on first down. A second down run gained no yards followed by Adams completing a pass to Jared Hawkins for eight yards on third down. A fourth down pass down the sideline to George Smith was broken up by Jabari Marshall giving the Blue Devils the ball at the Vanderbilt 19.

An offensive pass interference call and a delay of game moved the Blue Devils back to the Vanderbilt 41 and out of field goal range forcing Duke to punt with 2:09 left. But the defense came up big once again as Rwabukamba intercepted Adams at the 1-yard line as Duke held on for the victory.

Duke goes on the road to take on Vanderbilt

DURHAM, N.C. – For David Cutcliffe, Saturday will mark the first time the head coach will return to SEC country where he spent the past 26 seasons either roaming the sidelines or calling plays from up in the coaches box. “I am excited,” Cutcliffe said. “I like going back into a familiar venue. I have got a lot of memories in that stadium. It is a great venue and there will be a lot of energy surrounding the game. I am looking forward to it.” The Blue Devils (3-3, 1-2 ACC) will travel to Nashville, Tenn., to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores (5-2, 3-2 SEC) for their final non-conference game of the season. Cutcliffe has experienced success going up against Vanderbilt head coach Bobby Johnson in the past, posting a 5-0 record against the head coach. Cutcliffe was 3-0 against Johnson while he was the head coach of Ole Miss and 2-0 as the offensive coordinator at Tennessee. Over his entire coaching career as an assistant and head coach, Cutcliffe has an impressive 23-2 mark against the Commodores. “Bobby is kind of slow and steady wins the race,” Cutcliffe said. “He has taken that approach... Every year I coached against Bobby Johnson, in 2002, ‘03, ‘04, ‘06 and ‘07, and you just saw his teams get more confident and better. There is more speed on the field.” Their speed is the most evident on the defensive side of the football where the Commodores have one of the most talented and ball-hawking secondarys in college football. The defensive unit has forced 18 turnovers on the year with 13 interceptions, a tie for fourth nationally. Myron Lewis, Ryan Hamilton and D.J. Moore have each recorded three interceptions on the season. Linebacker Patrick Benoist leads the defense with 65 tackles, 5.5 for a loss and two sacks. “They have the best corner in the Southeastern Conference bar none,” Cutcliffe said. “He is a return man. He is a tremendous athlete, D.J. Moore... He is a tremendous, tremendous player. They have steadily gotten more athletes on the field. It hasn’t just been over night that this has occurred. Bobby Johnson knows how to coach. They will have a solid plan and a solid team and they got more and more playmakers. It is hard to win in any league without playmakers and what they have done is put people on the field that can make plays for them.” For Cutcliffe and his team, this week in practice was about finding an identity for this football team to carry with them for the remaining six games of the season. “Finding and defining what we can do well. Preparation is the only way you can fight that off, the only way you are going to come through and make the plays,” Cutcliffe said. “I think it is more important for us as a staff to define who we are and what we can do well. We are going to do that. Consistency is really the only way you’re going to battle that.” Duke will be looking for its playmakers to put pressure on the Vanderbilt defense, which is allowing just over 17 points per game giving up 333.9 yards of total offense. Thaddeus Lewis will be without two of his favorite targets, as both Austin Kelly and Raphael Chestnut are out for Saturday’s contest with leg injuries. Making up for their absence will be a tandem of freshmen, Johnny Williams and Donovan Varner, who will make his first career start. On the season, Lewis has completed 57.5 percent of his passes for 1,101 yards and nine touchdowns with six of them going to Eron Riley, who leads the team with 29 catches for 336 yards. Williams is second on the team in receptions with 20 grabs for 231 yards. Varner has made two receptions on the season for 35 yards. His first career reception came on his first career play against Navy. “You prepare as any other road game going into a hostile environment,” Lewis said. “You are going to have the fans against you. One thing that you have to think about on a road game is it is about us right now, not about them. It is up to us to go out there and do the things that we do well and do it to the best of our abilities.” The three-headed monster of running backs, Clifford Harris, Tony Jackson and Jay Hollingsworth, will try to build on the success the running game had in the first half against Miami, where the offensive line opened up running lanes for the three backs who have all looked good carrying the ball at times this season. Jackson spearheaded the rushing attack against Miami, carrying the ball 11 times for 69 yards with a long run of 23 yards. Jackson also had five runs of seven yards or more, while Harris chipped in 56 yards and Hollingsworth added 17. Both Duke and Vanderbilt are coming off back-to-back losses against conference opponents. Duke fell to Georgia Tech, 27-0, on the road three weeks ago and last week were ousted by Miami in the second half, falling 49-31. The Commodores lost by three to Mississippi State two weeks ago, 17-14, and then fell last week to Georgia, 24-14. Like Miami, the Commodores are known for playing both quarterbacks with Mackenzi Adams expected to start and Chris Nickson waiting in relief. “Adams has kind of settled in a little bit, but that could go either way and with Coach Johnson you don’t know,” Cutcliffe said. “It is almost, sometimes, if one guy doesn’t start good the other guy goes in. They are both good runners. One better than the other, but they don’t change drastically... It is the same scheme and the same principals we will just have to play consistently.” The Blue Devils will have to find a way to contain the Vanderbilt quarterback, something that the Duke defense failed to do last week against Miami, from scrambling outside the pocket and completing passes down the field. “Both quarterbacks will run,” Cutcliffe said. “Both quarterbacks are effective throwing the ball outside of the pocket.” The Blue Devils match up well with Vanderbilt, having the edge in total offensive yards per game 335.3-to-260 and a slight edge in points scored per game 25.7-to-23. Vanderbilt has the edge in rushing offense averaging 153.3 yards per game, while the Blue Devils have over a 100 hundred yard edge in the passing game averaging 212.7 yards per game.

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Blue and White shine in Cameron today

DURHAM, N.C. -- Balanced scoring led the White Squad to a 97-74 victory in the first of two 15-minute situational Blue-White Scrimmages Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Both games began with the score already tied at 45.

Three scored in double figures for the White Team led by 16 from senior co-captain Gerald Henderson. Sophomore Kyle Singler scored 12 points and junior co-captain Jon Scheyer contributed 10.

“Everyone is playing well," Henderson said. "[The fans and the media] got a good glimpse of what guys can do from play today.  I think everyone played pretty decent today. Obviously there are areas where everybody can get better, but it’s a long season and there’s a lot of time to get better and I’m sure that’ll happen.”

Henderson scored the opening basket of the scrimmage driving the ball off a screen to the middle of the court and laying the ball off the glass for the basket. Henderson showed his creativity later in the game driving across the lane making a circus lay up with is right hand drawing the foul. Henderson was a perfect 4-for-4 from the field knocking down all seven of his foul shots.

Singler displayed both his outside and inside game making all five of his shots from the floor including a perfect 2-for-2 from the free throw line The sophomore knocked down two threes, a 15-foot jumper and finished twice around the basket. The 6’8” forward also added 4 rebounds.

Scheyer knocked down 4-of-6 from the field including two threes and dished out three assists.

“It shows that the group can be very explosive, when Kyle [Singler], G (Gerald Henderson), and Jon [Scheyer] are playing at the top of their game," Krzyzewski said. "Those three kids are the guys that you try to build around. Miles [Plumlee] did a very good job on both teams. He protected the basket well.”

Freshman Miles Plumlee added eight points and three rebounds in his first game in front of the Cameron Crazies making all four of his field goal attempts.

"It’s a big step up from high school," Plumlee said. "For me, I know I have to really work on my defense.  Being the big guy, you can kind of communicate to everyone, so I have to get a lot better on my communication and defense to help the team out.  If I do that, I think my role is just going to be finishing plays because we’ve got a lot of other great guys that already know what they’re doing so I’m just going to play off them.”

The Blue Team was paced by senior co-captain Greg Paulus and junior Martynas Pocius with eight each. Junior Brian Zoubek chipped in six knocking down all four of his free throws and pulling in a team high three rebounds.

The Blue Devil football team, on their traditional Blue Devil Walk before kickoff, made their way into Cameron Indoor Stadium at the 10:17 mark of the first scrimmage taking time to shake hands with the basketball players and head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

“It’s exciting to see the Duke football program really turning around and winning some games," Smith said. "The coach is a great coach.  From what I hear he seems a lot like Coach K.  That’s exciting to hear.  We have a great relationship with all of the football players, and we want them to win.  We want this to be a school where people come watch a basketball game and then go straight to the football game and keep the same intensity.  It’s a great feeling and makes a great college atmosphere.”

In the second game sophomore Nolan Smith and Pocius led the way for the Blue squad with 11 points each in the 79-70 victory.

Smith shot 3-of-6 and 2-of-3 from behind the arc pulling in four rebounds and handing out three assists.

“Nolan [Smith] played really well throughout," Krzyzewski said. "I thought he complemented those three kids in the first period. In the second half, he stepped it up because he wasn’t with them, and showed really good leadership and defense. Dave [McClure]’s defense on G in the second period was good.”

Pocius shot 3-of-4 hitting a three and making 4-of-5 from the free throw line. Seniors Jordan Davidson and David McClure along with Zoubek chipped in with four points each.

After strong defensive play for the first five minutes, a three by freshman Elliot Williams for the White Team put them up 51-50. The Blue Squad responded with an 11-2 run that the Blue Team couldn’t recover from. The run was started by a McClure lay in and then back-to-back baskets from Pocius, one a dunk on a fast break followed by a three pointer from the left corner.

The White Team was paced by eight points from Singler and seven from Henderson. Also scoring for the White Squad were junior Lance Thomas with three, Paulus and Scheyer with two and Williams with three.

Henderson led all scorers with 23 total points. Singler scored 20, Pocius, 19, Smith, 17, Scheyer, 12, Paulus and Zoubek, 10, Plumlee, eight, Thomas, six, Williams, five, Davidson and McClure, four and Czyz, with two.

“[Having fun] is definitely something that we’ve been emphasizing," Scheyer said. "I think that what goes along with that is when you’re winning, you’re having fun.  Obviously, if you play the right way – if we move the ball and play tenacious defense – it’ll be a really fun year.  It’s not going to be fun if we just go out there and assume things are going to be handed to us.  For us, as long as we work hard and do all the things we’re supposed to do, it should be fun along the way.”

3-2 Duke hosts Miami

DURHAM, N.C. – Back when David Cutcliffe was an assistant coach at Tennessee he spent some time recruiting Randy Shannon, the Miami Hurricanes (3-3, 0-2) head football coach, when he was a junior linebacker in high school.

“I hate to admit that, but I did,” Cutcliffe said. “Miami Northern High School, [he was] a heck of a linebacker and a heck of a basketball player. I saw him dunk a basketball with one step from the free throw line when he was young. That is when I knew he was a prospect. He was a heck of a player.”

This Saturday the two will be standing on opposite sidelines inside Wallace Wade Stadium as the Blue Devils (3-2, 1-1) will look to rebound after a shut-out loss on the road two weeks ago to Georgia Tech, and the Canes’ trying to pick up their first win against an ACC opponent this season.

In their first road game of the season the Blue Devils failed to execute their offensive game plan and wound up falling to the Yellow Jackets 27-0. Two weeks of intense practice and a return to the comfortable confines of Wallace Wade Stadium should up the adrenaline for a team that has averaged over 30 points per game while allowing slightly over 16 per game under the lights of Wallace Wade.

Thaddeus Lewis is welcoming the return home with open arms having thrown all seven of his touchdown passes on the season at home.

“Now that we have played on the road you definitely learn how to appreciate your fans and them cheering you on,” Lewis said. “But you learn from that, and when we go back on the road we will know how to handle the situation a little better.”

On the year, Lewis has completed 60 percent of his passes throwing for 971 yards.

Last year’s contest saw the Hurricanes thwart a late Blue Devil comeback to hold on for a 24-14 victory. Lewis connected on touchdown throws to Ronnie Drummer and Eron Riley. Miami was paced by running back Graig Cooper, who ran for 101 yards on 12 carries and a score.

The Hurricanes are coming off a 20-14 win over Central Florida last week, in which the defense allowed a season low four rush yards and 78 total yards of offense. Led by senior linebacker Glenn Cook (38 tackles, 6.5 for a loss) the Canes’ have allowed just one team, Florida State, to rush for over 100 yards against them.

“I cannot recall, I’m sure it’s happened in my career, [but] I cannot recall getting ready to play a team that gave up 78 yards of total offense the week before we play them,” Cutcliffe said.

The Blue Devils worked rigorously the last two weeks to improve their rushing offense. The offensive line will need to open up running lanes for Clifford Harris and Jay Hollingsworth to set up the play action pass to Riley, Austin Kelly, Sheldon Bell and Raphael Chestnut, who were held to only seven combined catches by the Georgia Tech defense.

Miami’s offense features speed, strength and more speed. Their leading rusher, Cooper, has racked up 412 yards and four touchdowns on the ground, and also leads the team in receptions with 13 for 54 yards and a score. Redshirt freshman Robert Marve will make his sixth career start for the Canes’. Marve has spread the ball around to all his skill position players completing passes to 16 different players.

“They are really a fine football team and Randy Shannon and his staff have done a tremendous job putting them on the scene,” Cutcliffe said. “Some of the most talented freshman are playing for them that I have seen in my career. We are going to have to play extremely well.”

This season 13 different Hurricanes have scored a touchdown including five true freshmen.

Captains Michael Tauiliili and Vincent Rey, who Cutcliffe said seemingly always find a way to get to the ball carrier, will need to be ready to take on the strength and speed of an athletic and diverse Miami offense.

“First of all they’re all great players,” Rey said. “They’re all, I would say, very good players. A very big line, very athletic receivers, athletic running backs, they are a tough football team. Obviously we want to come out first and stop the run. From there they throw a lot of screens and we have to get on it because they are a very athletic team.”

Cutcliffe is no stranger to some of the Miami players having recruited a few of them while an assistant at Tennessee.

“When I was at Tennessee we were involved with a number of those kids from south Florida,” Cutcliffe said. “I had dinner with some of them. I hope they remember that and are real nice. I doubt they will.”

Lewis, a native of Opa-Locka, Fla., knows several of the players on the Miami defense that will be looking to make his day in the pocket as uncomfortable as possible.  Lewis is poised to not let the additional family and friends that will make the trip north to Duke this Saturday have any effect on his performance.

“It is not really added momentum,” Lewis said. “You want to go out there and be the best, and you want to go out there and get a win. Just it being a football game you want to be able to have something to talk about afterwards.”

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Ryan Kelly Commits to Duke

Ryan Kelly the 6-9, 215 forward who resides in Raleigh and plays for former Duke star Kevin Billerman at Ravenscroft in Raleigh has committed to Duke over finalists UNC, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, and Georgetown.

      Kelly who is a practice freak has moved his way up the charts in the last 6 months to the point that he is now a consensus top 15 player in the class of 2009. According to Coach Billerman he starts out each day with a workout at 6:15 am.

      All that hard work becomes confidence,” Ravenscroft coach Kevin Billerman says. “He’s found ways to take all his skills and bring them to games. It’s been gratifying for me as these elite college coaches have taken notice of the abilities Ryan has always had. But then to see him continue to work on those to sharpen them to the highest level has been a joy.”

    Kelly's commitment give Duke two players in this class with already committed 6-11 Mason Plumlee and they hope to add one more in 6-2 guard Kenny Boynton.

Scouting Report:  Kelly was once a scrawny, face up four-man who refused to mix it up in the paint, Kelly is now a high-major prospect. Kelly is a great shooter for his size, but he is now rebounding more and is much more willing to go inside and score in the paint. He is a average rebounder, an average athlete and needs to play with recklessness and toughness on the glass to become the player he can. Kelly is better at putting the ball on the floor, but still needs work on this aspect of his game. He still needs to play with his back to the basket a little more. Kelly is a good passer and has good vision. Kelly also needs to continue to work on the defensive side of the ball and play lower to the ground on that end of the floor. He is a triple threat from the perimeter and his work ethic sets him apart from most.

Ryan Kelly will announce Thursday

  at 6:00 pm on ESPNU.

Blue-White Basketball game is at 1pm on October 18th.

DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke men's basketball team will play the annual Blue-White Scrimmage on Saturday, October 18, at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The scrimmage will tip off at 1:00 p.m. and precede the Duke-Miami football game at Wallace Wade Stadium, which is set to kickoff at 3:30 p.m.

Tickets are available for both the Blue-White Scrimmage and the Duke-Miami football game through the Duke Ticket Office and can be purchased online at www.goduke.com or by phone at 1-877-375-DUKE (3853) or 919-681-BLUE (2583).

The Blue-White Scrimmage is the first of 20 home games for the Blue Devils this season. Duke will also play exhibition games against Virginia Union (Oct. 25) and Lenoir-Rhyne (Nov. 5), before opening the regular season on Nov. 10 at 7:00 p.m. against Presbyterian in the first round of the 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. Tickets are also available for the contest against Lenoir-Rhyne.