Being a Division I athlete certainly has its perks.
Duke’s basketball team enjoyed one of those Tuesday, getting to test the unreleased video game Call of Duty: WWII multiplayer.
Senior guard Grayson Allen was one of many Blue Devil players that got to shoot their shot in the first-person shooter video game that won’t be sold to the public until Nov. 3, 2017.
Duke hopes its shooting ability on the video game will translate to the court this season, with expectations high once again in Durham. After hauling in the nation's top recruiting class, head coach Mike Krzyzewski's team is ranked No. 3 by the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook in its preseason rankings, behind just Arizona and Michigan State.
The nation's No. 1 point guard recruit, Trevon Duval, joined in on the action—and seemed laser-focused.
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Managing Editor 2018-19, 2019-2020 Features & Investigations Editor
A member of the class of 2020 hailing from San Mateo, Calif., Ben is The Chronicle's Towerview Editor and Investigations Editor. Outside of the Chronicle, he is a public policy major working towards a journalism certificate, has interned at the Tampa Bay Times and NBC News and frequents Pitchforks.