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Where Cooper Flagg’s Duke team will play this season in the Northeast
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Where Cooper Flagg’s Duke team will play this season in the Northeast

The Duke University men’s basketball team released its full schedule for the 2024-25 season on Tuesday evening, which includes the season opener against the University of Maine on Nov. 4, two games at New York State and a visit to Boston College.

Fans of Newport native Cooper Flagg can see him on Saturday, January 18th (time to be announced) in Boston against the Golden Eagles, on Wednesday, February 5th at 7 p.m. against the Syracuse Orange in upstate New York and against Watch the Illinois Fighting Illini play at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, February 22nd at 8 p.m

The Illinois game, dubbed the SentinelOne Classic, is one of three major Duke games that will be played at neutral sites. The Blue Devils also play in the 14th annual State Farm Champions Classic against Kentucky on November 12th in Atlanta and against Kansas in the Vegas Showdown on November 26th. The games will be broadcast on FOX, ESPN and ESPN2 respectively.

Flagg and the Blue Devils will play a total of 17 home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC, and 11 true away games. They will play both home and away against rivals Wake Forest and UNC, with all four games broadcast on ESPN.

The Associated Press has not yet released its preseason Top 25 list, but ESPN ranked Duke No. 8 nationally in its annual Way-Too-Early Top 25 on Sept. 9. The Blue Devils were the top-ranked team in the ACC.

Duke has just two returning players in guards Caleb Foster and Tyrese Proctor, but brought in the best freshman class in the country and five transfers. Flagg was the consensus No. 1 prospect from the high school class of 2024 and is one of five Duke incoming freshmen ranked in the top 21 nationally, according to CBS Sports.

Flagg and company began basketball-related activities in June, and official practices for statewide programs began Tuesday.

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