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Preview for Friday night's game against Maine.

Programming note: I won't be there but I'll be watching, so I'll have a remote story posted.

Predictions:

- Nobody goes over 20 points.

- Darren Harris gets first-half minutes.

- Sion James is Duke's leading scorer (16-18-point range).

Something new this season.

Because it's inevitable this comes up, I'll post and pin this thread to track how Duke's transfers are playing this season. It's going to be heavily focused on guys who were on Duke's roster last season because, well, do you really think of Jaemyn Brakefield and Henry Coleman III as former Duke players? (before you ask, yes, they're still playing college basketball)

So, here's the list of the transfers out of Duke from last season's roster and where they're playing this season, broken up by conference:

Jeremy Roach - Baylor
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Mark Mitchell - Missouri
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Christian Reeves - Clemson
Jaylen Blakes - Stanford
Jaden Schutt - Virginia Tech
TJ Power - Virginia
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Sean Stewart - Ohio State

Oh good, another Friday night game!

Duke emerges from its off week with one day shorter rest than normal, given the Blue Devils play host to scuffling FSU on Friday night this week.

There will be full coverage here as the Blue Devils can knock a lot of things off the season goals list this week. A sixth win would lock up bowl eligibility in the middle of October; a win would mean a bounce-back game after losing at GT before the off week; Duke can beat FSU for the first time in program history; and come on, wouldn't it be hilarious if Duke notched a win over one of the ACC's malcontents? It's the only shot they've got, since Clemson isn't on the schedule this year.

The programming note is I'll be at Friday night's game with full coverage.

Those mid-term PFF grades will be posting early this week -- offense on Monday, defense on Tuesday. I'll link up the grades in this thread.

(For the record: I'll complain about Friday night games but truth of the matter is, they're going to be played, the TV money and exposure outweighs the drawbacks of not being able to get many recruits to the games, and most fans of a college team are going to watch their team instead of going to a local high school game. So, every program that isn't a blue blood is going to play in these games.)

Kicking off this thread with a profile on Bryce Davis.

As discussed on the free board a couple of weeks ago, he's the one to watch in Duke's '25 class. Would be a massive sign for the direction of the program to lure Greensboro's next stud DL out of the clutches of the usual suspects (UGA, Clemson, UNC).

Duke arrives at its late-season off week sporting a 7-3 record.

Feels like the Blue Devils, flawed in a couple of ways, have still exceeded just about every expectation. There's some glass-half-full/half-empty here because if you want to dwell on how Duke should have another win or two, there's validity.

But man, I said throughout the summer and fall camp that the main goal for this season was getting to a bowl game, maintaining an upward trajectory of the program and getting to next season with a loaded recruiting class (and seeing what you can do through the portal). Now, we're looking at a season Duke could finish 9-4 or 10-3.

I'm not sure how much coverage I'll have this week. The PFF grades of the N.C. State game will be up ... sometime soon, I think.