The Blue Devils (13-1, 2-0 ACC) moved from No. 5 to No. 6 in the latest USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll that was released on Monday, Jan. 5. Duke totaled 616 points.

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.

Duke football is active in the transfer portal. Here is the latest news on all incoming and outcoming players and other developments.

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

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.

Duke basketball closes out a two-game road stretch at Louisville on Jan. 6 in a top-25 ACC contest. Here are some players to watch and a prediction.

F or 10 games, Duke looked the part of a top-tier National Championship contender. Over the last four games, the Blue Devils have looked more like a team whose flaws might keep them from such lofty expectations.

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.