Duke basketball will be making two trips to Madison Square Garden during the 2025-26 season.
The Blue Devils will face off against Texas Tech on Saturday, Dec. 20, at Madison Square Garden (8 p.m. ET, ESPN), the school announced on Tuesday. It will be Duke’s second trip to New York City in 2025-26, following a matchup against Kansas on Nov. 18.
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It will mark the third overall meeting between Duke and Texas Tech. Their first meeting came seven years ago, also at Madison Square Garden, with Duke posting a 69-58 victory on Dec. 20, 2018. The programs met again in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2022 NCAA Tournament, with the Blue Devils coming out on top, 78-73.
Duke returns six players from its 2024-25 squad that went 35-4 and claimed the ACC regular season and tournament titles, reaching the Final Four for the 18th time. The Blue Devils also welcome the nation’s top-rated recruiting class. Texas Tech comes off a 28-9 season, finishing second in the Big 12 and making a trip to the Elite Eight.
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Duke hosts Countdown to Craziness on Oct. 3 and plays exhibitions against UCF (Oct. 21) and Tennessee (Oct. 26). before officially gets its non-conference slate underway on Nov. 4 against Texas as the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. Other non-conference matchups include Arkansas, Florida, Michigan State, Kansas and Michigan.
Individual game tickets for Duke vs. Texas Tech will go on sale Sept. 24 on Ticketmaster.
Anna Snyder covers Duke for The Fayetteville Observer as part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at asnyder@gannett.com or follow her @annaesnydr on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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