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Wednesday, November 2
Durham, N.C.
7 p.m.
Duke University
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Fayetteville State
No. 7 Duke Welcomes Fayetteville State in Exhibition
11/1/2022 5:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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- The seventh-ranked Duke men's basketball team plays its lone exhibition game on Wednesday by welcoming Fayetteville State to Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- In preparation for the 2022-23 season, the Blue Devils also played a closed scrimmage at preseason-No. 3 Houston on Oct. 28.
- Duke opens the regular season on Monday, Nov. 7 vs. Jacksonville at Cameron Indoor.
- This season marks the first for head coach Jon Scheyer, the 2010 Duke graduate and four-year letterwinner for the Blue Devils who spent the previous nine years on the staff under Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski.
- The 35-year-old Scheyer is among the youngest head coaches in D-I men's basketball, and the youngest at a power conference institution. He was named to The Athletic's 40 Under 40 in college sports in 2022, and was previously touted as one of the best assistant coaches in college basketball.Â
- Junior guard Jeremy Roach, a preseason first-team All-ACC pick and a member of the watch list for the Cousy Award, returns after helping lead Duke to the Final Four, a ACC regular-season title and a 32-7 mark last season.
- Roach averaged 8.6 points last season, but upped that to 11.8 points and 3.0 assists in Duke's five-game run to the Final Four as he was named to the West Region All-Tournament Team.
- Roach is the Blue Devils' lone captain for 2022-23.
- In total, Duke has 11 newcomers on the roster in 2022-23 -- seven freshmen -- all recruited and signed by Scheyer which comprise the nation's No. 1 recruiting class, and four graduate transfers.
- Duke's freshman class includes the ESPN overall No. 1 and No. 2 players in Dereck Lively II and Dariq Whitehead.
- Wednesday's opponent, Fayetteville State, was 21-9 last season and won the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Tournament last season -- the program's first since 1973. The Broncos were picked to repeat as CIAA champs in 2022-23.
- Former Duke All-American and two-time team captain Jon Scheyer is the 20th head coach in Duke's storied basketball history. He was named to the position on June 4, 2021, succeeding Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski, who announced in June 2021 his plan to retire from coaching following the 2021-22 season.
- The 35-year-old Scheyer is among the youngest head coaches in Division-I men's basketball, and the youngest at a power conference institution. He was named to The Athletic's 40 Under 40 in college sports in 2022, and was previously touted as one of the best assistant coaches in college basketball.
- He has vast experience on the Duke bench, having served on Krzyzewski's staff since the 2013-14 season. His previous roles with the Blue Devils include special assistant, assistant coach and the previous three years as associate head coach.
- As a player, Scheyer sparked the Blue Devils to two ACC championships and the 2010 NCAA title as a player from 2007- 10. In his time on the coaching staff, he helped Duke compile a 245-71 (.775) record, a national championship (2015), two Final Fours (2015, 2022) and two ACC Tournament crowns (2017, 2019).
- The Northbrook, Ill., native has been integral in the recruiting and development of several young Duke stars since joining the staff, and landed the nation's No. 1-ranked recruiting class for the 2022-23 campaign.
- Duke has signed a top-three recruiting class per ESPN in every season since Scheyer joined the staff, including the No. 1 class five times in nine seasons (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022).
- With the release of the Associated Press preseason poll on Oct. 17, Duke was ranked No. 7 -- extending a notable streak.
- The Blue Devils have now been ranked in the top 10 at least once in 27 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 17 seasons.
- The No. 9 ranking also marked the 15th consecutive season that the Blue Devils made their debut in the top 10.
- Duke was selected to finish second in the ACC this season, as chosen by media members in their preseason predictions.
- The Blue Devils trailed North Carolina in the poll, and were followed by Virginia, Miami and Florida State to round out the top five.
- Junior guard Jeremy Roach earned a spot on the Preseason All-ACC First Team, with freshman center Dereck Lively II on the Second Team.
- Roach received three votes for Preseason Player of the Year, while freshman Dariq Whitehead had one.
- Lively was named the Preseason Rookie of the Year as the Blue Devils had the top-five vote-getters for Rookie of the Year with Lively (57 votes) followed by Whitehead (25), Tyrese Proctor (five) and Mark Mitchell (three). Kyle Filipowski received two votes.
- The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has announced its preseason watch lists for national positional awards, with five Blue Devils earning recognition:
- Jeremy Roach -- Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year
- Tyrese Proctor -- Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year
- Dariq Whitehead -- Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year
- Kyle Filipowski -- Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year
- Dereck Lively II -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year
- Duke was the only team nationally to have at least one player on each of the five positional lists.
- Last season, Wendell Moore Jr., was named the winner of the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year award.
- Junior guard Jeremy Roach has been named the team captain for the 2022-23 season.
- Roach was elected to lead the Blue Devils via a vote of the players and coaches and will serve as captain for the first time in his career.
- "Jeremy's had great experience in his time at Duke and he knows what it takes to get to the highest level in guiding us to the Final Four," said Scheyer. "He's the guy we want leading us and we're proud of him and the strides he's made in the two-and-a-half years here. He shows up everyday and he's as hard of a worker as we have. He leads by example, and that's what's most important. Player-led teams can put us in position to have a successful season, and I know Jeremy is ready for the opportunity."
- Fans of the Duke men's basketball program took their first look at the 2022-23 squad during the Blue Devils' 13th annual Countdown to Craziness event on Oct. 21 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- To cap the night, Duke took to the court for a 16-minute intrasquad scrimmage, with the Blue Team beating the White Squad, 41-26, behind 12 points on 3-of-3 shooting from three-point range from junior Jeremy Roach.
- Freshman Christian Reeves scored 11 points and sophomore Jaylen Blakes added 10 for the Blue side.
- Reeves finished 4-of-4 from the field, 3-of-3 at the free throw line with three blocks and five boards in 13 minutes.
- Graduate student Jacob Grandison led the Blue's efforts on the glass with eight boards as Blue out-rebounded White, 24-14.
- White was led by freshman Tyrese Proctor with 10 points and two assists, while graduate student Kale Catchings chipped in seven points.
- When the NBA season began on Nov. 18, Duke had 25 members of The Brotherhood on opening-day rosters.
- The list was compiled from the NBA's official opening-day rosters (including two-way and inactive lists) and includes any Blue Devil that played and finished their college basketball careers at Duke.
- Duke's players are spread across the country at a total of 17 NBA franchises, including a trio of Blue Devils with the Knicks (Cam Reddish, Trevor Keels, RJ Barrett), and duos in Atlanta (Jalen Johnson, AJ Griffin), Brooklyn (Kyrie Irving, Seth Curry), Charlotte (Mark Williams, Mason Plumlee), Orlando (Paolo Banchero, Wendell Carter Jr.), Minnesota (Wendell Moore Jr., Austin Rivers) and New Orleans (Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram).
- The overall No. 1 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, Banchero was the fifth Blue Devil drafted No. 1 overall – joining active players Irving and Williamson – as Duke boasts the most No. 1 picks in NBA history. The Blue Devils have also produced 29 Lottery picks, an NBA draft record for a single school.
- Duke's 25 NBA players – the second most on opening-day rosters behind Kentucky's 27 – also join more than 30 former players, coaches, managers and Duke graduates that serve on NBA coaching staffs or in front office roles. That includes 1984 Duke graduate Adam Silver (NBA Commissioner), Grant Hill (part owner of the Atlanta Hawks), Elton Brand (General Manager of the Philadelphia 76ers) and Trajan Landon (General Manager of the New Orleans Pelicans).
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