{"id":884534,"date":"2026-09-08T14:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/884534\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T14:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:36:17","slug":"duke-basketball-to-tip-off-2026-27-with-countdown-to-craziness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/884534\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Basketball to Tip Off 2026-27 with Countdown to Craziness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DURHAM, N.C. \u2013 Duke Basketball will tip off the 2026-27 season with Countdown to Craziness on Saturday, Oct. 3, bringing the Blue Devil men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s teams together with fans for an evening of entertainment, on-court competitions, team introductions and more at Cameron Indoor Stadium.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe celebration begins at 3 p.m. in Card Gym Lot and Krzyzewskiville, adjacent to Cameron Indoor Stadium, with a Fan Fest that is free and open to the public. The outdoor festivities will feature local food trucks, a basketball court, inflatables, games, music, a beer garden and more. The Duke men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball teams will make their blue carpet appearances at Fan Fest beginning at 5:30 p.m.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFans can also add to their Countdown experience with two special ticketed opportunities &#8211; the Duke Basketball Tour and Cameron Crazie Photo Experience. The 30-minute Duke Basketball Tour provides a behind-the-scenes look at the program with stops at the Duke Basketball Museum, media room, K-Center and Cameron Indoor Stadium, capped by a photo on Coach K Court. The Cameron Crazie Photo Experience gives fans the chance to get game-day ready with face paint and props before a professional photo shoot and their own personalized Duke Basketball magazine cover. These unique opportunities will be offered from 3-6 p.m. Space for both experiences is limited, and advance purchase is encouraged.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDoors to Cameron Indoor Stadium open at 6 p.m., with programming beginning at 7 p.m. The evening inside Cameron will feature performances by the Duke spirit squad and pep band before the 2026-27 Blue Devils take center stage. Following introductions of the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s teams, head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/goduke.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/kara-lawson\/5407\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5407\" target=\"_blank\">Kara Lawson<\/a>&#8216;s women&#8217;s team will compete in a 3-on-3 showcase, while head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/goduke.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/jon-scheyer\/5423\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5423\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Scheyer<\/a>&#8216;s men&#8217;s team will take part in an intrasquad scrimmage and dunk contest.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Duke men open the regular season against Army West Point on Monday, Nov. 2, at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Before the regular-season opener, the Blue Devils host Belmont for a scrimmage on Thursday, Oct. 8, and Tennessee for an exhibition on Tuesday, Oct. 20, before traveling to Kansas for an exhibition Sunday, Oct. 25.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Duke women open the 2026-27 season Tuesday, Nov. 3, against Green Bay at Cameron Indoor Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>For ticket and parking information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/goduke.evenue.net\/list\/GS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GoDuke.com<\/a>.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n#GoDuke<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DURHAM, N.C. \u2013 Duke Basketball will tip off the 2026-27 season with Countdown to Craziness on Saturday, Oct.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-884534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}