Michigan basketball to face Duke in marquee matchup at Madison Square Garden
The Wolverines and Blue Devils are running it back.
For the second straight season, Michigan basketball will square off against Duke in a marquee nonconference game at a neutral site. The Wolverines will face the Blue Devils on Dec. 21 at New York’s Madison Square Garden during the 2026-27 campaign, the programs announced Thursday.
The matchup will be broadcast on Amazon’s Prime Video and is part of a three-game deal between Duke and the streaming service , which will also televise a Duke-Gonzaga contest on Feb. 20 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit . Last season, the Blue Devils handed the Wolverines one of their three losses, 68-63, in the nonconference finale at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.
C. , on Feb. 21 before Michigan went on to win the national title .
This will mark the 32nd all-time meeting between the two programs. Michigan is 8-23 in the series and has dropped the past four head-to-head matchups, including last season’s clash when Michigan was ranked No. 1 in the nation and Duke was No.