THE OPENING TIP
• Fresh off of winning its eighth pre-conference tournament in the last nine years, No. 6/3 Duke will commence a five-game homestand on Wednesday when it hosts Yale.
• A win over the Bulldogs on Wednesday would be Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski's 950th victory with the Blue Devils.
• Duke has the second-best winning percentage (.836) and second-most wins (189) in the NCAA since the start of the 2009-10 season.
• Duke has won 281 of its last 300 games at Cameron Indoor Stadium and is 97-4 (.960) at home this decade.
• The Blue Devils have won an NCAA-best 118 consecutive non-conference home games, a streak that started in November 2000.
• Ranked sixth by the Associated Press, the Blue Devils have been ranked in the AP poll an NCAA-best 158 consecutive weeks, the seventh-longest streak in NCAA history.
• Led by Grayson Allen's ACC-leading average of 24.4 points per game, four Duke players are averaging double figures and the Blue Devils lead the nation in adjusted offensive efficiency (118.0).
• Amile Jefferson ranks sixth nationally in offensive rebounds per game (5.8) to lead a Duke squad that boasts a 40.2 offensive rebound percentage.
• In two games with freshman point guard Derryck Thornton in the starting lineup, Duke has averaged 82.5 points and 35.0 free throw attempts per game. Thornton is averaging 16.5 points on 58.8 percent shooting from the floor as a starter.
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