Head coach Jon Scheyer has invested in player development and welcomed new assistant coaches, aiming to help the 2025-26 men's basketball squad blossom into the best version of itself.

The regular season must wait another week, but Tennessee basketball will get its first — and potentially toughest — test of the year in an exhibition matchup. The Vols play host to the preseason No. 6-ranked Duke Blue Devils in the Food City Center.

It's been over a month since fourth-year Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his cohorts were in full-on pursuit of St. John Bosco High School (Calif.) f

The Brotherhood creates stars, but it also casts long shadows. If Duke's 2025-26 squad wants to make a name for itself, it will have to summit a mountain of expectations.