Louisville star guard Mikel Brown Jr., who has missed the last four games with a back injury, will not play in Tuesday's game vs. Duke, coach Pat Kelsey said.

Taina Mair has also emerged as Duke’s bus driver. The 5-foot-9 senior guard led Duke in assists the past two seasons and was an All-ACC selection at Boston college as a freshman, ranking eighth in the nation in assists per game. But this season, Lawson challenged Mair to take on more of a scorer’s mentality from the point guard position.

Louisville will face Duke looking to get back on the right track after faltering in their last time out. While the Cardinals kicked off their West Coast trip with a decisive 90-70 beatdown of Cal, that was then followed up with an 80-76 upset loss at Stanford.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Duke Blue Devils vs. Louisville Cardinals NCAAM game to be played on January 6, 2026 on ESPN.

Coastal Carolina offensive tackle Nick Del Grande committed to Duke out of the transfer portal, per On3’s Pete Nakos. He spent four years with the program. As a member of the Class of 2022, Del Grande was a three-star recruit out of Landisville (Pa.

Back-to-back wins to begin ACC action hasn't resulted in a rise for Jon Scheyer's fourth Duke basketball squad in the NCAA NET Rankings, which update daily and