THE OPENING TIP
- Following a four-year hiatus, No. 13 Duke returns to the NCAA Tournament, making its 25th overall appearance when the Blue Devils square off against Iona Saturday in a first-round tilt at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C.
- Duke enters the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3-seed in the Seattle 4 Region -- it marks the Blue Devils' 19th time overall and first since 2017 as a top-three seed in the tournament.
- In their 24 previous appearances, the Blue Devils won at least one game en route to compiling a 58-24 (.