The Preseason AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll For 2023-2024 Season Was Released Today! Where Is Duke Ranked In The Preseason AP Top 25 Poll For 2023-2024 Season?
When fans, media , spectators think about Duke the first thing that likely comes to mind is roster turnover because that happens every season as players who were freshman that season decide to enter their names in the NBA Draft and forgo the remainder of their collegiate eligibility or they enter names in the NBA Draft while maintaining their collegiate eligibility. Then you’ve got other players or a player who is playing with 6th season of collegiate eligibility in backup center graduate student Ryan Young who is a graduate transfer from Northwestern where he played for former Duke Assistant Duke Associate Head Coach current Northwestern Head Coach Chris Collins. Ryan Young is host of The Brotherhood Podcast that comes out weekly where ever you listen to your podcast.
Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had two players from rookie season as Head Coach enter their names in the NBA Draft in center Dereck Lively II who was selected 12th overall in the 2023 NBA Draft by Oklahoma City before traded to Dallas. In forward Dariq Whitehead who was selected as 22nd overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had two players test the NBA draft waters while maintaining their collegiate eligibility in center Kyle Filipowski guards, forward Mark Mitchell, Tyrese Proctor , Jeremy Roach who will be a sophomore, a senior on the 2023 -2024 team.
As Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer coaches his second season as Duke Head Coach that is the case as he has players returning as well as coming in.
The players returning for their sophomore seasons, senior season from last seasons Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Championship team that decided to return instead of taking their talents to the NBA include center Kyle Filipowski, guard Tyrese Proctor, forward Mark Mitchell, guard Jeremy Roach. graduate student from Northwestern in backup center Ryan Young who played for former Duke Assistant Coach former Duke Associate Head Coach current Northwestern Head Coach Chris Collins before transferring to Duke in to play 2022-2023 season
As a freshman in 2022-2023,
Kyle Filipowski averaged 15.1 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists while shooting 44.1 %.
As a freshman in 2022-2023,
Tyrese Proctor averaged 9.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists while shooting 38.1 %
As a freshman in 2022-2023,
Mark Mitchell averaged 9.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists while shooting 46.9%
As a junior in 2022-2023,
Jeremy Roach averaged 13.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists while shooting 42.6%
As a graduate from Northwestern playing his inaugural season playing for Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer who like his Head Coach at Northwestern is a former Duke Assistant Coach Duke Associate Head Coach back up center Ryan Young averaged 6.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists while shooting 68.5%
According to espnapp
The players coming in include freshman forward Caleb Foster who is from Harrisonburg North Carolina though he went to High School in Notre Dame California. Freshman guard Jared McCain who is from Sacramento California who went to high school at Centennial. Forward TJ Power who went Worcester Academy who is from Shrewsberry Massachusetts. Sean Stewart who is from Widermere Florida
Caleb Foster is Rated by 247Sports with five stars as the No. 22 player nationally, the No. 4 combo guard and the No. 3 player from the state of California.
Rated by ESPN with five stars as the No. 24 player nationally, the No. 7 point guard and the No. 4 player from the state of California
Transferred from Oak Hill Academy in Virginia to Notre Dame High School in California for his senior season
Named MaxPreps California Player of the Year following his senior season after averaging 21.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game
Played for Team Thad (Tenn.) on the Nike EYBL circuit
Averaged 28.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists a game in the final EYBL session in Kansas City in the summer of 2022
Was a force at the 2022 Nike Peach Jam, averaging 25.2 points, shooting .444 from the three-point line with 4.7 assists a game
Initially committed to Duke on Sept. 16, 2021
Also had offers from Illinois, Stanford and Louisville among others
Jared McCain is ated by 247Sports with five stars as the No. 14 player nationally, the No. 3 combo guard and the No. 1 player from the state of California
Rated by ESPN with five stars as the No. 10 player nationally, the No. 2 shooting guard and the No. 1 player from the state of California
Named the Gatorade California Player of the Year after both his junior and senior seasons
Named a McDonald’s All-American, scoring nine points for Team West
Averaged 18.0 points, 7.1 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals in 34 games as a senior
Helped lead Centennial to a second consecutive California Open Division state title in the 2021-22 season
Named the MVP of the Open Division in 2022
Also earned first-team Open Division and All-League honors in 2019 and 2021
Played for Russell Westbrook's Team Why Not on the Nike EYBL circuit
Part of the gold medal winning USA U18 National Team in Mexico
Initially committed to Duke on March 18, 2022
Also had offers from Gonzaga, Kansas and Houston among others
TJ Power Rated by 247Sports with five stars as the No. 16 player nationally, the No. 4 power forward and the No. 1 player from the state of Massachusetts
Rated by ESPN with four stars as the No. 32 player nationally, the No. 6 power forward and the No. 1 player from the state of Massachusetts
Named the Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year for the 2021-22 season
Averaged 13.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.5 steals as a junior at Worcester Academy
Averaged 23.7 points and shot 45 percent from three-point in the final EYBL session in Kansas City in the summer of 2022, including a 41-point, 15-point, 5-assist outburst against Houston Hoops
Helped lead Worcester Academy to back-to-back NEPSAC Class AA championships in his junior and senior seasons
Initially committed to Duke on Sept. 7, 2022
Also had offers from North Carolina, Virginia, Iowa and Notre Dame among others
A standout prep baseball player as well, winning a CNEPSBL title in May of 2023 with Worcester Academy. Pitched 20.2 innings as a senior with a 1.69 ERA and 31 strikeouts while issuing just three walks
Sean Stewart Rated by 247Sports with five stars as the No. 21 player nationally, the No. 6 power forward and the No. 2 player from the state of Florida
Rated by ESPN with five stars as the No. 19 player nationally, the No. 5 power forward and the No. 1 player from the state of Florida
Named a McDonald’s All-American, scoring six points for Team East while also grabbing a game-high eight rebounds
Joins former Blue Devils RJ Barrett and Dariq Whitehead from powerhouse Montverde Academy
Transferred to Montverde for his senior season after beginning his high school career at Windermere (Fla.), where he averaged 20.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and shot .521 from the field and totaled 553 points as a junior
Initially committed to Duke on Dec. 23, 2021
Played for the USA U-17 National Team, helping the squad to a gold medal at the 2022 FIBA World Cup in Spain in July
Scored 10 points with 10 rebounds in the FIBA World Cup gold medal game win over Spain, 79-67
Played for the Florida Rebels on the Nike EYBL circuit
Also had offers from Michigan, Georgetown and Ohio State among others
Grew up a Duke fan
His father, Mike, played eight years in the NBA, while his grandfather, Mike, played at Santa Clara where he was the WCC Player of the Year in 1972
According to their biographies on goduke.com
Duke is ranked 2nd in the preseason AP Top 25 Poll behind Kansas who is preseason top ranked team in the country.
The remaining preseason AP Top 25 teams include Purdue at 3. Michigan State 4 Marquette 5 6. Uconn 7. Houston 8. Creighton 9. Tennessee 10. Florida Atlantic 11. Gonzaga 12. Arizona 13 Miami (Florida) 14. Arkansas 15. Texas A&M 16. Kentucky 17. San Diego State 18. Texas 19. Duke’s tobacco road rival North Carolina 20. Baylor 21. USC (University Of Southern California) 22. Villanova 23. Saint Mary’s 24. Alabama 25. Illinois.