THE TIP-OFF
- No. 2 Duke remains home Tuesday night to welcome Central Arkansas for the first of two campus games in the 2K Empire Classic Benefiting Wounded Warrior Project.
- The Blue Devils are also home Friday versus Georgia State before a pair of games next Thursday (Cal) and Friday (Georgetown/Texas) at Madison Square Garden.
- Duke has won the 2K Empire Classic in each of its last two appearances, and is 8-2 all-time in the event. Under head coach Mike Krzyzewski, the Blue Devils are 96-18 (.842) when playing in-season tournaments with 19 titles.