The Blue Devils always have several marquee opponents early in the year, and their November slate this year will likely be no different.
The brackets for the PK80 tournament in Portland, Ore., were revealed Wednesday afternoon, with Duke set to face Portland State Nov. 23 to open play in the Motion bracket. The Blue Devils will face either Butler or Texas the next day, and if they make it to the championship, Florida or reigning national runner-up Gonzaga could be waiting Nov. 26. Stanford and Ohio State round out the other half of Duke's bracket.
The tournament, which will honor Nike co-founder Phil Knight's 80th birthday, will also feature a separate eight-team bracket that includes North Carolina, Michigan State and Oregon. Teams in different brackets will not play each other, and two champions will be crowned at the end of the weekend.
The Motion and Victory brackets for next season’s biggest regular-season college hoops event, the Nike-themed PK80. pic.twitter.com/bDgfM4d8An
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) May 31, 2017
Games in the tournament will be played at the Rose Quarter's Moda Center and Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland and will be televised on the ESPN family of networks.
The tournament will be sandwiched between a road trip to Chicago for the Blue Devils to play the Spartans in the Champions Classic and the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, which has not yet determined its matchups.
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