THE OPENING TIP • Duke won the 2008 2K Classic with a 71-56 win over Michigan in the championship game. Kyle Singler was named tournament MVP. • Duke has the second-best winning percentage (.835) and second-most wins (187) in the NCAA since the start of the 2009-10 season. • Ranked fifth by the Associated Press, the Blue Devils have been ranked in the AP poll an NCAA-best 157 consecutive weeks, the seventh-longest streak in NCAA history.
• No. 5/4 Duke will play the first of three 2015-16 regular season games at Madison Square Garden when it opens the championship round of the 2K Classic benefiting Wounded Warrior Project against VCU.