The Duke Blue Devils earned the top overall seed in the 2026
NCAA Tournament.
Duke (32-2) will play Siena (23-11) on Thursday in Greenville, South Carolina. The groups are competing in the East Region.
If the Blue Devils defeat the Saints, they play on Saturday in opposition to the the winner of the No. 8 seed Ohio State and No. 9 seed TCU.
Duke defeated Virginia on Saturday night to win its second consecutive
ACC championship and third in 4 seasons underneath head coach Jon Scheyer.
“We’re not done yet,” Scheyer mentioned after the sport.
Scheyer spoke Saturday after the sport about injured middle Patrick Ngongba, who has missed the regular-season finale in opposition to North Carolina and all three ACC Tournament video games.
“It’s a day-by-day thing to see how he can handle the next step and whether that soreness goes away,” Scheyer mentioned of Ngongba. “I can tell you he’s improving. I feel very positive about it, but I can’t say what that means as far as later in the week in terms of timing or readiness, because we have to take it step by step.”
Each season, Scheyer has guided the Blue Devils deeper in the NCAA Tournament.
Last season, Duke made the Final Four. The Blue Devils made the the Elite Eight in 2024 and the spherical of 32 in 2023.
NC State to play Texas in First Four recreation
NC State will play Texas on Tuesday night time in the First Four in Dayton, Ohio. The winner will play BYU in the primary spherical on Thursday in Portland, Oregon.