As Duke, Syracuse Are Matching Up Once During 2025-2026 Regular Season As Duke Is Hosting Syracuse Monday Night In Durham Maliq Brown Is Facing, Opposing His Former Team
Atlantic Coast Conference opponents either match up once or twice during 2025-2026 regular season!
Duke, Syracuse are matching up once during 2025-2026 regular season as Duke is hosting Syracuse Monday night in Durham Maliq Brown is facing, opposing his former team.
Maliq Brown played his freshman, sophomore seasons at Syracuse appearing in 61 games with 25 starts.
Recorded two-year totals of 470 points (7.7 ppg), 363 rebounds (6.0 rpg), 97 steals (1.6 spg), 84 assists (1.4 apg) and 44 blocked shots (0.7 bpg), while shooting 69.8% from the field (201-of-288).
As a sophomore in 2023-24, appeared in all 32 games, averaging 29.6 minutes per contest and starting the final 18 outings.
Averaged 9.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 0.9 blocks per game in 2023-24, while shooting 69.8% from the field and boasting the nation's third-highest effective field goal percentage (71.3%), according to KenPom.com.
Topped the ACC with 71 steals and ranked 11th in rebounding, 14th in blocked shots and ninth in offensive rebounding (2.3 per game) in 2023-24.
Selected to the 2023-24 ACC All-Defensive Team, earning the third-most votes.
Recorded three straight double-doubles to end his sophomore season, including 11 points and 12 boards against NC State (March 13) in the 2024 ACC Tournament.
On Feb. 7, 2024, versus Louisville, amassed 11 points on 4-for-4 shooting from the field, nine rebounds, five assists, six blocks and five steals to achieve the first 5x5 performance while shooting 100% by any player on the NCAA Division I level (men's or women's), NBA or WNBA in the last 25 years, according to OptaStats.
As a freshman in 2022-23, played 29 games with seven starts, averaging 5.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per contest.
According to https://goduke.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/maliq-brown/23103
Duke comes into the only regular season match up with Syracuse ranked 4th in AP Top 25 Poll though that could change at noon when this weeks poll this AP Top 25 Poll is released. Duke comes into the only regular season match up with Syracuse with record of 23-2 overall is 12-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is leading the way in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because On Saturday February 14, 2026 in Durham Duke handed Clemson their first loss on the road in ACC play in 2025-2026 season as Cameron Boozer , Cayden Boozer, Isiah Evans led the way offensively in Duke’s 67-54 win.
As Cameron Boozer scored 18 points Cameron Boozer who is a freshman who is a forward was 7-14 on field goals , 2-4 on 3 pointers , 2-4 on free throws to go along 8 rebounds, 4 assists , 18 points. Cayden Boozer who like his twin brother Cameron Boozer is a freshman though his twin brother Cameron Boozer Cayden Boozer is a guard. Cayden Boozer was 5-8 on field goals , 0-2 on 3 pointers , 2-3 on free throws to go along with 2 rebounds , 3 assists , 12 points.
As a team Duke shot 23-54 for 43 % were 10-29 on 3 pointers for 34 % were 11-15 on free throws for 73 %
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While Cameron Boozer, Cayden Boozer Isaiah Evans led the way offensively defensively as a team Duke held Clemson to 20-57 for 35 % on field goals 6-24 for 25 % on 3 pointers.
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Following Duke handing Clemson their first loss on the road in Atlantic Coast Conference play in 2025 -2026 season as Cameron Boozer, Cayden Boozer scored 18, 12, 17 points Cameron Boozer who is a freshman who is a forward was 7-14 on field goals , 2-4 on 3 pointers , 2-4 on free throws to go along 8 rebounds, 4 assists , 18 points shared his thoughts by saying We needed a game like this,”An elite defensive performance, a lot of effort. They’re a great team, second in our league, so we saw this as a championship game coming in and played with that kind of energy. It was a great team win overall.”
Following Duke handing Clemson their first loss on the road in Atlantic Coast Conference play in 2025 -2026 season as Cameron Boozer, Cayden Boozer scored 18, 12, 17 points Clemson Head Coach Brad Brownell shared his thoughts by saying We just could not score enough to put any game pressure on them,”
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Clemson Head Coach Brad Brownell wasn’t the only Head Coach to share his thoughts as Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer did as well by saying I thought our defense was top-notch today,”“I thought we made it very difficult on them.Our defense made them take some tough shots, and we just had to keep going. That was exactly the kind of game I thought it would be.”
I thought their physicality knocked us back with some softer finishes and a couple of wasted possessions, a couple of turnovers,”
But our defense was right there. They scored 26 points.”We have to be an inside/outside team,”But they make it hard on you, make it hard to get in the paint and get the shots you want. In the second half, we did a better job of just settling in and playing to our strengths. “There was much better balance. We settled a little too much in the first half.”
According to Chip Alexander News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article314631238.html
Syracuse comes into the only regular season match up with Duke not ranked in AP Top 25 Poll with record of 15-11 overall while 6-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference are eleventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because Syracuse has won two straight Atlantic Coast Conference games including their game on Saturday February 14, 2026 where they knocked -off SMU by score of 79-78 as Nate Kingz who is a senior who is a guard made driving layup with seconds remaining in the game in Syracuse New York
Following Nate Kingz making driving layup Syracuse knocking off SMU 79-78 Syracuse Adrian Autry shared his thoughts on Nate Kingz game winner by saying I went with Nate Kingz. He’s really playing well at a high level right now,”I was very confident that we would get a shot off if we could get him the ball getting downhill. I knew we would get a shot off and particularly he would get to the paint. And he delivered. Executed the play just the way we drew it up.”
According to James Szuba SB Nation article https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nate-kingz-hits-game-winning-143000541.html
Tip-off is set for 7:00pm from Cameron Indoor Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Dave O Brien, Jay Williams, Molly McGrath commentating!
Dave O’Brien serves as a play-by-play commentator for ESPN, calling college basketball and other marquee events across ESPN platforms. One of the most versatile and respected voices in sports broadcasting, O’Brien has been a trusted presence on national broadcasts for more than two decades.
O’Brien joined ESPN in 2002 and has called a wide range of events for the network, including college basketball, Major League Baseball, and select NCAA Championships.
In addition to his work with ESPN, O’Brien is also the television voice of the Boston Red Sox on NESN, a role he has held since 2016. Over his distinguished career, he has called MLB postseason games on both television and radio, the World Series, and numerous NCAA Tournament matchups, as well as NBA, NFL, and international soccer broadcasts.
A graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, O’Brien began his professional career in radio before moving into national television.
A native of Quincy, Massachusetts, O’Brien resides in the Boston area with his family.
Former standout point guard Jay Williams, roundly considered one of the most prolific college basketball players in history, is an NBA analyst on ESPN’s longstanding NBA pregame show NBA Countdown. Since August 2020, Williams has also co-hosted ESPN Radio’s weekday morning show, Keyshawn, JWill & Zubin, with Keyshawn Johnson and Zubin Mehenti – which became Keyshawn, JWill and Max with Max Kellerman in September 2021. The show – which airs from 6-10 a.m. ET – is also simulcast on ESPN2 (6-8 a.m.) and ESPNEWS (6-10 a.m.). Williams regularly contributes across the network’s studio programming including Get Up, First Take and The Jump.
Williams became an ESPN full-time game and studio analyst in 2008, after working for the network as a commentator in 2003. Williams joined at the start of the 2014-15 season as an analyst on ESPN’s College GameDay – the popular Saturday morning and evening college basketball program that originates from the Saturday Primetime game-of-the-week telecasts. He was a constant on ESPN and ESPN2’s weeknight studio coverage, called select college games throughout the year and had previously called the ESPNU ACC Sunday Night Basketball series.
Before joining ESPN, Williams was an analyst in 2007 for CBS College Sports Network, primarily working the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. He previously was a contributor to Fox Sports Radio 99.9 The Fan in North Carolina.
As a starter for three years at Duke, Williams won the Naismith College Player of the Year award, the John R. Wooden Award and the Oscar Robertson Trophy.
Williams averaged 19.3 points per game, 6.0 assists and 3.7 rebounds for the Blue Devils, while shooting .453 from the floor and .393 from 3-point range. He also led Duke to a 95-13 (.880) record and the 2001 NCAA National Championship. He averaged double figures as a freshman, which helped earn him the ACC Rookie of the Year award in 2000 and recognition as a first-team All-America player.
In his sophomore season with the Blue Devils, Williams shattered several school and NCAA records. With 841 points and a 25.7 ppg average, he topped Dick Groat’s 49-year-old record for most points in a season. Williams also set an NCAA Tournament record for 3-pointers attempted with 66. His 132 3-point field goals amounted to the sixth-highest total in NCAA history; his conference-leading 21.6 ppg designated him as the first Duke player to lead the ACC in scoring since Danny Ferry in 1989. Williams’ 6.1 assists ranked second in the league, while he also ranked second in 3-point field goal percentage (.427) and first in 3-pointers made (3.4 per game).
At the final game in his junior year, Williams’ No. 22 jersey was retired at Cameron Indoor Stadium. His jersey also has been retired at his elementary school and high school.
Williams was drafted second by Chicago in the 2002 NBA Draft, just behind No. 1 pick Yao Ming, and started 54 of 75 games for the Bulls in the 2002-03 season. During his first season in the NBA, his most memorable performance was a game against his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, during which Williams scored a triple-double. He also played for the U.S. National team in the 2002 FIBA World Championship.
An accomplished entrepreneur and spokesperson, Williams is the CEO and National Director of Special Events for Rising Stars Youth Foundation using basketball as the vehicle to promote education and provide academic and financial assistance to students within the program. He is also the President and Chairman of his own company, Jay LLC.
He is a member of the NBA Retired Players Association, a voting member of the John Wooden Awards Committee and sits on the board of USA Basketball, and has been the spokesperson for Athletic Advantage, a sports physical therapy and performance development center in Durham, N.C.
In 2002, Williams graduated from Duke with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and business, becoming the first athlete at the university to earn a degree in just three years.
Molly McGrath joined ESPN in July 2016, and currently serves as the sideline reporter for ESPN/ABC Saturday college football games. She previously hosted various editions of College Football Live and College Basketball Live, and covered select games as a sideline reporter for XFL on ABC. McGrath used to report from the sidelines of ESPN’s Thursday night college football package and regularly served as a sideline reporter on ABC and ESPN for men’s college basketball.
McGrath, who worked as a production assistant at ESPN in 2011, returns after serving as a sideline reporter and host for college sports and the NFL with Fox Sports. Prior to her time at Fox Sports, she worked for the Boston Celtics as a web and in-arena reporter at the TD Garden while also hosting Celtics Now on Comcast SportsNet New England in 2012 and 2013. She also completed internships with NESN and WHDH-TV in Boston.
McGrath graduated from Boston College in 2011, where she received the Athletic Director’s Award for Academic Excellence. She resides in Seattle with her husband and son.
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