Duke opens exhibition play with Virginia Union, an HBCU out of Richmond, Virginia.
VUU competes is a D-II team out of the CIAA.
Like a lot of HBCU teams, sports can’t be a major focus. Most HBCUs have limited funds, especially the private ones, so sports don’t typically get a big budget.
VUU is coming off a fairly pedestrian year at 18-15 and somewhat typically, it’s smaller and not very deep.
And they lost a lot from last year - the best returning player, statistically anyway, averaged 6.2 ppg and 5.2 rpg.
The Blue Devils by contrast bring in a tremendous recruiting class featuring RJ Barrett, Zion Williamson, Cam Reddish and Tre Jones, all expected to start.