Two of the largest packages in school basketball have signed up for a home-and-home sequence that may begin in 2023. Duke and Arizona introduced on Monday a two-year sequence that may start at Duke subsequent yr, then head to U of A in 2024.
The colleges have met 9 occasions, with six of these video games in neutral-court settings. Arizona leads the sequence 5-4. The latest assembly between the Wildcats and Blue Devils was 2013 at Madison Sq. Backyard within the NIT Season Tip-Off, an Arizona win.
Duke will get internet hosting duties first, as Cameron Indoor Stadium will welcome the Wildcats on Nov. 10, 2023 — the primary week of the 2023-24 season. Arizona will host the next season: Nov. 21, 2024.
“I’ve super respect for Tommy Lloyd and Arizona,” Duke coach Jon Scheyer stated in a press release. “For our staff, I am grateful for what I do know shall be vital early season assessments. For our followers and for school basketball, will probably be thrilling to see these storied packages over the subsequent two years come collectively in two of the best on-campus venues within the sport.”
The packages have a mixed six nationwide championships, 82 NCAA Tournament appearances and 4,130 wins. The groups famously confronted off within the 2001 nationwide title sport, which Duke gained 82-72 to offer coach Mike Krzyzewski and Duke their third nationwide championship.
“Every of the final eight video games performed between the interconference rivals since 1988 have been High 25 matchups, with six being High 10 tilts,” in keeping with Duke’s press launch.
Arizona has solely performed at Cameron as soon as, successful 78-76 over Duke on Feb. 25, 1990. That sport featured two future Corridor of Famers on the sideline: Arizona coach Lute Olson and Krzyzewski.
“We felt this was an ideal alternative to play two video games in opposition to an unimaginable program like Duke,” Lloyd stated in a press release. “Each packages are nationwide manufacturers with a wealthy historical past and have performed some memorable video games in opposition to one another, particularly within the NCAA Event. However Coach Scheyer and I each felt these video games would profit our packages and be one thing that our followers could be enthusiastic about.”
The transfer is a major one for Duke, on condition that Krzyzewski, who retired in April after 47 years teaching, didn’t schedule nonconference on-campus/home-and-homes for the ultimate 13 years of his profession. Whereas the Blue Devils did play the occasional noncon sport on the highway over the previous decade-plus, these nearly solely tied to the made-for-TV ACC/Massive Ten Problem (and never scheduled by Duke). Duke’s final out-of-league highway sport in opposition to a power-conference staff in an on-campus venue that wasn’t tied to the ACC/Massive Ten Problem got here in opposition to Michigan in December of 2008, an 81-73 Blue Devils loss.
With Scheyer now operating this system, he’s leaning a bit right into a philosophy that many within the sport consider is paramount to varsity basketball’s viability and relevancy for the primary six weeks of every season: get as many big-name packages enjoying one another in on-campus venues as attainable. By way of historic viewership, no staff brings extra cachet to this idea than Duke.
Duke vs. Arizona by way of the years
| Date | End result | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Dec. 16, 1961 | Duke 78, Arizona 47 | Pittsburgh |
| Dec. 30, 1987 | Arizona 91, Duke 85 | Tucson |
| Feb. 26, 1989 | Arizona 77, Duke 75 | East Rutherford |
| Feb. 25, 1990 | Duke 78, Arizona 76 | Durham |
| Feb. 24, 1991 | Arizona 103, Duke 96 (2OT) | Tucson |
| Nov. 26, 1997 | Duke 95, Arizona 87 | Lahaina |
| April 2, 2001 | Duke 82, Arizona 72 | Minneapolis (Remaining 4) |
| March 24, 2011 | Arizona 93, Duke 77 | Anaheim (Candy 16) |
| Nov. 29, 2013 | Arizona 72, Duke 66 | New York |
