Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his workers have already constructed one of many hardest non-conference schedules of any crew in faculty basketball.
So far, the Blue Devils have inked a home-and-home series with Illinois that can start at Cameron Indoor Stadium in November 2026. Duke may even face three of final season’s Final Four squads.
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Now, Scheyer and Co. are including to that schedule with one other high-major convention in a big-time occasion.
Duke To Face Georgia in 2027 Jimmy V Classic
It has been reported that the Blue Devils will tackle Georgia within the 2026 Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. The different matchup of the occasion might be Alabama and Houston, which is admittedly the headline occasion.
Exact dates for the Blue Devils’ date with the Bulldogs has but to be introduced.
Duke Adds Another Big-Time Contest to Non-Conference Slate
This might be Duke’s second recreation in 2026 at Madison Square Garden, as it would tackle Michigan in December as a part of the college’s landmark broadcast deal with Amazon, permitting the streaming service to completely broadcast three non-conference, neutral-site video games for the Blue Devils every season.
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Duke will now face a Georgia membership that has the make-up to be aggressive within the SEC in 2026-27. However, that is definitely one of many weaker opponents the Blue Devils will face throughout their non-con schedule.
Mar 18, 2026; Buffalo, NY, USA; Georgia Bulldogs head coach Mike White solutions questions throughout the press convention previous to their observe session forward of the primary spherical of the boys’s 2026 NCAA Tournament at Keybank Center. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images | Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images
Scheyer and Co. will tackle three of final season’s Final Four squads within the Fighting Illini, the Wolverines, and UConn. Michigan and UConn, together with Gonzaga, make up Duke’s three neutral-site, non-conference matchups for its cope with Amazon.
However, there have been some rumblings of a TV rights dispute between the Big 10 and Amazon, which means the Blue Devils might probably be trying for one other opponent for that contest.
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Nonetheless, Duke’s date with the Bulldogs provides the membership one other alternative to safe a possible Quadrant 1 victory and construct among the best resumes in faculty basketball, because it did in 2025-26.
Mar 19, 2026; Greenville, SC, USA; Duke Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer alerts to his crew throughout a primary spherical recreation of the boys’s 2026 NCAA Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images | Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images
Last season, the Blue Devils completed 19-3 in Quadrant 1 video games, tied for the second-most of any crew within the nation. Duke entered the NCAA Tournament with what was doubtless the perfect general physique of labor within the sport, which performed an enormous function in this system incomes the No. 1 general seed.
Georgia should not pose a lot of a problem for Duke, nevertheless it’s a neutral-court recreation in opposition to an SEC opponent, making it would nonetheless be a resume-builder nonetheless.
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This article was initially printed on www.si.com/faculty/duke as Duke Basketball’s Opponent Set for 2026 Jimmy V Classic.