Duke basketball hosted Caden Pierce two weeks ago. The 21-year-old, who decided not to play for the Princeton Tigers this season and entered the transfer portal

The Duke Blue Devils ' freshman plays beyond his years and is dominating college basketball already. "Cameron Boozer of @DukeMBB is the only DI player in the last 30 seasons to have at least 250 points, 100 rebounds and 40 assists through his first 11 career games."

The third-ranked Duke Blue Devils return from a lengthy break on Tuesday night when they host the Lipscomb Bisons.

Every year since the 2003-04 season, college basketball's national champion has been ranked in the top 12 of the Week 6 AP poll. With more than two decades of precedent established, it's time to take stock of what that could portend for the 2025-26 season.

Though Duke freshman Cameron Boozer is already the clear favorite for National Player of the Year, quite a few other first-year stars such as BYU's AJ Dybantsa, North Carolina's Caleb Wilson and Louisville's Mikel Brown Jr.

It was another disastrous defensive showing for Texas Tech basketball, so where do the Red Raiders go from here with Duke next on the schedule?

At least until March, Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and Duke football head coach Manny Diaz are both reigning ACC champions. And as Scheyer noted to Du