Duke’s 2026-27 Non-Conference Schedule Is Going To Be Another Gauntlet

• Michigan State in Chicago (11/10)
• Illinois in Cameron (11/17)
• UConn in Lost Wages (11/25)
• Michigan in the Garden (12/21)
• Gonzaga in Motor City (2/20)
• The ACC-SEC Challenge

A couple of notes here: first, the Michigan game is in some dispute because the Big Ten believes it has broadcast rights. Whatever, windbags of the plains. You just wish you had thought of it first in your never-ending quest to escape your regional demographic decline.

As noted previously, Duke could switch opponents and move UConn to the Garden and play Michigan in Vegas. Not ideal, probably a million reasons not to do it, but it’d stick one in the Big Ten’s craw, and would almost be worth it for that alone. Puncture that windbag!

But if not, they could reasonably find another team to play in the Garden, and then they could use Amazon to send Big Ten Commissioner a nice gift, say, the collected works of Mike Krzyzewski.

Or maybe just Fedex a copy of the Amazon check. Scheyer could sign it $cheyer.

Take it like a man, Petitti!

As for the ACC/SEC Challenge game, rumors are that it’ll be Tennessee in the Food City Center. Trivia: that company started in N.C. A prominent Duke booster made his fortune because a friend owed him some money and offered him either a riding mower or stock in an unknown company to settle the debt. Crazy Towel Guy took the stock, and the rest is history.

So while it’s not official, it sure looks like Duke will be playing in the home of the world’s most offensive shade of orange in late November, assuming the scheduling is roughly the same as last season.

Anyway, that’s our dispatch from the Scheduling Intel Department. We’ll revisit when the need arises.