THE OPENING TIP
- Continuing its holiday home stand, No. 2 Duke hosts Appalachian State Thursday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- The game tips at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 with Dave O'Brien and Corey Alexander on the call. On the radio locally, David Shumate and John Roth call the action on the Blue Devil Sports Network from Learfield.
- With wins over then-No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 10 Kentucky, Duke joins Gonzaga and Seton Hall as the only teams this season with multiple wins over AP top-10 teams.