Duke, Wake Forest Are Matching Up Once During 2025-2026 Regular Season As They're Matching Up Saturday At Noon In Durham Instead Of 5:45 Ahead Of Winter Storm
Atlantic Coast Conference opponents either match up once or twice during 2025-2026 regular season!
Duke, Wake Forest are matching up once during the 2025-2026 regular season as they’re matching up Saturday at noon in Durham instead of 5:45pm ahead of winter storm.
Where?
On the hardwood!
Duke is ranked 5th in week 11 AP Top 25 Poll has had seven days to focus on themselves as team practicing getting ready for Wake Forest because they previously played an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent a week ago today when they played on the road at Stanford a game where Duke’s defense on the court helped them win the game 80-50 as they held Stanford freshman guard Ebuka Okorie to 3-9 on field goals , 1-5 on 3 pointers , 2-2 on free throws to go along with 1 rebound, 1 assists 9 points following him being 12-20 on field goals , 3-5 on 3 pointers , 9-11 on free throws to go along with 3 rebounds, 9 assists 36 points Wednesday night in Stanford’s 95-90 win over Duke’s tobacco road rival North Carolina.
While Duke defensively shutdown Stanford’s Ebuka Okorie Duke offensively scored 80 points in 80 -50 win Saturday as Cameron Boozer who is a freshman who is a forward who is one of twin sons of former Duke forward, former NBA Forward former NBA player Carlos Boozer was 12-17 on field goals , 2-3 on 3 pointers , 4-8 on free throws to go along with 30 points, , 3 assists, 14 rebounds. Isaiah Evans who is a sophomore who is a guard was 5-9 1-2 on 3 pointers , 4-4 on free throws to go along with 4 rebounds , 2 assists, 15 points. Patrick Ngongba who is a sophomore who is a center was 3-4 on field goals , 7-8 on free throws to go along 1 rebound , 3 assists, 13 points.
According to espn app
On the hardwood in Stanford California!
With win at Stanford Saturday January 17, 2026 Duke improved to 17-1 overall 6-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is still leading the way in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.
Following Duke defensively holding Stanford Ebuka Okorie to 50 points Duke offensively scoring 80 points in 80-50 Saturday at Stanford Cameron Boozer who was 12-17 on field goals , 2-3 on 3 pointers , 4-8 on free throws to go along with 30 points, , 3 assists, 14 rebounds shared his thoughts by saying Last game, I feel like I started a little bit slow,”That’s been the thing for me. Just coming out and being the aggressor.”
Following Duke particularly Dame Sarr who is a freshman who is a guard defensively holding Stanford Ebuka Okorie to 50 points Duke offensively scoring 80 points in 80-50 Saturday at Stanford Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer shared his thoughts on Cameron Boozer who is one of the twin sons of former Duke forward former NBA forward Carlos Boozer was 12-17 on field goals , 2-3 on 3 pointers , 4-8 on free throws to go along with 30 points, , 3 assists, 14 rebounds.Ebuka Okorie to 3-9 on field goals , 1-5 on 3 pointers , 2-2 on free throws to go along with 1 rebound, 1 assists 9 points following him being 12-20 on field goals , 3-5 on 3 pointers , 9-11 on free throws to go along with 3 rebounds, 9 assists 36 points Wednesday night in Stanford’s 95-90 win over Duke’s tobacco road rival North Carolina by saying “Part of what makes him special isn’t even the 30 and 14,”It’s that he didn’t love how he played in the last game, so he was wired to come out the next game and go dominate. That was a big reason why we got off to a good start, because his competitive level was there right away, at the highest level.”
“Okorie is a terrific player,His ability not just score but create -- when a guy has 36 and 9 we need to focus on him. We’re fortunate to have a big-time defender in Dame Sarr. It wasn’t about shutting him out just about making him work, and I thought collectively we did a great job bringing the fight to him, so to speak.”
Following Duke particularly Dame Sarr who is a freshman a guard defensively holding Stanford , Ebuka Okorie to 50 points Duke offensively scoring 80 points in 80-50 Saturday at Stanford Stanford Head Coach Kyle Smith shared his thoughts on Duke, freshman forward Cameron Boozer who is one of the twin sons of former Duke forward former NBA forward Carlos Boozer was was 12-17 on field goals , 2-3 on 3 pointers , 4-8 on free throws to go along with 30 points, , 3 assists, 14 rebounds by saying (Duke) seemed unfazed,”I thought we could get a little something, but Boozer would just make a play to squelch it, like “Not today boys.” One time he poked a 3 right after we scored, and it was like, ‘Give me a break.’”
According to Harold Gutmann News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article314292542.html
While Duke didn’t play an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent during the week this week I can’t say the same for Wake Forest because they hosted SMU on Tuesday night in Winston -Salem where they were opposing former Wake Forest guard current SMU guard Boopie Miller who Wake Forest fans, spectators would boo every time he had the basketball in his hands where Wake Forest would go on to lose 91-79 to SMU though Tre’Von Spillers who is a forward a guard was 6-11 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 19 points. Juke Harris a guard a sophomore was 10-17 on field goals , 5-7 on 3 pointers , 2-5 on free throws to go along with 6 rebounds , 3 assists, 27 points. Myles Colvin a guard a junior was 6-12 on field goals , 3-8 on 3 pointers, 2-2 on free throws to go along with 3 rebounds , 1 assists , 17 points.
According to espn app
Following Wake Forest 91-79 win over SMU Tuesday night in Winston-Salem Head Coach Steve Forbes shared his thoughts by saying SMU and Andy [Enfield's] got a really good team. I knew that coming in, especially on offense. I think they're 19th in the country in offensive efficiency and they showed it tonight. They have a lot of balance and can hit you a lot of different ways. Early in the game both teams were scoring the ball at a high clip.
"We were moving the ball and getting really good shots. Then, there was a point there in the first half where I thought our ball movement slowed down a little bit. They kept on scoring, and then I felt like they became more physical defensively. We just didn't get the ball movement and cutting like we were early in the game. I also thought they did a really good job of screening us. They had us behind the play a lot on chin screens, simple zoom actions, pin downs.
"The whole key to the game, it's pretty simple, we couldn't guard their guards. We couldn't keep them out of the lane. That led to all of those three-pointers. They were able to get paint touches, kick out threes and make them. So, if you really just look at it, that's what happened, and they got some offensive rebounds. They got 11, which doesn't seem like as many, but only missed 32 shots, so they got a pretty high percentage of those.
"Just by looking at our numbers, we had 20 assists on 28 baskets. So that tells me when we were moving the ball, what could we do? We could score, and when we did it, we did it well. But credit to BJ Edwards – he is a really improved player. Boopie [Miller], [Jaron] Pierre Jr., those guys were inside our defense all night long – rejecting us and beating us off the dribble. That to me was where the game got away from us."-
According to Stephen Czarda , Keion Robinson , KJ Smith article https://godeacs.com/news/2026/1/21/mens-basketball-wake-forest-falls-in-tuesday-night-contest-against-smu
Tip- off is set for 12:00pm Eastern Time from Cameron Indoor Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on the CW Network with Mike Gminski , Tom Werme commentating!
Mike Gminski played for former Duke Head Coach Bill Foster from 1976-1977 1977-1978 1978-1979 1979-1980!
As a freshman 1976 -1977 as sophomore 1978-1979 as a junior,
Mike Gminski was a 1977-78 NCAA All Tourney 2x NCAA All Region, 2x Consensus AA 1978-79 ACC Player Of the year 3x All ACC, 4x All ACC Tourney, 1976-77 Rookie Of The Year.
According to https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/mike-gminski-1.html
Following playing for Bill Foster at Duke Mike Gminski was drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the first round as the 7th overall pick in 1980 NBA Draft. In the NBA Mike Gminski 14 seasons! Mike Gminski played 8 season for the New Jersey Nets who are now the Brooklyn Nets, 4 seasons for the Philadelphia 76ers, 4 seasons for Chicago, 1 season for Milwaukee.
Tom Werme is the lead play-by-play announcer for Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) college football and basketball on The CW Network.
Werme is a decorated television sports announcer who has called ACC college basketball on Raycom Sports and the Regional Sports Networks and served as a play-by-play announcer for the NCAA Final Four on Turner Sports. He has also called football and basketball games for the Big Ten Network and held similar roles within the ESPN family, Fox Sports South and Raycom Sports. Previously, Werme was the sideline reporter and the pregame/halftime/postgame host for Oklahoma City Thunder telecasts and performed the same position with the Charlotte Bobcats. He has also called games for Fox College Sports and Major League Lacrosse games for the Charlotte Hounds on ESPN3.
Werme is a graduate of the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University.
According to https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gminsmi01.html
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/mike-gminski-1.html
https://www.cwtvpr.com/the-cw/talent/?view=tom-werme