Michigan to face Duke at Madison Square Garden

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Michigan will face Duke in a high-profile non-conference game for the second consecutive season.

The Wolverines and Blue Devils will meet on December 21st at Madison Square Garden. The game is one of three Duke non-conference games that will be streamed by Amazon.

Here’s the full Michigan release:

The University of Michigan men’s basketball team announced Thursday (April 30) that it will face Duke for a second straight season in non-conference play on Monday, Dec. 21, at Madison Square Garden.

The matchup is again expected to be one of the marquee games of the 2026-27 season, as the two storied programs renewed their series.

Last season, Michigan and Duke met in Washington, D.C., as part of the Capital Showcase, where the top-ranked Wolverines dropped a tightly contested 68-63 decision to the third-ranked Blue Devils. The game featured 13 first-half lead changes, and U-M cut the deficit to one point with under four minutes remaining before Duke held on down the stretch.

Michigan’s last win over Duke came in 2008, with an 81-73 victory in Ann Arbor (Dec. 6), marking its lone win in the last 12 meetings since 1998. Overall, U-M is 8-23 against the Blue Devils and has dropped its last four matchups. The two programs met once at Madison Square Garden — the 2008 2K Sports Classic championship — where Michigan fell 71-56.

U-M has enjoyed success at the Garden, posting a 27-12 record, including a 13-3 mark in postseason play. The Wolverines have reached the NIT championship weekend five times, winning titles in 1984, 1997 and 2004, and first appeared at MSG during the 1948 NCAA Eastern Regional.

More recently, U-M captured the 2018 Big Ten Tournament title, winning four games in four days. The Wolverines have also competed in two Big Ten Super Saturday events at the Garden, earning wins over Penn State (2016) and Rutgers (2020).

Ticket information, television details and game time will be announced at a later date.