The No. 2 Blue Devils face No. 5 Michigan State Tuesday at the United Center with Kansas and Kentucky to follow.
College basketball's annual season-opening showcase, the State Farm Champions Classic, kicks off Tuesday, Nov. 10 with a top-five matchup between No. 2 Duke and No. 5 Michigan State at the United Center in Chicago. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, with Kansas and Kentucky playing the nightcap.
Duke enters at 2-0 after blowout wins over Army (84-50) and Coastal Carolina (113-52) to open the 2026-27 campaign. Michigan State is also 2-0, having beaten Quinnipiac (96-59) and Toledo (91-61).
The Blue Devils hold a commanding edge in the all-time series, leading 16-4 and having won the last three meetings, including a 66-60 win in East Lansing last December. The two programs last met in Chicago during the 2023-24 season, when Duke won 74-65.
With both teams undefeated and ranked in the top five, the game serves as an early measuring stick before conference play begins. The Kansas-Kentucky matchup later that night rounds out a quadruple-header of marquee programs to open the event.