The Duke basketball program must wait a week and a half before getting an opportunity to bounce back from its first setback of the season.

Duke (10-0) continues to lead the way in the top-25 polls as the No. 3 team in the nation. The Blue Devils are joined in the rankings by No. 11 Louisville (8-1), No. 15/14 UNC (8-1) and No. 25/24 Virginia (9-1).

Context matters for every situation, but one fallacy that's starting to fall by the wayside is the notion that you can't win with freshmen in this era of college basketball Let's dive into the early impressions from each of the top 10-rated 2025 recruiting hauls,

This go-round is a different story entirely. Across 24.2 minutes per contest as a full-time starter, Ngongba is averaging 11.9 points, good for the second most on the squad behind Boozer (23.0) and sophomore guard Isaiah Evans (12.2), to go along with his 6.3 boards and 2.3 assists per game.

Cam Boozer's first official bucket of his college career didn't come until the second half against Texas. Jacob Kupferman / Getty Images CHARLOTTE, N.C. — During their march from the Spectrum Center concourse back to their seats, hands full of hazy IPAs ...

Kansas opens the 2025-26 season on Nov. 3 at home against Green Bay before its loaded nonconference slate begins. The Jayhawks have a date with North Carolina on the road to close out the first week of the college basketball season on Nov. 7. Kansas also has matchups with Duke, Notre Dame and Syracuse before the calendar turns to December.

If the arrival of the 2025-26 men's college basketball season hasn't quite hit yet for many fans across the country, Tuesday night might do the trick. After all, if a meeting between two of the sport's historic powers — bluebloods in every sense of the ...