Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Siena on March 19, 2026 at Approx. 2:50 p.m.
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Duke Earns Overall One Seed, Opens NCAA Tournament in Greenville
3/15/2026 6:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke earned the overall No.1-seed in the East Region of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Sunday evening and is set to face Siena in the first round on Thursday, March 19, at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina.
The Blue Devils and Saint are scheduled for an approximate 2:50 p.m. tip on Thursday afternoon. Ian Eagle, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery and Tracy Wolfson will be on the call for CBS, while David Shumate and John Roth will call the game for the Blue Devil Sports Network on the radio.
The full 68-team bracket for the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament was revealed on Sunday with the Blue Devils earning their 48th all-time bid – fifth most in NCAA history – after securing the ACC's automatic bid following a 74-70 victory over Virginia in the ACC Tournament championship game on Saturday, March 14.
Head coach Jon Scheyer leads Duke into the tournament for the fourth straight season and has steered the Blue Devils to a top-five seed in each of his first four years at the helm of the program. The 2026 campaign is the second consecutive one-seed for the Blue Devils under Scheyer and marks the 16th time in program history Duke has been tapped as a one seed. Duke has been ranked inside the top-seven all season and enters the tournament ranked No. 1 in the country with a 32-2 record, having swept the ACC regular season and tournament titles.Â
Duke is 126-42 (.750) all-time in the NCAA Tournament, marking the best winning percentage in tournament history by a team with a minimum of 20 games played. Duke's 126 wins are third-most in the event's history.Â
Siena (23-11) defeated top-seeded Merrimack to win the MAAC Tournament championship on March 10. The Blue Devils and Saints have met just one prior time on the hardwood, a 92-74 victory for the Blue Devils on Nov. 13, 2015. Duke is 2-0 in NCAA Tournament games against a MAAC foe, when Lehigh advanced in the 2012 South Regional in Greensboro. Siena ranked second in the MAAC and 15th nationally for scoring defense, holding opponents to 65.7 points per game.
The Blue Devils have now been selected to the East Region 21 times – last in 2025 – and hold a 63-18 (.778) record when playing out of the East. Duke is 58-11 (.841) all-time as a No. 1 seed and is 15-0 all-time versus a No. 16 seed.
Duke's Thursday game in Greenville marks the program's ninth NCAA Tournament game in the state of South Carolina with the Blue Devils entering with a record of 7-1 (.875) in the Palmetto State, including a 5-1 ledger at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in NCAA action.Â
The winner of Thursday's first-round game advances to play the winner of No. 8-seed Ohio State versus No. 9-seed TCU on Saturday. The East Regional semifinal and final will be played at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., March 27-29.
NCAA Tournament Winning Percentage (min. 20 games)
1. Duke – .750 (126-42)
2. North Carolina – .724 (134-51)
3. UCLA – .716 (111-44)
4. Loyola (IL) – .714 (15-6)
5. Kentucky – .702 (132-56)
All-Time NCAA Tournament Appearances
1. Kentucky – 63
2. North Carolina – 55
3. Kansas – 53
4. UCLA – 52
5. Duke – 48
NCAA Tournament Wins
1. North Carolina – 134
2. Kentucky – 132
3. Duke – 126
4. Kansas – 117
5. UCLA – 111
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The Blue Devils and Saint are scheduled for an approximate 2:50 p.m. tip on Thursday afternoon. Ian Eagle, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery and Tracy Wolfson will be on the call for CBS, while David Shumate and John Roth will call the game for the Blue Devil Sports Network on the radio.
The full 68-team bracket for the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament was revealed on Sunday with the Blue Devils earning their 48th all-time bid – fifth most in NCAA history – after securing the ACC's automatic bid following a 74-70 victory over Virginia in the ACC Tournament championship game on Saturday, March 14.
Head coach Jon Scheyer leads Duke into the tournament for the fourth straight season and has steered the Blue Devils to a top-five seed in each of his first four years at the helm of the program. The 2026 campaign is the second consecutive one-seed for the Blue Devils under Scheyer and marks the 16th time in program history Duke has been tapped as a one seed. Duke has been ranked inside the top-seven all season and enters the tournament ranked No. 1 in the country with a 32-2 record, having swept the ACC regular season and tournament titles.Â
Duke is 126-42 (.750) all-time in the NCAA Tournament, marking the best winning percentage in tournament history by a team with a minimum of 20 games played. Duke's 126 wins are third-most in the event's history.Â
Siena (23-11) defeated top-seeded Merrimack to win the MAAC Tournament championship on March 10. The Blue Devils and Saints have met just one prior time on the hardwood, a 92-74 victory for the Blue Devils on Nov. 13, 2015. Duke is 2-0 in NCAA Tournament games against a MAAC foe, when Lehigh advanced in the 2012 South Regional in Greensboro. Siena ranked second in the MAAC and 15th nationally for scoring defense, holding opponents to 65.7 points per game.
The Blue Devils have now been selected to the East Region 21 times – last in 2025 – and hold a 63-18 (.778) record when playing out of the East. Duke is 58-11 (.841) all-time as a No. 1 seed and is 15-0 all-time versus a No. 16 seed.
Duke's Thursday game in Greenville marks the program's ninth NCAA Tournament game in the state of South Carolina with the Blue Devils entering with a record of 7-1 (.875) in the Palmetto State, including a 5-1 ledger at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in NCAA action.Â
The winner of Thursday's first-round game advances to play the winner of No. 8-seed Ohio State versus No. 9-seed TCU on Saturday. The East Regional semifinal and final will be played at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., March 27-29.
NCAA Tournament Winning Percentage (min. 20 games)
1. Duke – .750 (126-42)
2. North Carolina – .724 (134-51)
3. UCLA – .716 (111-44)
4. Loyola (IL) – .714 (15-6)
5. Kentucky – .702 (132-56)
All-Time NCAA Tournament Appearances
1. Kentucky – 63
2. North Carolina – 55
3. Kansas – 53
4. UCLA – 52
5. Duke – 48
NCAA Tournament Wins
1. North Carolina – 134
2. Kentucky – 132
3. Duke – 126
4. Kansas – 117
5. UCLA – 111
To stay up to date with Blue Devils men's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeMBB".
#GoDuke
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