Leading Off
- Winners of three straight, and eight of the first nine to open the season, No. 3 Duke welcomes Yale to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday.
- The teams are meeting for the sixth time, with the Blue Devils winning the first five games of the series.
- Freshman RJ Barrett leads the ACC in scoring (23.6, 14th NCAA), just ahead of classmate Zion Williamson, who is second (20.4, 45th NCAA).
- With Barrett, the reigning ACC Freshman of the Week, and Williamson, Duke is the only power conference team to have multiple players averaging 20+ points per game.