{"id":88637,"date":"2025-04-23T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/report-michigan-and-duke-finalizing-non-conference-showdown-in-washington-d-c\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T09:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:38:00","slug":"report-michigan-and-duke-finalizing-non-conference-showdown-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/report-michigan-and-duke-finalizing-non-conference-showdown-in-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Michigan and Duke finalizing non-conference showdown in Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"

jThe Michigan Wolverines<\/a><\/strong> and Duke Blue Devils are finalizing a non-conference game that will take place at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. in February 2026, according to a report from CBS Sports\u2019 Jon Rothstein<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The two squads are coming off great seasons relative to their expectations in 2024-25. Michigan advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in the first year under head coach Dusty May, while the Blue Devils advanced to the Final Four and lost to Houston 70-67 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.<\/p>\n

Duke leads the all-time series 22-8 in 30 meetings between the two schools. The Blue Devils have won three in a row, with Michigan\u2019s last win coming on Dec. 6, 2008 in Ann Arbor, an 81-73 victory. The two have not played since the 2013 season, a 79-69 Duke win.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines last played at Capital One Arena in 2017, where they won four games in four days to capture a Big Ten Tournament title after their arrival was delayed due to a plane crash on the way out of town.<\/p>\n

May said this fall that Michigan will continue scheduling tough non-conference games in NBA-sized venues. The Wolverines played a trio of neutral-site non-conference games this year against Wake Forest in Greensboro, Arkansas at Madison Square Garden, and Oklahoma in Charlotte as part of the Jumpman Invitational. They lost all three.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re less common because\u2026 well, I\u2019m not going to say why it\u2019s less common, every situation is different,\u201d May said in November. \u201cFor us, I don\u2019t really care what my wiki record is or whatever. I have no idea how many games we\u2019ve won or we\u2019ve lost. I know that we lost our last game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese games are good for the game of basketball. They\u2019re good for our players. They\u2019re good for television. They\u2019re good for our universities. They bring attention and eyes. They\u2019re good for recruiting. And so, why wouldn\u2019t we play them? The NCAA Tournament has proven that if you play as competitive a schedule as possible, they\u2019re going to give you the benefit of the doubt.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll those things add up to it being wise for us to play as many games as we can like this. And you know, at the end of the year I may be kicking myself, but right now, we think it\u2019s going to help us improve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michigan will also play Wake Forest in Detroit at Little Caesars Arena next season, in addition to a road game at TCU and be part of the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

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