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Wednesday, November 1
Durham, N.C.
7 p.m.
Duke University
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UNC Pembroke
No. 2 Duke Welcomes UNC Pembroke in Exhibition
10/31/2023 6:33:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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- The second-ranked Duke men's basketball team plays its lone exhibition game on Wednesday by welcoming UNC Pembroke to Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Fans can watch on ACC Network Extra, with Chris Edwards and Debbie Taylor on the call, with tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m.
- Duke opens the regular season on Monday, Nov. 6 vs. Dartmouth at Cameron Indoor.
- The Blue Devils are coming off an undefeated home season, the program's ACC-leading 22nd ACC Tournament title and an NCAA Second Round appearance.
- Former Duke All-American and two-time team captain Jon Scheyer made history with his head-coaching debut last season. He became just the third coach in ACC history to win the ACC Tournament in their first season and is the first to win an ACC title as both a player (2009, 2010) and as a coach (2023).
- Duke was selected to finish first in the ACC this season, as chosen by media members in their preseason predictions.
- The Blue Devils earned 44 of the 51 first-place votes and finished with 757 total points, leading Miami, North Carolina and Virginia atop the preseason poll.
- Sophomore forward Kyle Filipowski, reigning ACC Rookie of the Year, was named ACC Preseason Player of the Year and was a unanimous pick for the Preseason All-ACC First Team, while his classmate, Tyrese Proctor landed on the Second Team.
- Filipowski, a Preseason AP All-American, led the team in scoring (15.1) and rebounding (8.9) as a freshman and tallied 16 double-doubles -- best by any Division I freshman in 2022-23.
- The Blue Devils have three captains this season -- Proctor, Jeremy Roach and Ryan Young.
- Proctor is just the fourth sophomore captain in program history.
- Duke welcomes four freshmen, all ranked inside 247Sports' top 25, and three are ranked as the top player in their respective states per ESPN
- Wednesday's opponent, UNC Pembroke, is coming off a 26-4 campaign in 2022-23, including an 18-2 record in conference play. Bradlee Haskell led the Braves in scoring last season, averaging 13.2 points per game and scoring in double figures in 24 of 30 games.
- Scheyer made two new hires to Duke's coaching staff during the offseason -- Will Avery and Emanuel Dildy.
- Avery was hired after new NCAA rules went into effect that included the addition of two full-time on-court coaching positions in men's basketball.Â
- Avery, who starred at Duke from 1997 to 1999, had spent the last four seasons assisting with various aspects of the program while completing his undergraduate degree in African American studies. He left Duke after his sophomore year as the 14th overall pick by Minnesota in the 1999 NBA Draft.Â
- Dildy was hired in August to fill the position vacated by Amile Jefferson, who was hired by the Boston Celtics in July.Â
- Regarded in the coaching ranks as one of the nation's top recruiters, Dildy spent three years on the staff as an assistant coach under Chris Collins at Northwestern from 2018-21. He comes to Duke after a two-year stint as assistant coach for Porter Moser at Oklahoma, having recently been promoted to associate head coach.
- With the release of the Associated Press preseason poll on Oct. 17, Duke was ranked No. 2 -- extending a notable streak.
- The Blue Devils have now been ranked in the top 10 at least once in 28 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 18 seasons.
- The No. 2 ranking also marked the 16th consecutive season that the Blue Devils made their debut in the top 10.
- Duke has now debuted inside the top-three 17 times, most recently prior to the 2017-18 season.
- Duke was selected to finish first in the ACC this season, as chosen by media members in their preseason predictions.
- The Blue Devils earned 44 of the 51 first-place votes and finished with 757 total points, leading Miami, North Carolina and Virginia atop the preseason poll.
- Filipowski received 35 votes for Preseason Player of the Year and Proctor also received a vote.Â
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