The Duke Blue Devils announced on Wednesday that the men’s basketball team would play its December 21 game against Georgia Tech at noon Eastern time on ACC Network.
The Yellow Jackets will play their first game of the 2024-25 campaign on Wednesday night, but they finished last season with a 14-18 after losing 13 of their 20 conference games.
Duke opened the year with a 96-62 victory over Maine on Monday night thanks to 40 combined points from five-star freshmen [autotag]Kon Knueppel[/autotag] and [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag]. Flagg, who announced his college basketball debut with a one-handed dunk in the first half, led the team with seven rebounds, five assists, and three steals while Knueppel buried three 3-pointers.
The Blue Devils played Georgia Tech twice in 2023-24, splitting the season series after a 72-68 road loss in December. Duke won its home game over the Yellow Jackets by five points in January thanks to a 30-point, 13-rebound performance from [autotag]Kyle Filipowski[/autotag].