The Ball Dawgs Classic, a women’s basketball tournament set for Las Vegas this November, revealed its four-team bracket on Friday, and the Duke Blue Devils will open against Kansas State.
The Blue Devils and Wildcats will face off at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 25th.
In the third full season of Kara Lawson’s tenure last year, the Blue Devils won 22 games. Duke staged a massive comeback over North Carolina, upset NC State for a top-10 victory, and knocked off 2-seed Ohio State to reach the Sweet 16.
The upward trajectory continued this offseason with Kara Lawson winning her third Olympic gold medal, this time as an assistant for Team USA, and incoming five-star freshman Arianna Roberson winning gold with the Americans at the FIBA U18 AmeriCup. Lawson also recruited five-star forward Toby Fournier from Canada and Maryland transfer Riley Nelson, a five-star prospect from the Class of 2023.
Oklahoma and DePaul play each other on the other side of the bracket. The winners of the two preliminary games play each other in the championship two days later on November 27.
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— Duke Women’s Basketball (@DukeWBB) August 23, 2024
If the Blue Devils defeat Kansas State, Duke basketball could play a game in Las Vegas for three straight days. The men’s basketball team plays Kansas on November 26.