Duke’s annual pilgrimage to New York Metropolis will occur later than regular within the upcoming basketball season.
This system introduced Wednesday that it’ll play Illinois on Feb. 22, 2025, in a non-conference sport at Madison Sq. Backyard. The information of the sport coming later within the season was initially reported again in Might when Illini coach Brad Underwood spoke about it on the NBA Mix.
Taking part in the sport later within the season is clearly a break from regular circumstances, when the Blue Devils have performed in New York in November or December. Duke has performed within the famed enviornment for 10 of the final 11 years, the exception being the 2020-21 season (by which Duke solely performed 4 non-conference video games due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
The sport will likely be performed on a Saturday and be broadcast on FOX. After this sport, there will likely be two full weeks left of the ACC’s common season; the ACC match begins March 11 in Charlotte.
Illinois was 29-9 final season, profitable the Large Ten match and shedding to eventual champion Connecticut within the Elite 8 by a rating of 77-52.
Illinois was an older workforce final season and misplaced its prime 4 scorers, however reloaded within the switch portal — together with a few ACC imports, Tre White (Louisville) and Carey Sales space (Notre Dame). Additionally in Illinois’ switch class who’s acquainted is guard Kylan Boswell, who spent the final two seasons at Arizona.
Duke has received seven straight video games at MSG, together with final season’s 78-70 win over Baylor on Dec. 20.
