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Duke, Stanford Are Matching Up Once During The 2025-2026 Regular Season As They're Matching Up Saturday Night, Saturday Afternoon In Stanford California

Atlantic Coast Conference opponents, teams either match up once or twice during the 2025-2026 regular season!

Duke, Stanford are matching up once during the 2025 -2026 regular season as they’re matching up Saturday night, Saturday afternoon depending on if fans, spectators are watching on the East Coast or West Coast.

Duke comes into the only match up with Stanford ranked 6th in week 10 AP Top 25 poll comes into match up with record of 16-1 overall is 5-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is leading the way in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because Duke has won five Atlantic Coast Conference games in a row including their 71-56 win at California Wednesday night On the hardwood at Haas Pavilion!

As Duke who is ranked 6th in the week 10 AP Top 25 Poll tipped off their west coast trip with 71-56 win at California Wednesday night Cameron Boozer, Isaiah Evans, Nikolas Khamenia scored 21, 17, 10 points.

Cameron Boozer who is a freshman who is a forward was 9-16 on field goals, 0-3 on 3 pointers , 3-5 on free throws to go along with 13 rebounds, 3 assists.

Isaiah Evans who is a sophomore who is a guard who was 6-15 on field goals , 4-13 on 3 pointers , 1-3 on free throws to go along with 1 rebound , 1 assists , 1 steal , 3 blocks.

Nikolas Khamenia who is a guard who is a freshman was 4-9 on field goals , 1-5 on 3 pointers , 1-1 on free throws to go along with 4 rebounds.

As a team Duke was 28-62 on field goals for 45 %, 7-32 for 22 % on 3 pointers was 8-17 on free throws for 47 % while defensively Duke held California to 19-52 for 37 % on field goals to 5-23 for 22 %

According to ESPN App

With the win at California on Wednesday night .Duke improves to 16-1 overall 5-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is leading the way in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings!

https://theacc.com/standings.aspx?path=mbball

Following Duke tipping off their West Coast trip with 71-56 win at California Wednesday night Cameron Boozer who is a freshman who is a forward was 9-16 on field goals, 0-3 on 3 pointers , 3-5 on free throws to go along with 13 rebounds, 3 assists shared his thoughts by saying That was a great defensive performance from us. We needed a game like that,”

“Starting the year we were one of the best teams in the country in effective field goal percentage, so we just needed to get back to that.”

Following Duke tipping off their West Coast trip with 71-56 win at California Wednesday night Isaiah Evans who is a sophomore who is a guard who was 6-15 on field goals , 4-13 on 3 pointers , 1-3 on free throws to go along with 1 rebound , 1 assists , 1 steal , 3 blocks shared his thoughts by saying We tried to play five men on a string -- just let the ball pull you,”

We stayed solid.”

Following Duke tipping off their West Coast trip with 71-56 win at California Wednesday night Duke Head Coach shared his thoughts on his team, Cameron Boozer about the remainder of the West Coast trip with traveling to Stanford who they ‘re opposing Saturday in Stanford California by saying how to sustain the defensive intensity, the defensive awareness has been a point of emphasis for us Cam has been so consistent,We rely on him for a lot. Probably was one of his worst first halves he’s had all year and I knew he was going to respond. He controlled the boards, his playmaking, his paint attacks, and he’s really mature with his approach.”

According to Harold Gutmann News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article314291264.html

Stanford comes into the only match up with Duke with record of 14-4 overall is 3-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they won their previous Atlantic Coast Conference Wednesday night by topping Duke’s tobacco road rival North Carolina by score of 95-90 in Stanford California behind 36 points from Ebuka Okorie who is a guard who is a freshman who was 12-20 on field goals, 3-5 on 3 pointers , 9-11 on free throws to go along with 3 rebounds, 9 assists.

Following Stanford topping Duke’s tobacco road rival North Carolina North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis shared his thoughts on Stanford freshman guard Ebuka Okorie who was 12-20 on field goals, 3-5 on 3 pointers , 9-11 on free throws to go along with 3 rebounds, 9 assists by saying “Obviously, he’s a really gifted player... he’s an elite and a willing passer as well,”

“So it’s not just, he can get fouled and get to the free throw line. We put a number of different defenders, our best one-on-one defenders [on him].”

He had a big night,“but there were others that stepped up and did the job.”

According to Shelby Swanson ‘s News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article314291264.html

Tip -off for Duke, Stanford game is set for 6:00pm Eastern Time 3:00pm Pacific Time from Maples Pavilion!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Roxy Bernstein, Austin Croshere commentating!

Roxy Bernstein joined ESPN as a play-by-play commentator for men’s college basketball in 2011, and since has added college football, women’s college basketball, college baseball and NHL to his growing list of responsibilities. He can also be heard on ESPN Radio calling bowl games and MLB.

Bernstein also works for the Pac-12 Network, doing play-by-play for basketball, football and baseball telecasts. From 1997 through 2014, he was the voice of the Cal Golden Bears basketball team, which is also his alma mater. Bernstein also does national college football play-by-play on the Touchdown Radio Network alongside 1992 Heisman Trophy winner Gino Torretta.

Bernstein regularly broadcasts for the Oakland Athletics, is a talk show host for KGMZ 95.7 FM The Game in San Francisco and also has years of play-by-play experience for the Miami Marlins, San Francisco Giants and San Jose Sharks.

The San Francisco Bay Area native graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 1996 with a degree in American Studies, just one year before taking over as the broadcast voice on the IMG Sports/Cal Basketball Radio Network.

Austin Croshere is a former NBA Power Forward!

Austin Croshere was drafted in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft as the 12th overall pick out of Providence by the Indiana Pacers

As a power forward in the NBA Austin Croshere played 12 seasons from 1997-2009!

Austin Croshere played his first nine seasons for Indiana before playing 1 season for Dallas , 1 season for Golden State , 1 season for Milwaukee, 1 season for San Antonio.

According to https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/croshau01.html